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Originally Posted by Boosted2.0
I have driven both. the auto is actually faster than the manual, but you have to put it into sport mode. Regular "D" mode is intended for economy and smooth comfy shifts for your daily commute.
The auto trans has 4 modes in total:
1 - D mode - normal daily driving
2 - D with sport mode turned on - Tranny does all shifting, but does so much more agressively than in normal D mode. It holds gears longer and downshifts mmore agressively
3 - Manual mode - Kind of like D mode with wport, only you control the shifts
4 - Manual mode with sport mode turned on - This is where the magic happens. Upshifts are amazingly fast. Downshifts are throttle blipping and amazingly fast. It will let you downshift into very high revs (not oner-rev, but very high in the range0. It will also not upshift unless you tell it - it will bounce of the rev limiter unless you tell it to shift.
The auto is pretty amazing. I still chose a manual and I feel it leaves me more options on the tuning front, and I prefer driving a manual, but those are preferences. I reccomend going back for another drive.
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One more... SNOW mode, where lock up is delayed and downshifts are slower/smoother to not break traction, and taller gears are used longer to keep torque low on treading snow.