Who makes the best manual trannys?

Becksgold · 08-09-2007, 06:45 AM

Porsche and BMW are fab = ZF ?

sdiver68 · 08-09-2007, 11:39 AM

Honda...if it isn't super smooth shifting you need to take it in for service

Cadillac Johnson · 08-10-2007, 02:20 AM

Another vote for the S2k

010101 · 08-10-2007, 03:26 AM

Best standard clutch manual transmission ever made at any price:
Honda S2000

This transmission is as close to perfection as any manufacturer at any price has ever gotten.

Second best:

All current Porsche 987 and 997. Very nice cable linked trannies

BMWs are about average at best. They have always been notchy and are fairly easy to miss a shift in.

Worst manual transmission of any modern car:
Dodge Neon SRT4 This is the most god awful piece of shit I have ever shifted in my life, and I have driven A LOT of cars.

M-Nuts · 10-25-2007, 09:58 PM

Vote for the Honda S2000, the best manual trans out there. I've driven a lot of Manuals , the S2000 is the best so far, light clutch with very precise short throw shift. plus when you have an engine that revs up to 9000 RPM that put a lot of stress on the tranny, they really did a good job on that

mmm def · 10-25-2007, 11:04 PM

S2000 and the new Civic Si

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08-09-2007, 11:39 AM	#24
sdiver68 Expert Road Racer 60 Rep 1,329 Posts Drives: 07 335i e90, 09 335i e93 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: St. Louis, MO iTrader: (3)	Honda...if it isn't super smooth shifting you need to take it in for service
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Cadillac Johnson Free taco with stolen base 30 Rep 639 Posts Drives: 335i? GTR? RS5? Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Milwaukee iTrader: (0)	Another vote for the S2k __________________ *lllM*
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08-10-2007, 03:26 AM	#26
010101 Lieutenant 32 Rep 423 Posts Drives: still deciding what to order Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: los angeles iTrader: (0)	Best standard clutch manual transmission ever made at any price: Honda S2000 This transmission is as close to perfection as any manufacturer at any price has ever gotten. Second best: All current Porsche 987 and 997. Very nice cable linked trannies BMWs are about average at best. They have always been notchy and are fairly easy to miss a shift in. Worst manual transmission of any modern car: Dodge Neon SRT4 This is the most god awful piece of shit I have ever shifted in my life, and I have driven A LOT of cars.
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10-25-2007, 09:58 PM	#27
M-Nuts Private 19 Rep 84 Posts Drives: F82 M4 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Seattle iTrader: (0)	Vote for the Honda S2000, the best manual trans out there. I've driven a lot of Manuals , the S2000 is the best so far, light clutch with very precise short throw shift. plus when you have an engine that revs up to 9000 RPM that put a lot of stress on the tranny, they really did a good job on that
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10-25-2007, 11:04 PM	#28
mmm def Colonel 147 Rep 2,611 Posts Drives: 21 330, 19 ND2 RF, 11 RX350 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NJ iTrader: (0)	S2000 and the new Civic Si
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