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Originally Posted by Jyn
AFAIK, you can't skip gears at will in an automatic. i.e. - going from 6th to 3rd or 4th to 6th. Not a big deal though, but for anyone that says an auto does everything a manual does.. no.
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Technically, you are probably correct, and in most ATs it is definitely a journey through the gears.
In the 86 though, its not a perceptible journey. I can double or triple click up or down with the paddles in the same time it would take me to direct shift from 6th to 3rd in a manual. If the gearbox goes through all the gears as you shift up/down, I certainly can't tell it.
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Originally Posted by F4LCON
One of the key points of driving a manual is keeping focused on your task at hand, were are your revs, what gear should I be in to make this turn, rev match down shifting into the power-band, managing clutch in TRAFFIC,... etc; Unlike an AT were you can just lounge and sip a can of coke and have a sandwich while you drive.
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I do agree with this, and that is why I test drive the AT first and compared it. You can do both. In manual mode, the AT drives like a MT. It will only shift for you down if the engine would have stalled (and that is something very low like 500RPM), and it never shifts up for you, you can bounce off the limiter all day.
So, I have the option of doing both. By the way, I have no problem sipping soda and eating while driving a manual either.