Automatic GT vs Manual V6
09-03-2006, 02:52 PM
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RE: Automatic GT vs Manual V6
I like my automatic, then again, I am 45 years old and don't wish to be shifting gears all the time. I got an SCT and bumped up the line pressures for firmer shifts. With the Saleen, it will break the wheels loose at 20-30mph when it downshifts into lower gears.
I am very happy with my automatic.
Mike
I am very happy with my automatic.
Mike
09-03-2006, 03:32 PM
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RE: Automatic GT vs Manual V6
when you drive a manual, there will be times you wish it was auto. . .
and when you have an auto, you will want it to be a manual. . .
i would say the latter happens more often then the first one, but its all up to the driver.
I've had a ton of ppl look inside my car and be like, damn strait, you got a manual. . . im like "yep, wouldn't have it any other way". . . so i would just say . . . its all in your hands dude. . . don't get something you will never be satisfied with. . .
and when you have an auto, you will want it to be a manual. . .
i would say the latter happens more often then the first one, but its all up to the driver.
I've had a ton of ppl look inside my car and be like, damn strait, you got a manual. . . im like "yep, wouldn't have it any other way". . . so i would just say . . . its all in your hands dude. . . don't get something you will never be satisfied with. . .
09-03-2006, 09:10 PM
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RE: Automatic GT vs Manual V6
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09-05-2006, 12:12 AM
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RE: Automatic GT vs Manual V6
I ordered the Auto because this is a 5 speed auto with a super short 1st gear. I drag race the car on the weekends and prefer the consistancy of the auto. Everyone who laughed when I bought the auto, changes there tune when they go for a ride. I can get the car sideways on the 1-2 shift. It shifts hard enough to bark the 2-3 shift as well. When I'm driving with the family, I can set it in drive and forget it. At the track, the things an animal.
09-05-2006, 12:25 AM
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RE: Automatic GT vs Manual V6
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I ordered the Auto because this is a 5 speed auto with a super short 1st gear. I drag race the car on the weekends and prefer the consistancy of the auto. Everyone who laughed when I bought the auto, changes there tune when they go for a ride. I can get the car sideways on the 1-2 shift. It shifts hard enough to bark the 2-3 shift as well. When I'm driving with the family, I can set it in drive and forget it. At the track, the things an animal.
I ordered the Auto because this is a 5 speed auto with a super short 1st gear. I drag race the car on the weekends and prefer the consistancy of the auto. Everyone who laughed when I bought the auto, changes there tune when they go for a ride. I can get the car sideways on the 1-2 shift. It shifts hard enough to bark the 2-3 shift as well. When I'm driving with the family, I can set it in drive and forget it. At the track, the things an animal.
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09-05-2006, 12:29 AM
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RE: Automatic GT vs Manual V6
I purchased my car when the 05s came out. I was disappointed with the Auto even with a tune and the CAI. You will need gears and a TC to really wake her up.
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09-05-2006, 02:17 AM
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RE: Automatic GT vs Manual V6
ORIGINAL: GT John
+1
The automatic with a good tune is pretty cool and fast.
I'm almost 60 so having an automatic allows me to punch it and not having to do anything else but "hold on".
With the manual I might forget to shift. [
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ORIGINAL: chrisc
get the auto and give it a good tune
get the auto and give it a good tune
The automatic with a good tune is pretty cool and fast.
I'm almost 60 so having an automatic allows me to punch it and not having to do anything else but "hold on".
With the manual I might forget to shift. [
][sm=nxsmile.gif] Put the peddle to the metal and don't let up. I'm not 60, but a Nashville, TN. daily driver. I'm glad I have an auto.
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09-05-2006, 11:10 AM
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RE: Automatic GT vs Manual V6
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when you drive a manual, there will be times you wish it was auto. . .
and when you have an auto, you will want it to be a manual. . .
i would say the latter happens more often then the first one, but its all up to the driver.
I've had a ton of ppl look inside my car and be like, damn strait, you got a manual. . . im like "yep, wouldn't have it any other way". . . so i would just say . . . its all in your hands dude. . . don't get something you will never be satisfied with. . .
when you drive a manual, there will be times you wish it was auto. . .
and when you have an auto, you will want it to be a manual. . .
i would say the latter happens more often then the first one, but its all up to the driver.
I've had a ton of ppl look inside my car and be like, damn strait, you got a manual. . . im like "yep, wouldn't have it any other way". . . so i would just say . . . its all in your hands dude. . . don't get something you will never be satisfied with. . .
Amen to that!!!! Thats why i have both!!!!
09-05-2006, 11:43 PM
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RE: Automatic GT vs Manual V6
Well, just for the record, and just in case anyone else has ever wondered the same thing, I test drove an automatic GT today.
I'm going to stick with the manual V6. I think I'm just too much of a manual transmission guy. Don't get me wrong... the sound of that exhaust? Felt like a small slice of heaven to hear that V8 purr through the dual exhaust... it took everything for me to not wet myself while gunning it in park. And the amount of rubber I left on the road WITH the traction control on was very impressive.
But, with that being said, it just felt to ME, that I was giving too much control over to the computer. I guess I'm just too much of a "slice my own way through the gears" kind of guy.
And please don't see this as an invitation to start bashing, but having had nothing to compare it to before, I did learn today that my car IS fast. Is it a GT? Certainly not. But it isn't nearly as bad as some V6 bashers had me believing it was before I drove a GT.
That is all however, just MY opinion. Thanks again for all the feedback!
I'm going to stick with the manual V6. I think I'm just too much of a manual transmission guy. Don't get me wrong... the sound of that exhaust? Felt like a small slice of heaven to hear that V8 purr through the dual exhaust... it took everything for me to not wet myself while gunning it in park. And the amount of rubber I left on the road WITH the traction control on was very impressive.
But, with that being said, it just felt to ME, that I was giving too much control over to the computer. I guess I'm just too much of a "slice my own way through the gears" kind of guy.
And please don't see this as an invitation to start bashing, but having had nothing to compare it to before, I did learn today that my car IS fast. Is it a GT? Certainly not. But it isn't nearly as bad as some V6 bashers had me believing it was before I drove a GT.
That is all however, just MY opinion. Thanks again for all the feedback!