SpeedGeek

Ouch! Of course it could be 200kg and they'd still sell just fine. After all, how much pride can you have in your expensive sports car with a stick and clutch. It's just so "last-year"!

As much as I hate this fashion-driven move to paddles on road cars, they do have a few advantages. They are good for track work, and you can't argue with getting an extra gear. And I suppose it does make the car easier to drive in stop-start traffic. But I just don't like them - they destroy so much driver involvement. I drove my brother's F430 F1 again this weekend and I simply cannot warm to the paddles. Oh well, I'm a dinosaur I guess.