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An automatic Pantera??!!

lf-tp2511lf-tp2511Member
All,

The Audi A6 and A8 are front wheel drive, they have 6 speed automatics, and since they have longitudinally mounted engines, the transaxle is of a design to be adaptable to our Panteras.

A review I found wrote: The six-speed automatic transmission that comes on all models is super smooth and adds considerably to the joy of driving the A6 and its responsive performance. It always seems to be in the right gear, whether quick acceleration is wanted or smooth, quiet cruising. If that isn't good enough for you, select the Tiptronic mode and shift manually among seven ratios. But we found it worked exceptionally well just leaving it in Drive.

It is mounted behind the 255 V6, the 335 HP V8 and I assume also behind the 440HP W12 found in the top of the line A8 L 6.0.

When we are too old to push that clutch pedal down to the floor, and the carpal tunnel hands have trouble grabbing the shift knob, this could keep us on the road, abeit with a little loss of image.

These seem to be available, at least in Europe, for about $2200.

And by the way, it is made by.........ZF ;-)

View one at:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&ite...ame=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT

Comments?

Larry
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lf-tp2511lf-tp2511Member
Ron,

Further internet searching today found these units also come in a non-all wheel drive model, which is of course a shorter case being without the rear power take-off. But these were from earlier Audis, and not models with anywhere near the horsepower of the V8 or W12. And they are on eBay USA, at what seems almost cheap enough prices to suggest a core unit could be had cheaply at a import wrecking yard to serve as a start for research purposes.

Bypassing the Audi brain box would seem to be something that perhaps some of our European hot rod counterparts might have already solved; but the translation needed to read of their exploits might slow down the learning curve.

Perhaps Roland in Germany has some input of all this?

Larry
C charliemccallMember
Sounds like a solution to a problem nobody has asked!!

Putting an automatic in a Pantera? Assuming you have no physical handicap (and even that isn't an excuse, as several Board members have shown) then I don't know why you would ever want an automatic in a Pantera. That's one of the things that turns me off about Corvettes and Porsches - the number of those cars sold with automatics. You want a sports car or you want a luxury car? Call me an old fogey, but sports cars have manual transmissions.

I drove an A6 with an automatic and one with a manual before buying mine. Sure, the automatic worked well, but it was an automatic. I enjoy driving, so the manual got the nod...
thepopethepopeMember
I'm sure this option package will include a wing. . . . . . .

Not for me!

(Charlie says it best - a solution to a question no one has asked.)



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Originally posted by Charlie McCall:
Sounds like a solution to a problem nobody has asked!!

Putting an automatic in a Pantera? Assuming you have no physical handicap (and even that isn't an excuse, as several Board members have shown) then I don't know why you would ever want an automatic in a Pantera. That's one of the things that turns me off about Corvettes and Porsches - the number of those cars sold with automatics. You want a sports car or you want a luxury car? Call me an old fogey, but sports cars have manual transmissions.

I drove an A6 with an automatic and one with a manual before buying mine. Sure, the automatic worked well, but it was an automatic. I enjoy driving, so the manual got the nod...
lf-tp2511lf-tp2511Member
Charlie, David and the rest of you,

This isn't an upgrade that is on my to-do list. I firmly believe a sports car must have three pedals under the steering wheel, or it is just a wanna-be.

But someday, in a far off time, my psyche will still want the rush of driving 2511, but my body may not be willing. An automatic would make it easier to continue my love affair with 2511 in the face of increasing age-related issues.

I am closer to 60 than 50 and at my age, one starts thinking ahead to the 'golden years', assuming I am lucky enough to get to them.

No tree jokes need to be inserted here, David, my friend Wink

Larry
jeff6559jeff6559Member
quote:
Originally posted by LF - TP 2511:
I am closer to 60 than 50 and at my age, one starts thinking ahead to the 'golden years', assuming I am lucky enough to get to them.
Larry


I couldn't agree more with the sentiment expressed here, although I think the the more important issue is power steering for the Pantera.

Jeff
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