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HPI FTO Comparison
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 11:06 am
by Aspenmai
Did anyone read the article comparing manual and autos FTOs in the latest HPI (the one with the R34s on the front)?
What do you all think? I'm a tipt owner thinking of getting a manual now
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 2:40 pm
by HiRAEdd
I haven't seen the article, but I've owned both Tiptronic and now manual. Aside from my natural bias towards a manual car, I have to say, it's so much nicer to drive the manual. It may be my imagination but I feel the acceleration is far better too in my manual. Having total clutch control is much better too than a computer controlled quick gear change as in the tiptronic.
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 2:43 pm
by G_A_V
That was a good article, they love the fto's manual gearbox, and give a great wrap on the tip gearbox too, they also posted a dyno comparison of the too, and was astounded that the tip did not have much less power.
They also mention that these days a manual fto is worth around 8k more which suprised me, didnt know they were getting that rare
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 4:50 pm
by akumi
yeah for any tip, i can't feel the torque when the gear engages, apparent it feels "softer" grrrr
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 11:02 pm
by GPXXX
Is it just me or did it take me a a few attempts at reading the comparison article?? Seems like one paragraph is on the wrong side or something LoL..
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 11:18 pm
by G_A_V
Yeah i know i couldnt work out where page oen continues, think there was a little stuff up
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 8:28 pm
by D-TRAIN
GPXXX wrote:Is it just me or did it take me a a few attempts at reading the comparison article?? Seems like one paragraph is on the wrong side or something LoL..
Yeah I saw that as well!
I couldn't find that missing paragraph though.