Steering Wheel Porn!

[bam_bam]

But what happens if your left hand is on the gear lever, how do you change gear then bam? Oh wait, you still can. As you say, these button type poos must be for Rick, bet he wish he didn't have his seatbelt on that day. Bloody good drummer he is.

I thought he had a seatbelt on but fasened incorrectly... come to think of it, how hard is it to put a seatbelt on, how could anyone fcuk that up?

Paddle shifts are naff. With the buttons you can change up/down from either side.

Why would you want to change up/down from either side? Unless you're Richard "Rick" Allen from Def Leppard then I don't see the point. I have both hands on the wheel, I change gear with either a twitch of my left hand or a twitch of my right hand, I retain perfect grip on the wheel without moving my thumbs. In fact, it's such an elegant solution, the GP F1 boffins let their racing drivers use it, furthermore, I cannot think of another late-model performance car that employs these gearchange buttons on both sides of the steering wheel. C'mon lads, if you aim low, you'll not be shooting stars...

What I meant was that at least you can change from either side, unlike paddle shifts which are handed or sided, if there is such a word.

*swing and a miss* Oh, I understood you the first time but answer is still: So what?
The only time that would be useful is if you were missing an arm. If you're in tiptro you're 'making progress', thus, you have both hands on the wheel. If you're pootling then slam it into D. The car changes down automatically in tiptro so I can still drive right-handed 99% of the time, it's only when overtaking or approaching a tunnel do I need to drop some cogs and I should have both hands on the wheel to do either of those things.

Button-shifts are useless unless that appear on F1 cars, so, for that reason, my name is bam_bam and I'm out.

[ahoooga]

Buttons are useless if your holding your phone and drinking coffee and writing a phone number on a fag packet at the same time ! ............. so's paddles.
what's the point of paddles without a canoe anyway ?

I had a wooden steering wheel on a passat v6 once , added a touch of class i thought .
It also had a wooden seat, wooden engine and wooden go

[R8GXR]

Whats the point of paddles or buttons with a slush box TBH? I like the car because its an auto and there are far better point to point around corner cars but few have the effortless luxury that I like, or for now can afford. Discussion would be relevant if we had a DCT type trans..... All in MHO as a newbee mind?

[chunky79]

What's the point of them? Er to change gear whilst driving fast. Both hands on the wheel whilst putting 500 bhp down.

[R8GXR]

What's the point of them? Er to change gear whilst driving fast. Both hands on the wheel whilst putting 500 bhp down.

The gearbox does that "automatically" ......

[bam_bam]

What's the point of them? Er to change gear whilst driving fast. Both hands on the wheel whilst putting 600 bhp down.

FIXED.

[jordan]

What's the point of them? Er to change gear whilst driving fast. Both hands on the wheel whilst putting 500 bhp down.

The gearbox does that "automatically" ......

You tried driving fast while letting the gearbox make the decisions? It's better than most autos I've driven but still pretty thick!

[ahoooga]

Its more scary when you go 'hands free'

[chunky79]

What's the point of them? Er to change gear whilst driving fast. Both hands on the wheel whilst putting 500 bhp down.

The gearbox does that "automatically" ......

As you said above, you are a newbee. You are kinda forgiven. Took me a bit to learn how the car works at speed, well let me tell you, i doesn't very well.

[chunky79]

What's the point of them? Er to change gear whilst driving fast. Both hands on the wheel whilst putting 600 bhp down.

FIXED.

Oh Amanda, here you go again. Thought this was Amanda bragging again, perhaps you have caught something off her whilst getting ''rough'' as she put it?

[R8GXR]

What's the point of them? Er to change gear whilst driving fast. Both hands on the wheel whilst putting 500 bhp down.

The gearbox does that "automatically" ......

As you said above, you are a newbee. You are kinda forgiven. Took me a bit to learn how the car works at speed, well let me tell you, i doesn't very well.

Try changing gear fast in a SC Monaro (well over 600hp BTW) and you would see why I think the box is quite ok for what it is.
Anyway, my steering wheel still looks better than yours!

[chunky79]

R8GXR, you seen my steering wheel??