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DaFace 10-22-2012 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave (Post 9039597)
Manuals are fun until you have to drive in heavy traffic.
Especially on hills. Manuals are a nightmare in ski traffic around here.

Frosty 10-22-2012 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 9039642)
Especially on hills. Manuals are a nightmare in ski traffic around here.
Unless your car has Hill Holder like mine. :)

Actually, even without it, using the e-brake makes hills a non-factor.

BigMeatballDave 10-22-2012 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 9039642)
Especially on hills. Manuals are a nightmare in ski traffic around here.
Yep.

I was good about holding the clutch/gas steady on hills. It's not good for the clutch, though.

mlyonsd 10-22-2012 05:53 PM
Manual. But most of South Dakota is flat.

Frazod 10-22-2012 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by mlyonsd (Post 9039764)
Manual. But most of South Dakota is flat.
It's not the flat that makes South Dakota good for a manual - it's the mostly empty.

MahiMike 10-22-2012 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Radar Chief (Post 9037862)
Real men drive a stick, besides a manual transmission is more efficient.
Even with today’s multispeed automatics there is still less parasitic horsepower loss in a manual than an automatic transmission.
True dat. My daughter and I have same engines in our BMW's. My stick gets 30 mph. Hers 21.

BigMeatballDave 10-22-2012 10:24 PM
I remember when they came out with 4-speed automatics(AOD)in the 80s.

My car has a 6-speed automatic. Not sure why. Fuel economy, most likely.

Very little shift shock. Plus, at 80mph the engine is only running at 2500 RPMs.

TLO 10-22-2012 10:32 PM
6 speed manual in my Subaru. Only time I don't like it is in heavy traffic. Even then it doesn't bother me so much... I just feel like I am wearing the hell out of the clutch.

Bugeater 10-22-2012 10:50 PM
If I bought a car that was just for fun, it would be a manual. Unfortunately, due to my line of work I require vehicles that are utilitarian in nature and driven primarily in heavy city traffic, so they're automatics.

Jiu Jitsu Jon 10-23-2012 12:11 AM
Used to have a 2005 GTO, manual.

Sold it because I have a little boy now.

I miss having the torque to downshift into 3rd and pass almost anybody at will.

Some day, I will buy a Challenger and it will of course be a stick shift.

Silock 10-23-2012 02:35 AM
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Originally Posted by MIAdragon (Post 9039207)
Disagree, my CTS-V is a PSA but its no where near as fun as the 6pd. Quite a bit quicker but less enjoyable.
Stock or modded? Every place I can find a 1/4 mile for a CTS-V shows the manual to be quicker. Been researching them a lot, as I'm in the market for one.

Most every manual iteration of any car I look at is faster than its automatic counterpart.

007 10-23-2012 02:43 AM
As a teen and twentysomething, manual. AS a old fart, automatic.

Radar Chief 10-23-2012 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Dave (Post 9039709)
Yep.

I was good about holding the clutch/gas steady on hills. It's not good for the clutch, though.
Yea, riding the clutch like that is a good way to burn one up in a hurry.

MIAdragon 10-23-2012 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Silock (Post 9041763)
Stock or modded? Every place I can find a 1/4 mile for a CTS-V shows the manual to be quicker. Been researching them a lot, as I'm in the market for one.

Most every manual iteration of any car I look at is faster than its automatic counterpart.
Heh its not stock. The auto is FAR quicker than the manual. Here is a quick list. Its a little dated but you get the point.

http://home.comcast.net/~gnxs/Images...t_mod_list.jpg

MIAdragon 10-23-2012 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Silock (Post 9041763)
Stock or modded? Every place I can find a 1/4 mile for a CTS-V shows the manual to be quicker. Been researching them a lot, as I'm in the market for one.

Most every manual iteration of any car I look at is faster than its automatic counterpart.

Not so much anymore. Take a peek at the new Mustang 5.0 the auto is consistently 3-4 tenths quicker. The new autos are wicked efficient.


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