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Originally Posted by Shu71

That is a very good point and that coupled with the fact this is a sports car made it a easy choice for me, manual it will be. I had a 1969 Camaro which had the Muncie 4 speed from the factory. After I rebuilt the engine I decided to put a TH350 in it just because I had one laying around and didn't have the money to buy a new clutch that could hold up to the rebuilt engines much increased power. I ran it like that for a summer and ended up saving to get a good clutch so I could put the stick back in. The comment that you steer an automatic but drive a stick is probably the best quote I have ever heard. My brother had a 1989 Iroc at the time that was a 5 speed and that car was teh same way compared to all the automatic Irocs I drove. My wife had a new Mustang and it is a stick and it feels the same way, FUN, exciting and Sporty.

The only way I'd consider an automatic sports car was if I was commuting in big city stop and go bumper to bumper traffic every day.

Good choice. I also have a M6 and commute 100 miles a day (have close to 1,700 miles on it in just over 2.5 weeks!)....no issues and I personally would have it no other way.

To further expand - interesting that GM decided not to call out the M6's "limited slip" diff on the sticker. The auto's have a smaller open diff that you have to pay an addiitonal $1K to get (as the auto option).