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Old 03-13-2012, 02:04 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by fitftw View Post
If you drive in mostly traffic, why would you want to buy a sports car? If I was commuting in rush hour traffic, I'd buy a first-gen Honda Insight, and keep the sports car for the weekends.
I hear this arguement a lot. I've had a manual sports car for 6 years and fairly often drive in traffic but never once did I think, "I wish I had an automatic." Now there were times I wish I had a dual clutch transmission so I could accelerate/shift quicker. But for a car like this, where the purpose is fun, you have to go manual. Although, the automatic downshift blipping does seem pretty sweet.
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