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Why is he wrestling with farm animals?
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For some time i had a 1991 miata. I cannot imagine driving that car in an automatic. It was all about curvy roads and the fun factor of getting the most out of a supurbly tuned 90 hp plant mated to a excellent beautifully shifting gearbox.
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Yes my 6 speed SLK320 is like that except with over 200 HP and about 3000 pounds. It is new enough for a reasonable amount of technology and an absolutely wonderful clutch, trans and shifter. Handles great too. Not a Supercar, but a really fun runabout daily driver.
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The vast majority of cars in the U.S. are not sports cars, but are more mundane vehicles that are tasked to function in today's environment. Perhaps a six-speed manual makes some sense out in the more rustic areas of our country. Now imagine that you are in an urban setting, in stop-and-go traffic. That automatic seems to make more sense in that environment.
If man was meant to operate a manual transmission, he would have had three feet... Last edited by P.C.; 11-13-2019 at 02:06 PM. |
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I have driven several hundred thousand, if I added it up, probably over a half million miles in the DFW area including crowded stop light to stoplight as well as jammed up freeways almost entirely with a manual transmission. I didn’t love the traffic, but I didn’t mind at all handling a manual under those conditions. As I stated earlier, I ENJOY driving a manual transmission. In fact, stop and go traffic is more enjoyable with a manual because I get to shift more.
For me it is the opposite. In cruising I don’t get to shift, so an automatic is not as much fun out here in the boonies. |
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I am a three pedal man. I have six manuals now in my Cobra and my Dodge truck. The 39 Studie has the five speed.
The cobra is the only car I have owned that would be more fun to drive with an automatic. The shifter is heavy and clunky and the clutch is heavy. Also with the close ratio nature of the transmission it would be more enjoyable if it had just a four speed as the shifting is purely optional in most cases. Heck, it has so much torque you could just put it in fourth and leave it there all the time.
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Only time I'd get a stick would be if I bought a 360/430/550 Ferrari. The sticks will hold their value a lot better. When I was looking at 911's PDK's all the way, heck with sticks obsolete tech.
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Corvette going Ferrariesque look may help them in bringing in new buyers, but it's a totally different vehicle than the FE (front engine) C7. They missed the mark design wise. It holds zero interest for me with an automatic transmission. They're just not fun to drive. Too boring. |
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Just joking!
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You grow a pair.
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