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07-08-2008, 05:46 PM
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BOSS 5.4L Enthusiast
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Hey guys,
My Girlfriend absolutly loves the XR5T's but doesn't have a manual licence, besides the obvious choice of getting here to learn, is there an Automatic Version in sight? |
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07-08-2008, 07:08 PM
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XR5 Pilot
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Perth, Ex NSW
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Meant to be a XR5T with a DSG style Auto Gearbox coming out next year...Ford have their own name for it but cant remember..Dura-shift maybe?
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07-08-2008, 08:28 PM
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Badly Focused
Join Date: Jul 2008
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Duraflappy
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07 LT CL, CAI, timing, XR5 springs, LS Zetec wheels 16.045...0.05 of a second! I wanted a 15sec pass! 93 GSR/Evo3...too much to mention, 12.2sec 1/4, FOR SALE! *Maybe we don't try putting holes in things that sink, yeah?* |
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07-08-2008, 09:30 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Brisbane North
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Dura shift sounds about right! Everything in ford EU world is called dura something.... its apparantly the same DSG gearbox they are fitting to 2.2 auto diesel mondeo's......
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08-08-2008, 08:55 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Melbourne
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I would love one and hopefully the premium for the slef shifter will noty be too high. having a manual TDCI means you have lots of gears to change
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08-08-2008, 11:48 AM
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RS Dreamer!
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Sydney
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08-08-2008, 12:10 PM
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Badly Focused
Join Date: Jul 2008
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Why pay 5k to loose my 3rd favourite pedal? I love that little guy
But seriously, DSG boxes can be very quick, but they'll never have that fluid balance of a smooth heel toe at just the right time...although some of them do a cool little blip of the throttle Just seems like a gimmick, unless you're paying 300k for a supercar...and even then I'd rather shift my own gears... RM.
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07 LT CL, CAI, timing, XR5 springs, LS Zetec wheels 16.045...0.05 of a second! I wanted a 15sec pass! 93 GSR/Evo3...too much to mention, 12.2sec 1/4, FOR SALE! *Maybe we don't try putting holes in things that sink, yeah?* |
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09-08-2008, 07:00 AM
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XR Experiment
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Lismore, NSW..
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09-08-2008, 07:06 AM
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AFF Post NAZI
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Albury
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or if not, wait till she gets her full licence and teach her manual. Best Option and thus allows you to enjoy the fruits of your labour (brownie Points) and enjoy a manual XR5T.
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09-08-2008, 10:28 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: South Western Sydney
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There are a few good DSG boxes out there but give me the gear box and clutch any day the most fun to drive.
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09-08-2008, 08:34 PM
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BOSS 5.4L Enthusiast
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 21,941
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Thanks for the help guys, will be interested to see if the XR5T gets released with the DSG box.
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10-08-2008, 05:37 PM
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Knows nothing. Apparently
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: On the front steps, Brown-baggin' it.
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11-08-2008, 04:39 PM
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ORSMT5
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
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i spose an auto version will sell a bunch more but they should keep them manual only.
imo, unless the person is disabled everyone should have to get their licence in a manual
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11-08-2008, 06:56 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: ACT
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That was the question I asked when i bought mine. Can I get it in Auto.
As much as I love the XR5, I hate changing gears and I want it in Auto. |
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11-08-2008, 07:03 PM
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RS Dreamer!
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Sydney
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You guys need to pull your heads out of the sand (wadr) and realise the potential of this new generation of automatics. I agree that a manual transmission will always be more fun... provided your on a track and your good enough with the heel toe technique. But really these DSG style gearbox's are amazing, they were designed to be faster than any human at changing gears... plus they are, in most cases, more fuel efficient than both traditional torque converter auto's and manuals!
 :So if Ford has any chance of competing with the likes of VW (in the hot hatch market anyway) they would be stupid not to offer a dual clutch auto along side a conventional manual... |
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12-08-2008, 04:54 PM
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Knows nothing. Apparently
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: On the front steps, Brown-baggin' it.
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horses for courses dude.
BTW, now that you've mentioned it, can anyone actually heel-toe in their focus??, i've tried since the day i bought it and i can't do it without stabbing the brake hard. For me, it's set too high and to far back from the brake pedal.
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14-08-2008, 12:54 PM
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XR5 Pilot
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Perth, Ex NSW
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I hate to say it but a DSG Golf GTi will Beat an XR5 turbo thanks to its Gearbox and .6 hundredth of a second shifts....Even with the slick Getrag Box in the T5...shift times are just in another world.
Dura-shift in an XR5?? Bye bye MPS3, GTI, VXR....
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16-08-2008, 09:52 AM
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BOSS 5.4L Enthusiast
Join Date: Aug 2005
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 lets just say it's a sensitive issue.
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XR5T Auto?
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