Watch: Man critical after BMW smashes into lane divider in Cape Town

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irBosOtter

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How is the identical car one being manual vs DSG/PDK going to result in faster lap times? An experienced driver manually shifts in about 0.2 seconds. This equates to loosing 0.2 of acceleration each time an upshift happens. You can easily work out how many times you upshift on a certain track. You can then easily calculate how much acceleration you'll lose per lap and convert that to lost time.

Please show me some sources of the same car, where manual outperforms dual clutch paddle shifting.

https://www.minimumtread.com/the-bl...smission-vs-automaticdual-clutch-transmission
There you go.
Very intresting article
 

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If you read the rest of the article, its mostly bluster, not reality:

Smith is not convinced this punishment is harsh enough.

"The sentences imposed often amount to nothing more than a slap on the wrist, which does little to change behaviour as the consequences are not dire enough."

Ideally, he argued, the perpetrator's vehicle would be forfeited.

While this was common practice in other countries, this is not considered constitutional, Smith explained.

The alternative would be to seize the car as evidence for the duration of the trial.
 

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The brain damage must have happened years prior to the accident.
I'm glad for his family that he's still alive, people sometimes deserve second chances.
He is lucky he didnt kill anyone else in the accident.
 

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Thanks. Very informative.
I'd still like to see a 6 speed DSG or a 7 speed pdk go against it 6 gear manual counterpart where the gear ratios are closer together. That Camaro uses a 10 speed box. Unsure if all gears are used in sport or race mode. Never driven one.

I still want to see Qscwbt in a manual GT3 for example, outperform a pdk GT3 in a drag race. Not going to happen.
 

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Thanks. Very informative.
I'd still like to see a 6 speed DSG or a 7 speed pdk go against it 6 gear manual counterpart where the gear ratios are closer together. That Camaro uses a 10 speed box. Unsure if all gears are used in sport or race mode. Never driven one.

I still want to see Qscwbt in a manual GT3 for example, outperform a pdk GT3 in a drag race. Not going to happen.

At the end of the article they did state the auto's should and do have an advantage, but if the driver farks up then it's not gona help.
So a auto should be faster if the driver does his part
 

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Looks like you both have that in common

I didn't know @TysonRoux also raced on busy public roads like a moron risking the lives of innocents. @TysonRoux you should be ashamed of yourself. But I suspect @saloojee is also of the brainless types that risks the lives of others, from there his defense of the legless (that's got to be a nightmare, no brains as well as no legs) wonder.
 

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He is awake. Eating. Talking. Aware of amputations. No signs of brain damage.
Good news if he can use his experience to fight for this madness on public roads to stop. Won't be getting behind the wheel of a car that's for sure.

So I guess duahs have been bittersweet. Good plan from god.
 

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You know the guy personally then ?
You know the guy personally then?

If you haven't gathered how dumb the illegal street racer Tawfeeq is, then its likely you are also one of those "soldiers".
 
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