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Jun 28, 2011 | 11:20 PM

#11

Q8 GooGles

1st Gear Member

Joined: Jun 2011

Posts: 54

From: Outside USA

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

Jun 29, 2011 | 12:04 AM

#12

Mikes_BLK_GT

4th Gear Member

Joined: May 2007

Posts: 1,691

From: Pacific Northwest, USA

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

Jun 29, 2011 | 11:47 AM

#13

andywalls

Joined: Jun 2011

Posts: 49

From: Georgia

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.

Jun 30, 2011 | 01:10 PM

#14

Diabolical!

5th Gear Member

Joined: Jul 2006

Posts: 4,491

From: New Orleans

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

Jun 30, 2011 | 01:16 PM

#15

machracer11

3rd Gear Member

Joined: Apr 2009

Posts: 610

From: Mississippi

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

Jun 30, 2011 | 04:12 PM

#16

TheYeti

2nd Gear Member

Joined: Sep 2009

Posts: 451

From: Arizona

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...

Jun 30, 2011 | 05:25 PM

#17

Tanner05

Chop Mod

Joined: Sep 2010

Posts: 3,333

From: OK

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.