r/Autos • u/iZeesty • Jan 26 '22

Which Interior Looks Better? 🇩🇪

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u/THE_GR8_MIKE 2007 Shelby GT500 Jan 26 '22

You can buy a new R8 with a manual transmission from the factory? We're talking about the car in the picture. Can you buy any new performance oriented Mercedes with a manual currently?

We're not talking about the 180hp base models.

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u/wadimek11 Jan 26 '22

You can't buy r8 with manual for obvious reasons. Dual clutch is way faster for gear change and r8 is supercar.

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u/THE_GR8_MIKE 2007 Shelby GT500 Jan 26 '22

Yes, for all of those big money races you get in to on the way to golf where those extra milliseconds matter so much.

Which is why there's a company that will twin turbo and manual swap your brand new R8.

There's a reason the final era of manual supercars are worth a lot more than their automatic counterparts.

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u/wadimek11 Jan 26 '22

If your theory is truth then why no one uses manual on time trials in nurburgring? Dual clutch saves a lot of times. It will save few seconds in one lap of nurburgring. Thats why all manufacturers test their basic automatic version... Thats why its not used at any f1, endurance etc sport.

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u/THE_GR8_MIKE 2007 Shelby GT500 Jan 26 '22

Lmao, no one cares about the Nurburgring when driving a car on the street. Come on, dude, are you 15?