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Originally Posted by kingsley
I was chatting to another member of this forum once who said he was driving across Europe in his GTR with N1s being followed by a friend with 2530s.
The N1 driver stayed in top gear and just used the throttle to accelerate when required.
The 2530 driver kept having to change down just to keep up. I'd imagine that'd get very tedious after a while.
That's why I care about boost threshold. And it's also why I'm not alone.
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I believe that story for sure. I think if you would rather stay in one gear, you should buy an automatic luxury car. The point of a manual transmission sports car is to shift gears. It doesn't get tedious. It's part of the driving experience. I drive sports cars because I like to drive a car hard. I head out into the mountains with twists and turns and elevation changes and speeds between 30 and 100+mph. I like to shift. I like to rev-match. I like to heel-toe. I don't like to putter around in fifth gear on a windy road.
I plan modifications based on what I want the car to do when driving in THAT environment, not puttering around city streets in traffic.
If you want a car with plenty of low-end power that you don't have to shift to have fun with, you should buy a sporty luxobarge with automatic transmission and a V8.
You didn't. You bought a sports car with an engine with great potential. Don't handicap it. Put 2530's on it. Shift the f*cking gears.