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Originally Posted by Calum
In the 16 years I have been driving I have never owned an automatic, nor do I plan to. I hate automatic transmissions. I have zero understanding as to why anyone would buy a car with one, especially a sports car. Even the 'best' automatics will change gears when you don't want them to, causing you to have to drive the transmission first and the car second.
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That's why things come in different flavors, and why arguing transmissions is like arguing Religion, you aren't going to convince zealots on either side to change.
That said, in defense of the 6AT in the 86, in manual mode it will NOT change gears on you except in an extreme under-rev (stall the engine) situation. On the top end, the only thing it won't let you switch it into an over-rev the engine, but you can hold it in gear bouncing off the limiter all day.