MANUAL vs AUTO (I promise it's not a repost)

[PQ]

Originally Posted by R Kern

LOL, you just had to start another one of these!
For me, I'd love to have one of each, if I could. I sold my occasional use 'fun' car last year, an Austin-Healey Bugeye Sprite. That was a blast driving around twisty back roads. I thought since this car might end up like that one, I'd get the manual. They both have their good and bad points, but mostly these threads end up in a war. It's all good in a Camaro!

They never end up in a war. So shut your F***ing mouth and just know the A6 rocks.

[Revo1]

Originally Posted by danhr

transmissions are over rated

Personally I only need one speed

[R Kern]

Originally Posted by PQ

They never end up in a war. So shut your F***ing mouth and just know the A6 rocks.

You bad boy!

Originally Posted by Revo1

Personally I only need one speed

Jeez, that came to mind, too!

[danhr]

my grandmother drives an automatic.

[UCI CamaroFan]

Originally Posted by danhr

my grandmother drives an automatic.

My 80 year old grandmother drives a stick shift. The first time she drove an automatic was this month.

[danhr]

Originally Posted by UCI CamaroFan

My 80 year old grandmother drives a stick shift. The first time she drove an automatic was this month.

Your 80 year old grandmother is a certified bad ass. Please pm me her address, so I can send her a purse that says "BAMF" on it.

[PQ]

Originally Posted by R Kern

Jeez, that came to mind, too!

haha Me too.

Originally Posted by danhr

my grandmother drives an automatic.

She has money.

Originally Posted by UCI CamaroFan

My 80 year old grandmother drives a stick shift. The first time she drove an automatic was this month.

She came into some money.

[danhr]

Originally Posted by PQ

haha Me too.

She has money.

She came into some money.

You sure you shouldn't have bought a Corvette or Porsche, instead of a Camaro?

j/k!

[PQ]

Originally Posted by danhr

You sure you shouldn't have bought a Corvette or Porsche, instead of a Camaro?

j/k!

I didn't buy a Camaro.

I bought an automatic transmision that came with a Camaro srounding it.

[v6sonoma]

Well I can tell you one good reason why a Manual transmission is better.

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/...-89850542.html

Onstar may help but who knows what shape it will be in when you get it back.

[NicksVSix]

Originally Posted by PQ

I'd agree for the most part, exept, the 'Days of Old' part. Todays manual transmisions are Automatics campared to 'yesteryears' sticks.

My point is that it's become so easy to do, that it ISN'T fun anymore. It's just like sliding a lever. And they've done a real good job of continuing to make people think they are 'Shifting Gears'.

Sure, they are telling the car when to do it and what gear, but the car is doing it for them.

I'm not challenging you here, but I'd like to to explain those points you made further if you could, because I don't understand wjat you mean.

A few weeks ago I visited my dad and brought my new Camaro (M6) to show him. We took it for a drive, he tried it and he really liked it. Then we took his car, a 1962 Porsche 356B out for a spin. I was able to shift just as easily as I can in my Camaro. I didn't notice a single difference, other then when the clutch engages and how far the stick has to move from one gear to another.

But in all other regards, the 1962 car was no harder to shift than the 2010.

How is it that 2010 Camaros are easier to shift than their predecessors?

[Revo1]

Originally Posted by v6sonoma

Well I can tell you one good reason why a Manual transmission is better.

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/...-89850542.html

Onstar may help but who knows what shape it will be in when you get it back.

LMAO, dipsh_ts!

[Blackbean]

I'm puzzled, if automatics are so superior to manual transmissions,why don't INDY, Formula 1, Nascar, Usac,and Nhra cars use them to a greater advantage? I bet Harleys with automatics would sell like crazy.
Could it be that to properly keep the engine at the peak of the torque curve,under varying road conditions,a manual has some benefit,not to mention saving the brakes by downshifting.Then there is the gallons of atf that must be cooled and the weight of the auto versus the manual.
There are people who are not really performance centered and enjoy the point and shoot operation of an automatic.Lexus, Infinity,Audi,Benz,and Acura have sporty cars that come with automatics,and are really fast but few are manual shift.They know their demographics,and they are different than Camaro's.

[danhr]

Originally Posted by NicksVSix

I'm not challenging you here, but I'd like to to explain those points you made further if you could, because I don't understand wjat you mean.

A few weeks ago I visited my dad and brought my new Camaro (M6) to show him. We took it for a drive, he tried it and he really liked it. Then we took his car, a 1962 Porsche 356B out for a spin. I was able to shift just as easily as I can in my Camaro. I didn't notice a single difference, other then when the clutch engages and how far the stick has to move from one gear to another.

But in all other regards, the 1962 car was no harder to shift than the 2010.

How is it that 2010 Camaros are easier to shift than their predecessors?

I think he might be referring to how GM is adding torque management to manual transmission cars and how during shifts, your throttle body closes partially, to prevent power shifting.