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Originally Posted by PnCRedJwl2SS
Clearly, you have not driven the L99. I drove a 5-speed manual 1983 Camaro from 1983 to 2003. Drove a 6-speed manual 2002 Z28 from 2002 to 2009 (yep, about a year overlap on those two cars). Then bought my L99.
I "drive" the L99 every day and have just as much fun as I ever did in my manual transmission cars. Here's the deal, as I see it. If you've never driven a manual before--that's the way to go if you get a Camaro. Shifting and clutching is a really fun "driving" experience for a couple of years.
But as others have said, once you become an experienced stick shift driver, everything about shifting becomes automatic. You stop looking at the tach (don't need to) and you often don't even need to use the clutch to shift gears. At that point, the clutch begins to feel like an extra step at the stop light to get moving--and is just a pain to use in heavy traffic (trust me, no fun at all).
So now that I have my L99, I can actually enjoy every minute of my driving experience...and if I want to be even more engaged, I can use the tap-shift!
Bottom line: everyone is entitled to their own opinion about this topic. This is mine. Read and heed, or toss it. The only way you'll discover how you really feel about it is to drive both for an extended period of time. And the only one whose opinion should really matter is your own.
So go out and drive and enjoy!
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You fail. I have in fact driven the L99 and with a proper tune its golden. That is what I plan on buying.
Your dead on accurate regarding driving a stick and I would not want to drive one daily, not now, not with 43 year old knees that bear the affect of years of sports abuse. I use mine as a weekend car and its a blast to drive but I typically avoid most traffic and hit a lot of country roads.
That said the level of control and enguagement in the Auto vs the Manual cannot be compared, not in my experience. I think if a guy is really on the fence buy the stick drive it for a month or whatever GM's return is and if it doesn't work for them pick up the Auto.