if you got that on the "yard today" I doubt that you would have had a zoomed picture of it, seems dodgy
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/9e04e751-59e0-3b11-8aff-203547de1e8a/lamborghini-huracan-crashes,.html this made me cry. THAT PERSON IS NOT WORTHY OF OWNING A LAMBO!!!
Just found out they use Holden VE Commodores as Highway Patrol & Rapid Response vehicles on the South American island Trinidad (Near Venezuela). Pretty cool to see another country using them.
Are automatic transmissions really useless? Feeling kinda dumb, but ever since I bought my e39 automatic a few weeks ago(it's also my first autobox), I'm concerned it might not be working properly. Driven manuals all my life, so I have certain habits when it comes to changing gears. So, I pull up on a red light as the first car. I keep the transmission in drive, holding it with the brakes. As the light goes green I step on the gas and it starts going very nicely. Here's the issue though: on a manual I give about 15-20 % gas at launch, then gradually give more to about 35-40%, then when I hit about 3500-4000 rpm I change to second. With the automatic I do the same, but it always changes into second way early, at about 2000rpm. Therefore after the change to second the car is all out of power and I have to give even more gas, which then makes the car change back to first and then it accelerates too fast, making me go over the speed limit... Also having jerky movement going from first to second and then back to first. Then I tried the sport mode. In sport mode it does not want to change up before 5000 rpm, and it's like that in all gears. On my manual cars I usually still cruise around in the city in fourth at just above idle. So sport mode seems to be more for winding back roads than city. Makes sense, I guess. Then tried the manual mode which does ofcourse work fine, but then it isn't really automatic any more. In conclusion, am I just stupid? Are autoboxes supposed to work like that? It does seem to learn my driving style, but it's still trying to be "economical". I actually searched for help but did not find anything that was'nt obvius.
Work on manipulating the throttle to get it to shift just how you want. Give it a little more gas as you accelerate from a stop to keep it from shifting as soon. Shifting to second at ~3750rpm from every stop in a car with a decent amount of power seems really excessive though. The way you increase the throttle as you gain speed confuses it.
Glad to hear it's my driving style not the gearbox failing. The reason for the higher rpm before shifting is because I really have not had much power to play with in the beginning(previous max for me was 85kw, BMW has 125kw),and with the throttle control I do I get a smooth but still fairly fast launch, wich I enjoy. The way the autobox shifts is fine for going wery slowly, it can keep itself going, it's just that I personally like to have a smooth but quick start. And revving a bit high feels less stressful on the engine than lower rpm and more throttle. Ofcourse, with a cold engine I tend to upshift to second even below 2000 rpm anyway. Going to try giving it around 50% gas, but I'm afraid that then it is needlessly fast(there's an "issue":car being too fast).
I find when driving an auto, it's easiest to think of it simply as a "go pedal" and a "stop pedal." Try not to think of what the transmission is doing and just give smooth throttle inputs. Depress the throttle enough to give you the acceleration you want, then don't move it until you've reached whatever speed you want to maintain. That said, every car is different and it will take getting used to either way, especially if you're used to shifting at 3,500-4,000rpm. Automatics do tend to shift earlier unless you're really on it, but it's not bad for the car. (they are inherently less sporty since their target demographic is people who like to do less of the driving)
Eh, maybe if you're new to the car or automatics in general. I've gotten to the point in vics where I can manipulate the shift points within a couple hundred rpm.
Sure, with practice. I've never personally owned one and the ones I've driven were mostly SUVs so I've never bothered to try more advanced techniques. You also enjoy cars with autos, I don't
Oh my god that's ugly. I know it's camouflaged and all, but the body shape just looks like a cheap GM product now.
I think it's a bit harsh to judge it at all atm. The whole point of the camouflage is to disguise it's true shape!
