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06-28-2011, 11:20 PM

#11

Q8 GooGles

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Join Date: Jun 2011

Location: Outside USA

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Manual all the way

That's how a sport car should be driven! You need to be in control of the car and not the other way around

06-29-2011, 12:04 AM

#12

Mikes_BLK_GT

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Join Date: May 2007

Location: Pacific Northwest, USA

Posts: 1,691

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nuke

Learning a stick takes a little practice but after awhile it becomes second nature. I vote for the manual UNLESS you'll be driving in a lot of stop-and-go traffic. After awhile, that gets really mundane.

And I'm sure this will evoke a lot of flaming.... Here, let me start:

"You RIDE an auto. You DRIVE a manual..."

Yep I turn it on put my feet up lean back maybe have a drink and let it take me where I want to go LOL

06-29-2011, 11:47 AM

#13

andywalls

Join Date: Jun 2011

Location: Georgia

Posts: 49

get the stick if you have an auto youll be hating yourself for not buying a stick. that was my delima when i bought my 07 sixer... now much much happier.

06-30-2011, 01:10 PM

#14

Diabolical!

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Join Date: Jul 2006

Location: New Orleans

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If you ever plan on making major hp, you'll go back to an auto eventually. I'm pricing 4R70s right now.

06-30-2011, 01:16 PM

#15

machracer11

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Join Date: Apr 2009

Location: Mississippi

Posts: 610

Quote:

Originally Posted by hemery13

My first car could be my cousins 07 Shelby gt but it's manual and apparently to fast 4 me it's got all kinds of stuff done 2 it.. I will probably end up getting a GT

GT is no slouch either. I am assuming your a young guy and with that being said I would say go automatic. If youre not really used to driving to start out with then throwing in a manual will just make things a bit dangerous. I know a few people who when the first started driving they were driving sticks and ended up being in terrible wrecks pretty quickly because they just had too much going on

06-30-2011, 04:12 PM

#16

TheYeti

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Join Date: Sep 2009

Location: Arizona

Posts: 451

If you have never driven stick before, I would definitely get an auto for the GT. Whether its a GT or Shelby GT500, I dont believe these are the cars you should learn to drive a manual on. Find a family's car thats a bit older, maybe a civic or something, and learn to drive on that.

It can be done and I am sure there are many people that have learned stick on GT, but for me, I wouldnt want to learn how to drive stick on this car. Too much power...

06-30-2011, 05:25 PM

#17

Tanner05

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Join Date: Sep 2010

Location: OK

Posts: 3,333

Driving a manual is not that hard.
My first car was a manual and I think it made me more aware of my surroundings than if I had an auto.
If you aren't a stupid driver you will be ok in a manual, but you will have to be careful.
If you want a manual its worth it.