How much of a poseur are you?

Yes perhaps. Visual is my game Ask me again and I'll tell you the same.

 

Then you're overcoming being a poseur and coming into your own. Thumbs up. As for me I only have 2 Ferrari shirts. One Puma and the other a souvenir from the Peterson Museum when they had their Ferrari show there.

 

Cheers, matey More to come...

 

That's a cool idea actually. I wouldn't have thought of that. Do it It would add uniqueness to the "way you roll"--taking you even farther from poseurhood into being an original mind. The force is strong with you....

 

This is a neat-o car: The M3. We will use this as an illustration. Although this goes back to the"transmission type," this thread isn't only about that. It's about what you do with the transmission--regardless of type That determines a poseur.

Therefore, here is a hot off the press EVO story about the latest BMW M3 made mostly for poseurs:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5rQ8xClTJw]BMW M3 and M4 at Detroit | evo MOTOR SHOWS - YouTube[/ame]

You will notice, at about 1:30 on the video, the journalist remarks that the new M3 has the DSG but "will still have a manual... which is very good for us.."--meaning he's making a nod and wink to the true enthusiasts.

Many enthusiast drivers simply resent and hate the introduction of paddle shifters into road going GTs.This is just a fact of life. Again notice how he says it "will still have a manual..." as he doesn't recognize a DSG as being a manual even though it technically is (or can be).

Therefore DSGs are simply seen as automatics. And poseurs tend to gravitate to those (with some actually pretending to be able to drive a stick, another point to discuss, perhaps).

Remember that the paddles are mostly for poseurs as most people who order those over the stick shift will never take the M3 to 8/10-10/10 competition levels of driving, but will, instead, drive the new M3 like its got an automatic transmission. As I have stated earlier, DSG most often remains in auto mode--not manual.

Yes, there is a small percentage of true enthusiasts who drive "F1 style" on track days who prefer the millisecond shifting of "racing paddles." But the M3 will most often be driven to the dentist's office and grocery store in fully automatic mode--a highly capable car left as a poseur's chariot--a neat looking shiny object. Enjoy!

 

Perhaps reiteration will help. It is EVO who just said that the new M3 has the DSG but "will still have a manual... which is very good for us.." What do you think that is supposed to mean?

 

I generally agree with you save for one point. EVO is the one publishing the video article. Not the one journalist. The published views expressed by the staff at EVO are views expressed by EVO. Otherwise they would never have let that piece remain presented as it was. EVO would have edited out that part where he pans the DSG if EVO did not agree with that view. The video and its content as presented were not published by mistake.

That depends on the character of the f-chat member. It has been a habit to compartmentalize the issue as if it were only transmission dependent. But it is a more interwoven phenomenon.

Per the OP, If the f-chat member is a category 3 (or sometimes category 4) and has a DSG transmission then they're not a poseur. If the f-chat member has a DSG transmission and they are category 1 or category 2 then they are a poseur. However the EVO piece implies that their bias is leaning to category 4.

Moreover, how do you feel about Ferrari nowadays forcing any and all new buyers into accepting only a DSG transmission? Whereas BMW gives their buyers an actual choice, Ferrari doesn't. What does that say to you?

 

Thank you, matey

Peruse my blog if you haven't already. It's the next best thing to hanging out I have new content on the way but went on hiatus after Tom Meade died last August 1st: Chad Glass

 

LOL ... I like your sense of humor +1


Definition of MOSSBACK

1: a large sluggish fish (as a largemouth bass)

2: an extremely old-fashioned or reactionary person : fogy

— moss·backed adjective

Example of MOSSBACK
<those mossbacks at the intelligence agency didn't get the memo that the world had changed>

First Known Use of MOSSBACK: 1872

 

"2: an extremely old-fashioned or reactionary person : fogy"

c'mon now.... You're in your old library room with the old sepia toned world globe, and ladder with the wheels on the tracks attached to the shelves---hunched over with your pipe and slippers gazing at Gutenberg printed books!

 

LOL!! hha hHHAHAhhhhahAAAhaa touche'

 

Now THIS Is a mancave:

Old Vienna Library Part 2

with appropriate car:

1962 Ferrari GTO ? History.com Video