I’ve driven a zf8speed for a while and it’s pretty great, more fun to shift a bunch with the shorter ratios it makes you feel like the car is actually fast. But I work Amazon and these ford transits have a 10speed.

My issues are:

1)it always over up shifts. It never uses second gear ever. It will always go to 3rd and you’ll be in fking 4th by 12mph. So I find that it has to constantly down and upshift when I need the slightest bit of power which coming from driving manuals just feels bad. Like bro stop working so hard just wait to shift till 2.5k rpm. Im always hitting the gas then if I have to let off for one second even on a big uphill it will just upshift to like 6th or seventh. And then all the way back to 3rd one second later when I need to power up the hill again.

  1. this is the biggest issue imo, the final gear ratio doesn’t even reduce rpm comparitevely to my 8speed at say 80mph the revs are almost the same. Bro if your gonna add two gears make it the same ratio as the 8 with two extra so I’m at like 1k rpm on the highway. Why bother with the 10 speed if I’m still gonna be at 2.5k rpm at 80mph.

Ok random rant over, this is what happens when you drive on vehicle too often for an annoying job. You start really nitpicking everything that gets slightly on your nerves lol

  • RetroRoberino@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I wish they would start selling classic 90s 4-speed torque converter automatic transmissions again. I would buy a car like that in a heartbeat.

    They are smooth and they slush the gears together. But at the same time, due to only having 4 gears, the engine has to Rev, which sounds awesome.

    I don’t know why they don’t provide a classic 4 speed torque converter option in most cars nowadays.

    All you get is horrible CVTs, boring DCTs and laughable automated manuals.

    There are still classic torque converters in some cars with 6 or 8 speeds like you mentioned, but they aren’t what they used to be.

    • Quinticuh@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I mean it’s pretty clear especially being a California resident that it’s to keep mpg averages down over the fleet. And agreed the zf8 is great but so soulless. Gotta disagree on dcts tho. I have an e92 m3 and whoooo boy those downshifts are so nasty cuz it actually gives gas to downshift unlike torque converter automatics