[Timpo]

Okay so apparently Mitsubishi made an 8 speed manual transmission before.
The way it works is kind of like bicycle. You can shift 1st to 4th gear and also get to pick the secondary gear, which is "economy" and "power".

Mitsubishi called it "4x2 Supershift"

Also the reverse had 2 gears...so it's actually 10 speed if you count the reverse.

1982 Mitsubishi Cordia
http://www.productioncars.com/send_file.php/mitsubishi_cordia_red_1983_turbo.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Mitsubishi_Supershift_001.JPG/800px-Mitsubishi_Supershift_001.JPG

[ziggyx]

Gear Shifting - The Fast and The Furious - YouTube

[Matlock]

Neato, Dude!

From wikipedia:
In practice, it was very difficult to use all 8 forward speeds in sequence as every second change required movement of both gear levers at the same time - something which was almost impossible without using both hands. Many owners settled on using the transmission in low 'Power' mode the majority of the time, and only using the secondary selector to select high 'Economy' mode when in 4th gear, effectively creating a 5th gear from 4th 'high'.

:inoutugh:

[ts14]

This reminds me of the 4lo and 4hi settings in a 4x4, except that u have to keep switching out of each mode to make it feel like it has more gears
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[Timpo]

They also came up with this...

http://www.central-tp.com/adm/?action_commonImg=true&uid=central-tp&id=19544

[hirevtuner]

so we need a car to have 8 speed cuz you will be driving a big rig instead? :okay:

[donjalapeno]

twin stick shifting yeeeeeeeeeee hawwww

http://youtu.be/K2zwd1iazvU

[Great68]

This reminds me of the 4lo and 4hi settings in a 4x4,
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It should, because it's exactly the same thing.

[Geoc]

I thought the hi and lo refers to the transfer case..
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[roastpuff]

This is just like a big rig. Ewww. :heckno:

[Yodamaster]

Really quite pointless to have eight gears on a car like that, just adds pointless gears and even more pointless manufacturing costs to the blend.

I hope it never makes a re-appearance.

[falcon]

It's basically split shifting but without the button on the gear knob.

[elkayem]

http://i.imgur.com/LrsTa.jpg
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[fliptuner]

twin stick shifting yeeeeeeeeeee hawwww

twin stick $$$$$$$' - YouTube (http://youtu.be/K2zwd1iazvU)

Manual split shifter. A lot of those were behind 2 stroke diesels. A bit hard to learn and if you bound up while shifting, you had to crawl underneath to straighten out the linkage.

[twitchyzero]

Gear Shifting - The Fast and The Furious - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fspSUW3FS3Q)

nice handjob compilation :badpokerface:

[Shorn]

Also the reverse had 2 gears...so it's actually 10 speed if you count the reverse.



... who the hell counts reverse as a gear?
then my car would be 7 speed then.