Autos

[InitialDave]

Baldchap said:

My 800Nm petrol suits its eight speed automatic perfectly.

Maybe y'all need to stop cheaping out on the engine, rather than blaming the 'box.

It doesn't need to be that much, but yes, a half decent amount and spread of torque is a good way to make using an auto far more pleasant.

[Gerradi]

Alex_225 said:

It certainly seems modern gearboxes rely on their speed to change gear rather than being in the right gear for the speed you're doing. You know, like how you're taught to drive! I assume it's all for emissions sake rather than the driveability.

We had a new GLC Merc a couple of years back was a 9 speed auto and unless you kept it in the sporty setting, it was never in the right gear and was just changing all the time. The 7 speed auto in my CL isn't bad but it's a fairly gutsy engine so it doesn't do too much stirring of the gearbox thankfully but on a smaller revvier engine it could be annoying.

I honestly found the old 5g gearbox in my ancient E Class really nice. At slow speeds it'd stay in 3rd or 4th and due to the torque it would get moving without changing down.

I'm even lazier, Literally sloshing around in 33yrold SL500 4 speed auto, absolutely loving it...mind at 1st I thought the fuel tank had a leak but 13mpg town , so what its total smooscheee roof down etc this is it...

Edited by Gerradi on Wednesday 24th April 16:41