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Originally Posted by aklim
. The only thing I can think of where it helps is if you want to have a sports car and want to fit the traditional image of a sports car to make the boys happy
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well if you have a tdi vw the manual is good for about 5 more mpg's, plus the autos in the jetta's and bugs are junk to the tune of 2-3 grand to replce.whereas a clutch is pretty cheap.and the same pretty much goes for any vehicle these days.auto eats it's pigs and you'll drop 2-3 grand to replace it.clutch takes a crap maybe 1000 and thats pushing it.i just replaced the original dual mass clutch on my 2000 tdi jetta at 375,000 miles.if it would have had an auto i'd probably be on my 3rd or 4th trans.