ccoupefan

hello, i've been looking to buy a c coupe, and although the 6spd manual is enticing, i'm leaning towards the automatic because california traffic is.... california traffic.... my question is: is the automatic transmission in the c coupe a straight up auto or a driver-select auto (autostick, tiptronic)

thanks

JohnCL

It can be used as a touchshift....

ccoupefan

thanks

Saprissa

aaahhhh....

the C-Coupé

Justinius7

it can be used as a touch shift BUT its still automatic, not a true touch shift.

example... chrysler "auto-stick" if your stopped and put it in 3rd gear, when you go you are in 3rd gear no matter what (car doesn't go very fast at 5mph when floored in 3rd gear, obviously) also if you want to take the chrysler into redline it will let you.

but

the c-coupe, if you put the touch shift in 3rd at a complete stop, when you go... you still start out in first (or second if your in C or W)... ALSO if your in (lets say) 3rd and you hit redline, the car shifts to 4th regardless...

NOT that you would have a reason to start off in 3rd gear or redline... to me, thats a true manumatic... the coupes is just a fancier gear selector.

*note... the chrysler i was refering to was an intrepid... i don't know if they changed how the newer cars work.

tmak26b

the tip-tronic on the mercedes is kind of stupid. If you try to run the car in let say 3rd from 2000RPM, the car will actually downshift to 2nd and try to accelerate that way instead of running just 3rd gear even if the indicator is on at 3. The gears on the auto aren't exactly the best neither, I would stay away from the autos if you can try standard

ccoupefan

thanks y'all
as long as the automatic transmission is reliable... i think it's about time to switch over to an auto for a while...

my last few cars include a 2nd gen celica (manual) 2nd gen mr2 (manual, modded) and currently a 93 urs4... it's nice driving a stick out in the midwest... with a lot less traffic... but i want to get teh mb as a cruiser, so as long as the touchshift simulates a little bit of the standard, that's good enough for me...

(i'm also in the market for a 5spd suzuki x90, which should satisfy my stick fix)

Outland

Blasphemy. Get the stick. The auto sucks away to much preformance from the 1.8L...on the 2.3L and 3.2L v6 its acceptable, but the lag is aggravating. Get an auto suzuki.