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Old 05-05-2015, 01:55 AM   #51
humdizzle
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Originally Posted by makesdrivingfunagain View Post
Perhaps a more distinguished approach would be if you want the most performance go to a performance driving school and gain the skills needed to be a faster driver. I think the car may be getting more "blame" than needed in some cases. Some of the statements are correct above, but how can one quantify the data of a manual being faster for certain drivers with various driving abilities. This really makes me ask the question or think of the idea/situation where you have the exact same car in manual and automatic and ask which is faster. It may be the driving skills of the individual that prohibit the faster times and not the car in some situations (like mine).
I agree. But I also think anyone can become proficient with manual given time. Just takes practice.

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Originally Posted by tyrantcf View Post

I'm not a big fan of DCTs, so it was reassuring to see that a "regular" automatic can be made to be quite good.
what can an auto do that a dct can't ?
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