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2SSRS/SS396 · 09-08-2009, 07:01 PM

If you get the manual and you are a cell phone junky like most young people you better either get the bluetooth package that comes with the 2LT 2SS or have a bluetooth to stick in your ear. Just try driving through town, shifting every block about 2-3 times while trying to hold your phone & steer all at the same time. 2 of my other toys are 4 speed's and I love driving them as toys but if I had to drive any of them as daily drivers I think I would get sick of it. Mine is going to be a toy so I want the manual!

But hey your only young once, if that is what you want go for it!

carguy50 · 09-08-2009, 07:14 PM

I taught my kids to drive on a standard. They learned in Colorado Springs.Lots of hills. They had to prove to me they could stop at an up hill stoplight, hold the car in 1st gear without the brake and go on the green without killing the engine or chirping the tires. Good thing they learned, they both ride motorcycles. Just thought you might want a good self test of coordination.

zebra · 09-08-2009, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by 2SSRS/SS396

If you get the manual and you are a cell phone junky like most young people you better either get the bluetooth package that comes with the 2LT 2SS or have a bluetooth to stick in your ear. Just try driving through town, shifting every block about 2-3 times while trying to hold your phone & steer all at the same time. 2 of my other toys are 4 speed's and I love driving them as toys but if I had to drive any of them as daily drivers I think I would get sick of it. Mine is going to be a toy so I want the manual!

But hey your only young once, if that is what you want go for it!

or how about not talking on the phone & concentrating on driving?

Speedfreak · 09-08-2009, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by zebra

for everyday driving, just use the brakes. they're much easier & cheaper to replace if you do it wrong or too much

I have always downshifted coming to a stop

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Originally Posted by Croatcamaro2010

manual, funk the auto, plus with the manual there are people who dont know how to drive it so then you will have an excuse to not let others drive it

Good point.

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Originally Posted by zebra

i've been driving a standard since i was 11. it's that easy. once you get used to it, it really ain't a problem in traffic (unless you have a problem with your left leg). just practice & it'll get easier & easier

ps - you will stall it. just go ahead & accept it

A manual trans is a blast to drive with for sure. Once you get it down you won't even have to think about it. Although, I tend to shift by sound of the engine............and have stalled every now and then if I got the music pumping at a stop

Would I buy one now? NO but that is because no way I could drive every day. 43 years old, football, basketball, wrestling, lifting, baseball............has taken its toll

zebra · 09-08-2009, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Speedfreak

I have always downshifted coming to a stop

A manual trans is a blast to drive with for sure. Once you get it down you won't even have to think about it. Although, I tend to shift by sound of the engine............and have stalled every now and then if I got the music pumping at a stop

nothing says you can't downshift, it's just a little easier on the drivetrain & clutch if you go to neutral when you know you're gonna stop

i also usually shift by sound. heck. my first car didn't even have a tach

Speedfreak · 09-08-2009, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by zebra

nothing says you can't downshift, it's just a little easier on the drivetrain & clutch if you go to neutral when you know you're gonna stop

i also usually shift by sound. heck. my first car didn't even have a tach

I actually go bout 50/50 with that, just depends...yea gets a little hairy around redline.........

zebra · 09-08-2009, 08:45 PM

i know what ya mean. my truck sounded like it was gonna throw an awful fit if it 5000

dursin · 09-08-2009, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Cheshirelaugh

I'm going to post just to play devil's advocate... I learned on a 5-spd '91 Grand Prix which had a STIFF clutch (and HUD!!!). But for the last 5 years I've been driving an automatic.

Back in college I had to commute from my dorm to my college (seperate from the main campus). Driving 12 blocks of city traffic during rush hour, stop and go, stop and go,... I could hop on my left left up those 5 flights of stairs to my room after the first year.

If you're doing LOTS of stop and go traffic, driving a manual could get old.

That said, the Camaro's clutch is no where near has stiff as that old Grand Prix. But I just wanted to give you another perspective.

I prefer an automatic as well. After a while a manual becomes 'automatic' in that you just shift without thinking...until you're stuck in traffic and then you'll be wishing you had the auto! I'd rather let the car do the work of handling the shifting.

Andro · 09-08-2009, 09:09 PM

manual is the only way to go

zebra · 09-08-2009, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Andro

manual is the only way to go

actually they offer a $1000 checkbox that eliminates the awesomeness pedal & oar

Icefsh · 09-08-2009, 10:01 PM

Been driving a manual for 10 years now. After a coulpe thousand miles you won't even think about it. It becomes automatic?

v6sonoma · 09-09-2009, 12:36 AM

Just find a $200 beater car and learn on it while you wait for your camaro. The difference between a stick and an auto is you really enjoy driving a stick car. It's just a lot more fun even when going 20mph. Especially when your doing that in first gear you can just wind it up and feel the rush. Your car just comes alive. I will probably never by an auto again unless it's a "family car". I live in the northeast and the highways here are overcrowded and annoying during rush hour and it's not that bad having a stick vs. auto. To be honest it's more annoying when I'm stuck in traffic on my bike with the engine roasting me alive. GO STICK!!!! :-)

bri9 · 09-09-2009, 12:41 AM

Get the manual! With the Fuel Management system in the auto it feels like your V8 is always in the 4 cylinder mode and then the exhaust sounds very weak.

211269 · 09-09-2009, 12:43 AM

The auto with the tap shifter in the new Camaro is quite good, very good actually. Set it to M1 and go, no clutch needed. Upshifts are very quick, quicker than a human can shift and you can keep your foot on the gas. When you get into stop and go traffic, push it up into D mode and no worries. You can even go from D into the S mode, tap the shifter and start controlling the gears whenever you want. Not to mention keeping both hands on the wheel is nice. I prefer auto all the way.

09-08-2009, 07:01 PM	#43
2SSRS/SS396 Drives: 69 SS 396 Camaro 2010 VR 2SSRS Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Grand Island, NE Posts: 164 View My Garage	If you get the manual and you are a cell phone junky like most young people you better either get the bluetooth package that comes with the 2LT 2SS or have a bluetooth to stick in your ear. Just try driving through town, shifting every block about 2-3 times while trying to hold your phone & steer all at the same time. 2 of my other toys are 4 speed's and I love driving them as toys but if I had to drive any of them as daily drivers I think I would get sick of it. Mine is going to be a toy so I want the manual! But hey your only young once, if that is what you want go for it! __________________ 2SS/RS Victory Red 6speed manual Built 9/3 SHIPPED 9/8 Arrived @ dealer 9/17 Picked up 9/18! VIN #43607! Other toys: 69 X22 Camaro SS 396 4 speed, 74 'Cuda 512 stroker 6pack 4 speed, 09 Harley Fatbob

09-08-2009, 08:45 PM	#49
zebra just can't seem to leave Drives: your mom wild!! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: cold & windy Posts: 10,625 View My Garage	i know what ya mean. my truck sounded like it was gonna throw an awful fit if it 5000 __________________ Eve ('00 FRC): hot-air intake Rowan ('09 H3): 5spd mom-mobile Penny ('99 Sierra): 5.3 / HD 5spd... gone but not forgotten Samson ('18 HD): compounded 408

09-08-2009, 09:09 PM	#51
Andro NOICE!!! ™ Drives: Force Fed 427 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: GOT BOOST? Posts: 5,213 View My Garage	manual is the only way to go __________________

09-09-2009, 12:36 AM	#54
v6sonoma Drives: 2010 SS RS Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Providence, RI Posts: 8,108 View My Garage	Just find a $200 beater car and learn on it while you wait for your camaro. The difference between a stick and an auto is you really enjoy driving a stick car. It's just a lot more fun even when going 20mph. Especially when your doing that in first gear you can just wind it up and feel the rush. Your car just comes alive. I will probably never by an auto again unless it's a "family car". I live in the northeast and the highways here are overcrowded and annoying during rush hour and it's not that bad having a stick vs. auto. To be honest it's more annoying when I'm stuck in traffic on my bike with the engine roasting me alive. GO STICK!!!! :-) __________________ Mods: BBK Intake, BBK LT's and High Flow Cats, Corsa Cat-back exhaust, Hurst short throw shifter, SLP skip-shift eliminator. 7/1/09 Placed order for IOM/IO int/ SS/RS 6M 9/26/09 Took delivery!

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09-08-2009, 07:14 PM	#44
carguy50 Drives: 2SS/RS, Sequntials,Tune,Flomstr,CAI Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: South TX Posts: 350 View My Garage	I taught my kids to drive on a standard. They learned in Colorado Springs.Lots of hills. They had to prove to me they could stop at an up hill stoplight, hold the car in 1st gear without the brake and go on the green without killing the engine or chirping the tires. Good thing they learned, they both ride motorcycles. Just thought you might want a good self test of coordination.

09-08-2009, 10:01 PM	#53
Icefsh Drives: CGM 2LT/RS M6 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Littleton, CO. Posts: 195	Been driving a manual for 10 years now. After a coulpe thousand miles you won't even think about it. It becomes automatic?

09-09-2009, 12:41 AM	#55
bri9 Drives: 2010 Corvette Z06 2010 BMW 650i Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 44	Get the manual! With the Fuel Management system in the auto it feels like your V8 is always in the 4 cylinder mode and then the exhaust sounds very weak.

09-09-2009, 12:43 AM	#56
211269 Account Suspended Drives: 2010 Camaro Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: SoCal Posts: 113	The auto with the tap shifter in the new Camaro is quite good, very good actually. Set it to M1 and go, no clutch needed. Upshifts are very quick, quicker than a human can shift and you can keep your foot on the gas. When you get into stop and go traffic, push it up into D mode and no worries. You can even go from D into the S mode, tap the shifter and start controlling the gears whenever you want. Not to mention keeping both hands on the wheel is nice. I prefer auto all the way.