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That sucks. you'd probably have it this week if you had kept it as an Auto.
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... according to a Cadillac marketing response regarding the transmission which was posted on CaddilacForums.com, the Aisin AY6 is built in Anjo City, Japan. My understanding is that the Tremec in built in Mexico.
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Open diffs are garbage. They do the one wheel peel under acceleration and power the inside wheel around turns causing a loss of traction. Not only that, but if you do a burnout when an open diff, or get stuck in the snow, you'll end up destroying the differential. As for manual or auto, I wouldn't even consider the automatic. Its a sports car, its supposed to have a manual transmission. Ever see an automatic on a road course?? Its terrible, you're lacking complete control over the car and performance suffers as a result. There's nothing better than carving up a country road on a nice day rowing through a 6 speed. If you live in the city however, I can understand the auto. |
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stick!
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Yesterday I did come up with another reason why an automatic is being considered by me. In the event my wife and I go out and I have a couple of drinks (she doesn't drink at all) she can't drive a stick and the only way I would get home is if she drove home. Of course the other possibility is still get a stick and know that if I am gonna drink, we will just take her car.
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Hey, you want to lay the fate of the world on the kid's Camaro? That's cool.
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my moms car battery died, and so we took my dads car, it was a manual. she cannot drive manuals. we went 7 miles in seconds gear. started in second, stopped in second. rpms usually 5500 going 60, red line was 6000.
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The only car I've currently got over 300 HP is my 1969 Mustang: 351W 4-Spd MT & 3.50:1 LSD (est. 325~350 HP), and it has not been out on a weekend night in over 20 years. My current daily driver ... 2004 Mustang w/ 3.9L V6, 5-Spd MT & 3.27:1 LSD (est. 200~220 HP) is even a potent enough combo to get someone in trouble after a few too many drinks. The only FUN car I've got that can be safe for a night out is my 1967 Fairlane ('85 HO 5.0L, 3-Spd C6 AT & 3.00:1 open diff ... est. 225 HP), but still attracts more attention than a boring minivan. IMO, an AT equipped 304 HP V6 Camaro has more potential for trouble than this Fairlane. As far as the Camaro SS AT being OK for a night out, I'd have to say NO FRIGGIN' WAY. A good friend of mine has a 2006 Charger Daytona (AT w/ 350 HP 5.7L) and a good buddy of his just bought a new SRT Challenger (AT w/ 425 HP 6.1L). After a few too many drinks they lined up and ened up breaking 100 MPH in a 35~45 zone. Lucky for them no cops were around and nothing happened, but it was just plain stupid for 2 guys in their 50's. Interesting results though, he told me the 2 cars were nose to nose the whole time ... SRT Challenger with all that extra HP & displacement could not pull away from his bone stock Daytona !! Anyways back to my point ... Now a days, even a few drinks CAN get you over the ultra-low current legal limit for an OWI/DWI ... it's just not worth taking the chance no matter which kind 2010 Camaro (definitely a cop magnet for the next 6 months or so) you've got or plan on getting !! Doug |
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i dont know how this thread got on to the whole drinking and driving but here's my thoughts.... on AT vs MT
ive been going back and forth for a while on it, but today i drove a V6 AT which was not bad at all, but the whole time i found myself wishing it was a MT.... it just didn't feel right...
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Yeah there's enough automatic transmission only cars in the world. When you get a chance to buy a stick it's a shame not to go for it.
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It doesn't even have to be as cool as a Camaro. I learned on my VW and don't want to drive auto anymore...I usually even want my pickup to be manual now.
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Stick all the way.
My daughter is learning on HER 2nd owner 1979 Camaro, so she will be able to drive it too. |
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Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS, Black. Join Date: May 2009
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I learned manual on the '71 Zed.
It's the ONLY option. Unless of course you were missing limbs which hindered you from operating stick/clutch.
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