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I have had 3 manual Mustangs and on now on my second automatic transmission.

Your point re city driving is a valid one.

I had real misgivings about getting my first auto (an '06).

My experience (sincerely, with all due respect to the competent drivers on this site) . . . I like it a lot. If you are going to the strip or track, then no question - stick.

For me, most of my "races" are on the road starting between 20 and 60 mph. I was surprised at how fast the auto shifts. I also lose very few races I killed my bosses' '07 vette with a paddle shifter. (I NEVER mentioned a word of this at work). I can't tell you how many times the guy next to me missed a gear.

The auto is somewhat computer controlled and takes a lot into consideration when shifting.

Albeit, the auto has a "memory" and if you drive it slow it "learns" your habits and shifts as such. The way to defeat this is disconnect the battery.

The 2011 with a 6 speed should be very sweet. Again, no offense to the good drivers here . . . I would get killed by them at the strip . . . but cruising around on the street - it suits me fine.

Re the wife thing . . . yeppers! The pay off makes one forget about using the clutch.

See you down range.

my car/s past and present . . . .

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Mustang#5

Out of my 5 Mustang's 2 were sticks. 4 speeds too. I guess no that I'm 50 something, I'm lazy so I have any auto... If the car was just a toy and not a DD it would no doubt be a stick.

Rollin Thunder

heres my spin on it. Political china crap out of the equasion. My personal opinion is this is a sports car it should be a stick. Regardless of whether an auto might be .12367293353781208716240872364896 of a second faster to shift than a human, or .34817465913450543723321 to 60. ITs just the true enjoyment of driving a car. BUT I do understand where auto comes in to play, if your ready for a car you can just drive, but still want the feel of a cool car, sure an auto is great, if your someone who lives in the city, yea auto is great. But bottom line theres nothing like actually feeling and being a part of driving the car, instead of just throwing suggestions and letting the car do most of the driving.

scapegoat

agreed...

and a stick gives you more control over the car at any given time. i also think it forces you to pay more attention to your driving.

NOTSTOCK

I bought my M/T just because my wife can't drive one Nobody will wreck my car but me!!!!

jrny99

5 speed all the way. at first i thought i should have bought auto but after a few months shifting gears and really driving this car it is the best, never bored driving !! yeah baby

7up

The real question is if you told your wife this fact before making the purchase.

NOTSTOCK

Some things better left unsaid. Let's just say if she saw this I would be in the dog house. But my car would still be dent free

Nuke

"Dear Mrs. NOTSTOCK..."

pascal

"Dear Mr. Nuke..."

Cool guys DON'T Marry BITCHES!!!! Yo!