switching from manual to automatic

ttaskmaster · 5 Jun 2017 at 10:22

Roland Butter said:
That's just driving round a track as fast as you can , with everyone going in the same direction, where's the connection with everyday driving ?

In basic terms, everyday driving is driving around on roads as fast as you can (which often isn't very fast), with everyone going in the same direction...

[TW]Fox · 5 Jun 2017 at 11:50

xs2man said:
Of course. That's why the torque heavy BMW 335d was only available in auto.

I don't think it's an unfair comment - an autobox is considerably more complex than a manual and even by virtue of just that is more likely to go wrong.

Psycho Sonny · 5 Jun 2017 at 13:33

danlightbulb said:
Maybe £5k for a 10 year old car.

that will get you a Z4 roadster with an autobox. if you wait til winter it will get you a 3.0i otherwise will be smaller engine in summer due to demand for convertibles.

autobox is bulletproof on these much like the engine.

danlightbulb · 5 Jun 2017 at 13:38

Psycho Sonny said:
that will get you a Z4 roadster with an autobox. if you wait til winter it will get you a 3.0i otherwise will be smaller engine in summer due to demand for convertibles.

autobox is bulletproof on these much like the engine.

As always seems to be the case, very frustratingly, a small impractical car can be had for the cash but not a family estate. A z4, whilst I'm sure is a great car, will not hold mine and my two kids mountain bikes.

Psycho Sonny · 5 Jun 2017 at 13:44

danlightbulb said:
As always seems to be the case, very frustratingly, a small impractical car can be had for the cash but not a family estate. A z4, whilst I'm sure is a great car, will not hold mine and my two kids mountain bikes.

look at japanese cars of that era. you want to go for a simple 4 or 5 speed autobox. none of this modern stuff being touted. there was a specialist who specialised in rebuilding automatic gearboxes and basically he said the best ones for reliability were the 4 or 5 speed autoboxes from back then.

Alibaba99 · 5 Jun 2017 at 13:54

danlightbulb said:
As always seems to be the case, very frustratingly, a small impractical car can be had for the cash but not a family estate. A z4, whilst I'm sure is a great car, will not hold mine and my two kids mountain bikes.

5K will easily get you into a Saab 9-5 Estate, and less the 10 years old. Infact you should be able to get a good one for far less than this and keep enough back to replace the valve body which is the main failure point on the gearbox.

Roland Butter · 5 Jun 2017 at 14:56

ttaskmaster said:
In basic terms, everyday driving is driving around on roads as fast as you can (which often isn't very fast), with everyone going in the same direction...

No, there are cars coming towards you on the other [ sometimes my ] side of the road, also driving as **** off fast as they can.
Something that F1 drivers don't have to worry about.

ttaskmaster · 5 Jun 2017 at 15:01

Roland Butter said:
No, there are cars coming towards you on the other [ sometimes my ] side of the road, also driving as **** off fast as they can.

I did say in basic terms, as it depends which roads you're on. Many have central dividers.
But even in heavy traffic, you drive as fast as you are able, which could be as little as 5-10mph.

adolf hamster · 5 Jun 2017 at 15:07

Roland Butter said:
No, there are cars coming towards you on the other [ sometimes my ] side of the road, also driving as **** off fast as they can.
Something that F1 drivers don't have to worry about.

yes they do, a spun out car on track is the equivalent hazard in relative velocity as a car coming towards you, except spun out cars don't stick to their side.