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Originally Posted by go_a_way1
Welcome to the club! I drive an auto myself. Wasn't planning on auto originally but ended up with one and love it! So you have normal mode, snow mode (shifts ever so slightly smoother at lower rpm as well as launches in second gear) sport mode keeps the rims a bit higher so your closer to the power band and shift much faster .3 seconds or somthing like that. Then you have manual mode where you make all the decisions. It will down shift for you if it gets close to the stalling rpm point but you get hit the Rev limiter if your not careful. I am on my phone so I apologize for any spelling errors. I do know a fair bit about the autos so quote me or pm me if you got any more questions
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Basically what he said. I test drove the MT, and ultimately went with the AT for practical reasons. Either transmission choice will not let you down. After driving manual for a few years, the only thing you really miss is launching the car and clutch kicking for drifts. Which, for most of the owners of these cars, aren't a big deal. Both are plenty fun and I very rarely find myself missing a third pedal. But, then during drives in traffic, I can make the woman happy by throwing the car into drive and holding her hand, once we're out of traffic, I can throw it in manual, hit some back roads and go fast and get a little sideways and make her smile.
Normally when I'm driving, it's in manual mode, unless I'm on the highway or stuck in traffic and with VSC on (or is it off, whatever you call it when you push the VSC button). Winter time,I have TC off, unless on the highway
Sorry if this doesn't make sense or is incoherent. Been hitting the sauce.