Standard > Auto?!
09-19-2006, 02:28 AM
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RE: Standard > Auto?!
ORIGINAL: CobraStangGT16
I beg to differ...
I'm 16 years old and the first car I drove was auto. I thought it was boring (having 3 cars with MT and 1 with AT). I drove around the BMW until I got my mustang GT with MT, and I learned to drive it in 3 hours. My dad, 35 years driving, owns a shelby cobra and said this car is a tough car to handle. His DD is a MINI cooper S 6-speed manual, and I can't drive it. Too small of a clutch.
Where I'm getting at is that if you younger guys want to learn MT, do it now!!! Because the older you get, the more used to auto you will be and manual will be much harder to learn.
So in a sense, I'm lucky because me moms BMW is 4-matic, and I use that in her car.
4 cars - all manual tranny. No other way to go
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I beg to differ...
I'm 16 years old and the first car I drove was auto. I thought it was boring (having 3 cars with MT and 1 with AT). I drove around the BMW until I got my mustang GT with MT, and I learned to drive it in 3 hours. My dad, 35 years driving, owns a shelby cobra and said this car is a tough car to handle. His DD is a MINI cooper S 6-speed manual, and I can't drive it. Too small of a clutch.
Where I'm getting at is that if you younger guys want to learn MT, do it now!!! Because the older you get, the more used to auto you will be and manual will be much harder to learn.
So in a sense, I'm lucky because me moms BMW is 4-matic, and I use that in her car.
4 cars - all manual tranny. No other way to go
.
Come back in 10 years after sitting in traffic everyday and see how much you love your manual...right now you are just happy to drive anything. That will wear off. Its usually the young guys who say auto is not for sportscars yadda yadda...its us old guys who know better.
09-19-2006, 03:07 AM
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RE: Standard > Auto?!
hey Haus408 what color excatly is that sweet arss stang? That color looks good with mach one wheels, if i can find that color with the specs i want ill get that b4 i get a black one 
. Looks good man!
. Looks good man!
09-19-2006, 03:10 AM
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RE: Standard > Auto?!
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I have socks older then you
Come back in 10 years after sitting in traffic everyday and see how much you love your manual...right now you are just happy to drive anything. That will wear off. Its usually the young guys who say auto is not for sportscars yadda yadda...its us old guys who know better.
ORIGINAL: CobraStangGT16
I beg to differ...
I'm 16 years old and the first car I drove was auto. I thought it was boring (having 3 cars with MT and 1 with AT). I drove around the BMW until I got my mustang GT with MT, and I learned to drive it in 3 hours. My dad, 35 years driving, owns a shelby cobra and said this car is a tough car to handle. His DD is a MINI cooper S 6-speed manual, and I can't drive it. Too small of a clutch.
Where I'm getting at is that if you younger guys want to learn MT, do it now!!! Because the older you get, the more used to auto you will be and manual will be much harder to learn.
So in a sense, I'm lucky because me moms BMW is 4-matic, and I use that in her car.
4 cars - all manual tranny. No other way to go.
I beg to differ...
I'm 16 years old and the first car I drove was auto. I thought it was boring (having 3 cars with MT and 1 with AT). I drove around the BMW until I got my mustang GT with MT, and I learned to drive it in 3 hours. My dad, 35 years driving, owns a shelby cobra and said this car is a tough car to handle. His DD is a MINI cooper S 6-speed manual, and I can't drive it. Too small of a clutch.
Where I'm getting at is that if you younger guys want to learn MT, do it now!!! Because the older you get, the more used to auto you will be and manual will be much harder to learn.
So in a sense, I'm lucky because me moms BMW is 4-matic, and I use that in her car.
4 cars - all manual tranny. No other way to go
.
Come back in 10 years after sitting in traffic everyday and see how much you love your manual...right now you are just happy to drive anything. That will wear off. Its usually the young guys who say auto is not for sportscars yadda yadda...its us old guys who know better.
09-19-2006, 03:33 AM
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RE: Standard > Auto?!
Thats one good sentence to sum it up in CobraStangGT16, learn it before you lose the intrest. I'm eager to learn how to drive a stick, ive driven a couple but not very well. My dad said he'll teach me on his porsche...but hes kinda reluctant becuase its really bad for those trans to have frequent starts. Automatic FTW even though youre limited on not having your own clutch i think that the less experienced driver will have more fun in the end with the auto even if theyre not pushing 400+ hp.
09-19-2006, 03:20 PM
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RE: Standard > Auto?!
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Thats one good sentence to sum it up in CobraStangGT16, learn it before you lose the intrest. I'm eager to learn how to drive a stick, ive driven a couple but not very well. My dad said he'll teach me on his porsche...but hes kinda reluctant becuase its really bad for those trans to have frequent starts. Automatic FTW even though youre limited on not having your own clutch i think that the less experienced driver will have more fun in the end with the auto even if theyre not pushing 400+ hp.
Thats one good sentence to sum it up in CobraStangGT16, learn it before you lose the intrest. I'm eager to learn how to drive a stick, ive driven a couple but not very well. My dad said he'll teach me on his porsche...but hes kinda reluctant becuase its really bad for those trans to have frequent starts. Automatic FTW even though youre limited on not having your own clutch i think that the less experienced driver will have more fun in the end with the auto even if theyre not pushing 400+ hp.
09-19-2006, 05:03 PM
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Thats a pretty good idea droptoppony, looks like ill have to go over to the ford dealership down the street and rent something..The only problem is I live in wayyy Southern Tx, ill have to drive like, 100 miles atleast b4 i even come close to a hill, LOL. Thanks for the advice.
09-19-2006, 06:11 PM
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my car is an automatic that is set up really well....and i school all the little boys on saturday night bracket races. My prefence however, is too have a stick for daily driving, cuz its more interesting. But when my family and i are bracket racing, its all about consistency so i definately have an auto for that.
09-19-2006, 08:24 PM
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RE: Standard > Auto?!
+1 for the manual. Forget about the track times (how many of us will actually experience the difference between a good auto setup and a 5 spd. anyway?), the fun factor is what it's about and MT wins that hands down. It's just something about being in complete control of your vehicle. Do you want to drive your car or do you just want to steer and increase throttle/apply brake?
Now, if you know that your gonna be in traffic jams a lot, well then that may be a reason to consider an auto.
Now, if you know that your gonna be in traffic jams a lot, well then that may be a reason to consider an auto.