Buying and insuring a Cat S car?

[ajlelectronics]

I am perfectly content with my 4 speed plus TCC. I really can't see why any more would be useful? Surely it would be trying to emulate a CVT all the time?

 

[dobbslc]

The 9G allows for a better power / torque band, smoother and around 10% extra fuel efficiency. Having drove cars with all types of transmissions that 9 speed car last night stood out as perfectly geared and agile too really nice to drive.

I was going to ask what type of transmission it is, hope it's not a nasty CVT.
I like a good old slush box, 3 speeds are a plenty

 

[jmp49]

Only 9 speeds, my old Landy had a 10 speeds, 5 in high and 5 in low range

And two of them were in reverse? (lt95 in joke..)

 

[JOEPRO]

Picking up my new to me 9 speed w205 tomorrow after work

 

[Robotstar5]

And two of them were in reverse? (lt95 in joke..)

I've had LT95's and LT77's on various Landies

 

[JOEPRO]

why does a car ned a 9 speed transmission..?

So it's one better than the 8 speed auto in the car next door?

I own two cars with 6 spd manual transmissions - one of them, 6th is direct 1:1 - stacks all the intermediate ratios close together for the low torque engine.

In the other, with a big V8, not exactly lacking in torque, the top two gears are over-drives - it will speed in a 30 limit at tick-over in top.

The 9G allows for a better power / torque band, smoother and around 10% extra fuel efficiency. Having drove cars with all types of transmissions that 9 speed car last night stood out as perfectly geared and agile too really nice to drive.

I am perfectly content with my 4 speed plus TCC. I really can't see why any more would be useful? Surely it would be trying to emulate a CVT all the time?

I was going to ask what type of transmission it is, hope it's not a nasty CVT.
I like a good old slush box, 3 speeds are a plenty

On the prickly subject of why a car needs a 9 speed transmission...

Having driven this car for a month now I'd say it is an amazing transmission.

Silky smooth and returns exceptional fuel economy. 55+ mpg on longer trips. 48mpg average on a tank. 2.1L twin turbo diesel engine.

One really nice feature is a "glide" mode. On any downward slopes or hills the car seamlessly drops onto a neutral gear of sorts and engine idles. Saves alot of fuel. As soon as the car starts to level out or you accelerate it drops back into gear seamless. The D on screen turns green to show its in glide mode. And the car tots up how many bonus miles are saved this way. So on a 14 mile commute to work it glides for about 3 mile of that with very little fuel consumption.

The engine also doesn't go above about 1300rpm even on motorway speeds in 9th gear.

Truly impressive and saving me alot of £ compared to my 7 speed S class diesel!

So newer is not always a bad thing

 

[dobbslc]

1300 rpm, wow that's low revving!
My van isn't even boosting until 1500 or so. Gutless trashy crap.

 

[ajlelectronics]

On any downward slopes or hills the car seamlessly drops onto a neutral gear of sorts and engine idles

That was how I destroyed my first car. Trying to save petrol, downhill in neutral, I hit a patch of mud, braked and became intimate with the roadside flora.