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Originally Posted by DDustiNN
27 - 2SS/RS - Auto - BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WANTED.
Seems like most people that are getting manuals are of the "OMG, Camaro = Manual or bust" type, and the people who ordered autos feel obligated to defend their decision... as if driving a manual is the "manly" thing to do or something... what's the deal, here? I even get guff from a couple of my friends about it. It's kind of annoying, actually. The auto will still lay the smack down on any car in its class. Personally, I don't find shifting gears to be "fun"... I actually find it a bit tedious. Maybe I'm lazy, I dunno. But I also don't like the "jerky" back-and-forth feeling you get from a manual (seems less noticeable when you're the one driving though). Add in the fact that this will be my daily driver, 25-mile commute (one-way) to work every day, and lots of rush-hour traffic jams (as well as city driving for lunch)... and shifting will just get old real quick. I have faith that my car will put me in the most efficient gear when necessary. After all... its 1/4-mile is within .1 sec of the manual, isn't it? Sounds pretty damn good to me.
Why should this have to be explained every time someone finds out you ordered the auto? No one gets this bent out of shape when you order a sandwich with no mayo...
"WHAT?! No mayo??? EVERY sandwich HAS to have mayo, otherwise it's not a REAL sandwich!!!"
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Always drove a "stick" in the past and LOVED IT, traffic or not...and got the highest compliments from my teenage son, who thinks i am the best and smoothest stick driver ever, and that includes all his teen friends!!...
:( HOWEVER, my knees are not what they were 10 yrs ago and i broke my left ankle a few yrs back and was glad i had an "Auto" available to drive at that point or i would have waited even longer than the 12 wks i already had to wait to drive at all, because i would not have been able to use the clutch with the left ankle, which was shattered...
I do not judge anyone's decision and don't think anyone else should either...
We are the Camaro5 "family" and we should all respect each other's choices and get along like "good little kiddies"...
