9 gears is it too much?

nicklouse
nicklouse Posts: 50,673
edited August 2011 in The Crudcatcher
in a car that is?

was a bit surprised in a meeting today.
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  • VWsurfbum
    VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
    nicklouse wrote:
    in a car that is?

    was a bit surprised in a meeting today.
    You can have as many as you like.................if its an auto.

    some of the latest barges come with a 7 and i think the new BMW 7 comes with 8?

    but in answer to your question Yes. :wink:
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  • IcarusGreen
    IcarusGreen Posts: 1,486
    VWsurfbum wrote:
    nicklouse wrote:
    in a car that is?

    was a bit surprised in a meeting today.
    You can have as many as you like.................if its an auto.

    some of the latest barges come with a 7 and i think the new BMW 7 comes with 8?

    but in answer to your question Yes. :wink:

    8 forward + 1 back = 9 gears :lol:
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  • t0pc4t
    t0pc4t Posts: 947
    my last two have had 6 and tbh I find myself actually using maybe 4 of them, the car before the one I have I could quite easily just use 2nd, 4th and 6th

    depends on the engine I suppose but that sounds a bit much to me
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  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,083
    It's just remembering to use them all, so often I'm chugging along doing 90 I men 67 on the motorway and realise I'm in 5th not 6th. Worst is when I've slowed down and changed down then hit resume on the cruise control
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  • Ryan Jones
    Ryan Jones Posts: 775
    This all sounds too technical for me, 16V engines, catalytic converters and twin overhead cam's are as modern as I'm doing :lol:
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  • Kaise
    Kaise Posts: 2,498
    Ryan Jones wrote:
    catalytic converters
    whats one of those then??
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  • Ryan Jones
    Ryan Jones Posts: 775
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  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    And here was me thinking "9speedsucks" had returned...
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  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    9 is quite a lot. But most cars I've driven could do with a proper super-high cruising ratio, swapping between my old Focus and my dad's newer 6-speed one I was surprised that the top gear is more or less the same (ie still too low), they just closed up the ratios a bit. So my car could do with a 6th and his could use a 7th. Then they'd probably screw that up too.
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,743
    Don't gearboxes get pretty heavy (as well as costly) when you are up to that number of gears? 6 forward gears seem OK as long as the car's got a decent amount & spread of torque.
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  • bwfc4eva868
    bwfc4eva868 Posts: 717
    Didn't even know until recently that cars had more than 5 plus a reverse.
    My bike has 6 although 6th is more of an overdrive :lol:
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    El Capitano wrote:
    And here was me thinking "9speedsucks" had returned...

    Goes off to Ban 10speedsucks.
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  • IcarusGreen
    IcarusGreen Posts: 1,486
    bwfc4eva868 wrote:
    Didn't even know until recently that cars had more than 5 plus a reverse.
    My bike has 6 although 6th is more of an overdrive :lol:

    Thats pretty poor mine has 3x9=27! :P
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  • Kaise
    Kaise Posts: 2,498
    i have two gears

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  • bwfc4eva868
    bwfc4eva868 Posts: 717
    IcarusGreen wrote:
    bwfc4eva868 wrote:
    Didn't even know until recently that cars had more than 5 plus a reverse.
    My bike has 6 although 6th is more of an overdrive :lol:

    Thats pretty poor mine has 3x9=27! :P

    Motorcycle i meant :D

    Although on my pedal bike its only 8 speed :(
  • 360
    360 Posts: 5,940
    Lexus IS has 9 (well 8 + reverse) it sucks.
  • Fully-sprung
    Fully-sprung Posts: 670
    VW Jetta has 6 and reverse, and will search for 7 and 8 all day.
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