08-19-2013, 09:06 PM | #1 |
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A6 owner...any regrets?
The ZL1 is such a refined car, sometimes it seems a bit boring with the auto tranny. Yeah, it's pretty quick, but the power delivery is so linear I sometimes struggle to find excitement in it's performance. I never thought a car with 11 second performance capability could be so yawn inducing. I think I may need to start modding.
I don't think you m6 owners would have the same feeling.
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08-19-2013, 09:10 PM | #2 |
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No regrets, may be you just need to take it to a different type of track with turns.
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08-19-2013, 09:27 PM | #3 |
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^That.
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08-19-2013, 09:30 PM | #4 |
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Not yet, no. Not anticipating any either.
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08-19-2013, 09:34 PM | #5 | |
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08-19-2013, 11:17 PM | #6 |
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Sometimes I do wonder what life would have been like with the manual. And I often begin to tell myself if I ever buy another one it will be an manual, but everyday after work when I'm crawling along on that parking lot also known as I-35 I am so happy to have the automatic. If I had the manual I might have already traded it in on an Automatic. However, the lack of the added fun factor for having the auto doesn't evoke such drastic thoughts of getting rid of the car.
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08-20-2013, 12:35 AM | #7 |
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The grass is always greener right
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08-20-2013, 12:45 AM | #8 |
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Personally I think they should have never made an Automatic for the ZL1.. So boring/old person like
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08-20-2013, 05:19 AM | #9 | |
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Love my A6--not boring to me (even after riding a 9-second Hayabusa for 4 years). Cheers. |
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08-20-2013, 07:21 AM | #10 |
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It's as boring as a white car, just about every old fart here drives a white car.
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08-20-2013, 08:03 AM | #11 |
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No regrets. Just wish it had a 7 speed DCT.
It's cool that GM offers M6 and A6s. Ferrari and others don't even bother with manuals. |
08-20-2013, 08:12 AM | #12 |
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Automatics do have paddle shifters around the steering wheel.
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08-20-2013, 08:39 AM | #13 | |
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All things considered, both the A6 and M6 are wicked fast, its just that the car is that refined...definately more so than I ever expected.
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08-20-2013, 08:52 AM | #14 |
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NO WAY!!!
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