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Originally Posted by teejay
From experience, one place where the Fords still lead the Holdens is driving ... smoothness for a lack of a better word.
Both and I a motoring journalist commented the same thing when we drove the new 6l 6 speed Auto Caprice - that the box was crap thus making it a less pleasureable experience then it should have been.
Fords 6 speed shits on Holdens, and its really a sour point to me.
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Yeah I was speaking to Karl about that too...when he and I both drove the the VE SS-V test car he had, he noted how much smoother the box was than the Caprice. Weird!
The 6 speed in the Falcon's is amazing though, same as the Jags, etc.
Definitely a trump card over the Holden, although the 6 speed in the VE SS-V that Karl had, and the one in my dads, are both very smooth too.
I've not caught it out yet i.e. unnecessary thunks or clunks whilst kicking down the trans, although I have found a few in my mates BFII XR6T whilst driving it. In general though, the gearshifts in the Ford box are imperceptible and buttery smooth.