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Nasty1 · 08-23-2012, 06:48 AM

OP poses an interesting question. I went with the 6 speed because it just didn't seem right to drive a V-8 Camaro with an automatic. But, that's just me. I also didn't want the cyclinders cutting on and off all the time.

Renegade · 08-23-2012, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by NorthTex45thSS

Yes actually I was very surprised! I was having serious 2nd thoughts driving it home after I signed the paperwork! But I kept thinking well it has everything else I wanted (sun roof ) car was getting hard to find! Plus they gave what I wanted for my trade in and let me have the car for what I offered with no haggling! So the next few days I drove the car around and it felt great! Yes the tune made a night and day difference,, but the stock auto tune exceeded my expectations! But most auto I've driven were not sports cars either! So I really didn't give it the chance I should have! My friend had a hp tuned tbss auto and it shifted solid everytime! So I should have taken that into consideration!

Well i'm glad you got your money's worth and you can live with the results. It's good to have the best of both world's a stick and automatic.

Renegade · 08-23-2012, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Nasty1

OP poses an interesting question. I went with the 6 speed because it just didn't seem right to drive a V-8 Camaro with an automatic. But, that's just me. I also didn't want the cyclinders cutting on and off all the time.

I feel ya well to each their own right?

Smart Line · 08-23-2012, 07:19 AM

M6 speed banging gears.took my father for a ride yesterday spun 1-2-3.and a bark for 4th.
yup he was impressed but continued to tell me how he out ran most cars with his 5 speed mustang LOL...

P.S the man is 76

Renegade · 08-23-2012, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Smart Line

6 speed banging gears.took my father for a ride yesterday spun 1-2-3.and a bark for 4th.
yup he was impressed but continued to tell me how he out ran most cars with his 5 speed mustang LOL...

P.S the man is 76

Haha..that goes to show you your only as old as you feel man. Age is just a number. Enjoy these precious moments with your father will be great memories someday.

ZED SLED · 08-23-2012, 07:50 AM

OK, I'll play. An auto drives itself.

SlingShot · 08-23-2012, 08:39 AM

I like to swing both ways, with one of each ...

sasquash1984 · 08-23-2012, 08:42 AM

Not when I see u in my mirror lol

STW · 08-23-2012, 08:47 AM

is there an echo in here?

Brandonmos · 08-23-2012, 08:53 AM

Stick, but not because i hate autos or anything (i loved the magnesium hypershifter thingy in a GTI i drove awhile back). Just cant have a bad day if your rowing gears on a ballsy car

2012 ZL1#1658 · 08-23-2012, 08:56 AM

Automatic.

06_warrior · 08-23-2012, 09:11 AM

Bought a 2012 V6 with an automatic and it was fun but the more mods i did. (C.A.I., MRT-V2 exhaust) etc. i was doing more paddle shifting and was driving it more like a manual.

I went to a local 5th gen. Camaro meet and seen some very nice SS's so a week later i traded my V6 for a SS with 6-speed manual and i couldn't be happier. I have the V8 that i want and imo nothings better with a V8 than a M6 transmission. Now the road begins with modding the SS again

crateish · 08-23-2012, 10:18 AM

Automatic. I get tired of pushing a clutch. And I always have the paddle shifters, which are fun fun fun.

Once in a while I drive my wife's super-turbocharged Subaru Baja. It's a fun little rocketship, but after a few minutes, I get tired of the footwork.

ShowSStopper · 08-23-2012, 10:34 AM

Was going for an LS3.....wound up with an L99.

Not half as slow as many people here would have you believe. My brother just bought an '11 LS3 and I don't see a difference between the two.

08-23-2012, 07:50 AM	#20
ZED SLED Drives: 2017 Mosaic Bk ZL1 M6 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South of Raleigh, NC Posts: 9,620 View My Garage	OK, I'll play. An auto drives itself. __________________

08-23-2012, 08:39 AM	#21
SlingShot Drives: 2012 ZL1 - #670 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Seminole, Fl. Posts: 8,009	I like to swing both ways, with one of each ... __________________

08-23-2012, 08:42 AM	#22
sasquash1984 502 RWHP N/A Drives: The yeti Join Date: May 2009 Location: Saginaw/ Ft Worth TX Posts: 3,085 View My Garage	Not when I see u in my mirror lol __________________ factory motor factory trans, Gpi ss4 cam stock heads ported and milled, full exhaust, circle d 5c 4000 triple disk, 3:91 rear end with posi mod, cai, bmr derlin rear diff bushins, bmr derlin cradle bushins, bmr trailing arms, toe rods with bushings, and bmr anti extreme sway bar. Weld rt-s 17x5 fronts and 17X10 rears on mickey thompson et street r's

08-23-2012, 08:53 AM	#24
Brandonmos Drives: 2013 1SS 1LE Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: kansas/ miami Posts: 324 View My Garage	Stick, but not because i hate autos or anything (i loved the magnesium hypershifter thingy in a GTI i drove awhile back). Just cant have a bad day if your rowing gears on a ballsy car __________________ Killed so many water bottles that day...

08-23-2012, 10:18 AM	#27
crateish Drives: 45th Anniversary 2LT/RS Coupe Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 534	Automatic. I get tired of pushing a clutch. And I always have the paddle shifters, which are fun fun fun. Once in a while I drive my wife's super-turbocharged Subaru Baja. It's a fun little rocketship, but after a few minutes, I get tired of the footwork. __________________

08-23-2012, 06:48 AM	#15
Nasty1 Banned Drives: "Nasty" 2012 2SS/RS Convertible Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Arizona Posts: 21	OP poses an interesting question. I went with the 6 speed because it just didn't seem right to drive a V-8 Camaro with an automatic. But, that's just me. I also didn't want the cyclinders cutting on and off all the time.

08-23-2012, 07:19 AM	#18
Smart Line Drives: 2011 Blue1SSRS 623RWHP, 02 vette Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Richmond VA Posts: 1,308	M6 speed banging gears.took my father for a ride yesterday spun 1-2-3.and a bark for 4th. yup he was impressed but continued to tell me how he out ran most cars with his 5 speed mustang LOL... P.S the man is 76

08-23-2012, 08:47 AM	#23
STW Drives: 2011 Camaro 1SS/RS LS3 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Chicago Posts: 422	is there an echo in here?

08-23-2012, 08:56 AM	#25
2012 ZL1#1658 Drives: 2012 Camaro ZL1 #1658 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Pennsauken, NJ Posts: 595	Automatic.

08-23-2012, 09:11 AM	#26
06_warrior Drives: 2012 1SS LS3 M6 black on black :) Join Date: May 2012 Location: SD Posts: 1,342	Bought a 2012 V6 with an automatic and it was fun but the more mods i did. (C.A.I., MRT-V2 exhaust) etc. i was doing more paddle shifting and was driving it more like a manual. I went to a local 5th gen. Camaro meet and seen some very nice SS's so a week later i traded my V6 for a SS with 6-speed manual and i couldn't be happier. I have the V8 that i want and imo nothings better with a V8 than a M6 transmission. Now the road begins with modding the SS again

08-23-2012, 10:34 AM	#28
ShowSStopper Account Suspended Drives: 2012 Camaro 1SS Black Coupe Join Date: May 2012 Location: Houston Posts: 1,091	Was going for an LS3.....wound up with an L99. Not half as slow as many people here would have you believe. My brother just bought an '11 LS3 and I don't see a difference between the two.