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Originally Posted by 7thgear

Audi seems to have no problem winning lemans with your "not really manual" gearbox, i guess that's not a real sports car then..

Using your 2nd foot in no way makes the car more sports like.

The whole point of a manual car is dictating what gear you are in, it's unfortunate that we require a crutch to operate it as such. The clutch is stone age technology. You people really need to start looking ahead.

And yes i said you people.

Really? You're comparing a $1,000,000+ Le Mans Prototype to a $25,000 Scion? Really? A $50,000 sequentual gearbox in no way compares to the little $1,100 automatic transmission in the FR-S. And if you've ever driven an R8 road car with the R-Tronic sequential auto (I have) you would know why so many people prefer it with the manual transmission! I drive a manual S4, and I wouldn't dare trade it for any of the SMG-equipped S4's, S5's, TT's, etc. They're not even remotely as much fun to drive!

To the OP, give it more time. My friend Andrew hated driving stick his first couple weeks. He bought a manual car out of necessity and was forced to learn on it. After a month's time, he was not only good at it, but he loved driving manual! He even said to me, "Now I know what you've been talking about all along! This is so much better than automatic!"