Cobra Terminator or 2012 5.0
10-04-2011, 10:45 PM
#43
The Paranoid One
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Texas
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Hahah figures the one time someone CALLS for a auto/manual debate no one shows up to debate hahah.
Look how much time has gone by since your post!
That means I get FULL authority over this debate.
Manual over the automatic.
Boom! Debate is ended under my authority and the manual wins!
LOL!
Look how much time has gone by since your post!
That means I get FULL authority over this debate.
Manual over the automatic.
Boom! Debate is ended under my authority and the manual wins!
LOL!
10-04-2011, 10:48 PM
#44
6th Gear Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Hahah figures the one time someone CALLS for a auto/manual debate no one shows up to debate hahah.
Look how much time has gone by since your post!
That means I get FULL authority over this debate.
Manual over the automatic.
Boom! Debate is ended under my authority and the manual wins!
LOL!
Look how much time has gone by since your post!
That means I get FULL authority over this debate.
Manual over the automatic.
Boom! Debate is ended under my authority and the manual wins!
LOL!
i would've voted for manual too.
10-05-2011, 10:47 AM
#45
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Coast to Coast
Posts: 8
i was sort of on the same boat, although i wasn't considering the 5.0. i test drove it and was "meh". it came down to the 03 cobra or a c5 z06. i liked both of them. but i ended up with the cobra due to condition, mileage, and mods (or lack thereof).
even the stock exhaust, while not that loud, it sounds great. now that i have an x-pipe and a catback... i can't even hear the blower whine.
even the stock exhaust, while not that loud, it sounds great. now that i have an x-pipe and a catback... i can't even hear the blower whine.
10-05-2011, 12:58 PM
#46
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 243
Good choice on the 5.0. It'd be a tough choice for me personally if you knew the Termi was in PERFECT shape, babied, unmolested, etc. but with those things, it's almost impossible to find such for a good price, or at all, around here. I'd much rather have the 5.0 in that case, get the warranty, know it's brand new and you know it's a solid car, not beat to sh*t with mods on it that you cannot be sure were done right. I love the Termi's but I'd be gunshy about getting one in the condition they are most often found in. They are solid cars and I doubt anything would be wrong but it's just peace of mind knowing for certain the car you just dropped thousands of dollars on hasn't been beaten to death.
As for auto vs. manual, it just depends. For a "twisty" track car, I would always go with manual. More control and just a hell of a lot more fun. Drag strip, well, that comes down to tenths of a second, no turns, and the best manual driver will never shift as fast as a built/tuned automatic transmission. There's a reason SERIOUS road course cars are ALWAYS manuals, or at least manually shifted, and SERIOUS strip cars are ALWAYS automatics. But like everything, it comes down to taste. Some people love rowing through gears all day, some people go insane if they have to go through traffic with a manual.
Best of luck to you!
As for auto vs. manual, it just depends. For a "twisty" track car, I would always go with manual. More control and just a hell of a lot more fun. Drag strip, well, that comes down to tenths of a second, no turns, and the best manual driver will never shift as fast as a built/tuned automatic transmission. There's a reason SERIOUS road course cars are ALWAYS manuals, or at least manually shifted, and SERIOUS strip cars are ALWAYS automatics. But like everything, it comes down to taste. Some people love rowing through gears all day, some people go insane if they have to go through traffic with a manual.
Best of luck to you!
10-05-2011, 01:36 PM
#47
3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Texas
Posts: 977
Good choice on the 5.0. It'd be a tough choice for me personally if you knew the Termi was in PERFECT shape, babied, unmolested, etc. but with those things, it's almost impossible to find such for a good price, or at all, around here. I'd much rather have the 5.0 in that case, get the warranty, know it's brand new and you know it's a solid car, not beat to sh*t with mods on it that you cannot be sure were done right. I love the Termi's but I'd be gunshy about getting one in the condition they are most often found in. They are solid cars and I doubt anything would be wrong but it's just peace of mind knowing for certain the car you just dropped thousands of dollars on hasn't been beaten to death.
As for auto vs. manual, it just depends. For a "twisty" track car, I would always go with manual. More control and just a hell of a lot more fun. Drag strip, well, that comes down to tenths of a second, no turns, and the best manual driver will never shift as fast as a built/tuned automatic transmission. There's a reason SERIOUS road course cars are ALWAYS manuals, or at least manually shifted, and SERIOUS strip cars are ALWAYS automatics. But like everything, it comes down to taste. Some people love rowing through gears all day, some people go insane if they have to go through traffic with a manual.
Best of luck to you!
As for auto vs. manual, it just depends. For a "twisty" track car, I would always go with manual. More control and just a hell of a lot more fun. Drag strip, well, that comes down to tenths of a second, no turns, and the best manual driver will never shift as fast as a built/tuned automatic transmission. There's a reason SERIOUS road course cars are ALWAYS manuals, or at least manually shifted, and SERIOUS strip cars are ALWAYS automatics. But like everything, it comes down to taste. Some people love rowing through gears all day, some people go insane if they have to go through traffic with a manual.
Best of luck to you!
10-05-2011, 01:38 PM
#48
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: IA
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this is a really great question! Should've been a poll!
I'd go with the 2011 - refinement. It's like when I went from my HCI 95GT to my 03 Mach. The 95 was faster, but MAN was that Mach a lot of nice (and quick in it's own right with 4.10's and bolt-ons...still got spanked by my 95, tho)
I'd go with the 2011 - refinement. It's like when I went from my HCI 95GT to my 03 Mach. The 95 was faster, but MAN was that Mach a lot of nice (and quick in it's own right with 4.10's and bolt-ons...still got spanked by my 95, tho)
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