Originally Posted by Moogie


In the Plus Six I felt that the car was to jnpredictable and a bit scary with the automatic, and it also anoyed me that it was constantly changing gears. Mind you I intend to use the car as a GT more than an out and out sportscar.



I havent driven both cars. In fact I havent driven a Plus 4 at all. But I did own for over a year an F type Jag with the same auto box and that why I bought the latest Fezza with a manual. What has happened is that modern cars have been given 8 or even 9 auto gears for the sole reason of fuel economy. The result is that these boxes are no fun at all in manual - not only do you not know which gear you are in most of the time, but there often is a choice of 3 or even 4 gears that will work OK at a given speed. So you end up, if you are like me, driving it just as you would an old Borg Warner 3 speed slush box. It becomes a 2 seater version of the family saloon and no fun.

Even the old single cluthch flappy paddle jobbie of the F430, Ason Vantage and Lambo was preferable with fewer gears and you could feel it doing the change.