by johngdole@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
May 3, 2008 at 08:45 PM
Hey, the new 8 speed is good marketing. ;)
Of course the likes of VW are using direct shift gearboxes (DSG) that
can shift in as little as 8 ms. This is the direction of performance
transmission design it seems. The Toyota 8-speed clunker shifts in
about 100 ms. Yawn.
On Apr 29, 9:39 pm, mcbrue <mcb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Ah ha! So I suspect that the grinding grabbing brakes and the bumpy
> rumpy tranny are just normal for Lexus also. Of course I know that
> Lexus had to go to 16 speed tranny to try to get a smooth shifting
> thingy. Hope it works ...
