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Originally Posted by irpq11
Can a person shift more effectively than a machine. Aren't the main reasons for buying a standard tranny to be;
More affordable
Save on fuel
Just fun to do (shifting gears)
What is the benefit after those? Downshifting?
I geuss the ? should be what is the benefit as apposed to an automatic transm?
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Other than drag racing, (which I believe to be a toss up) a manual transmission is better for High performance applications. especially road racing. Seat of the pants sensors will always be better at keeping the car going fast around the track.
My personal opinion for drag cars (Not daily driver, weekend drag cars), real competitive drag cars, is that when geared to get the car to it's top speed at the end of a quarter mile with no traction loss etc., Autos are hard to beat. But can be beat by a real good manual driver.
FWIW.