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Originally Posted by rvoll

Yes, a MT is fun, but you can still control the shifts with a paddle shifter in modern DCT's. If you've ever driven a PDK with paddle shifters, you'd know that you have the best combination. If you want all out speed, a great automatic can shift faster than you -- and at better times.... The BRZ auto is not the best, but it works very well. Modern times require us to change our paradigms as technology advances. Computer controlled AT's are really quite good. You just have to stop living in the past.



That said, for me, a MT brings me back to the sports cars I owned back in the 60's and 70's and that nostalgia feels good. But my brain tells me I'm living in the past..... Sometimes, nostalgia wins and sometimes (damnit), my brain wins....

Button pressing is for video games. Doesn’t compare to physically using a clutch, shifter and throttle in perfect harmony. There are lots of cars with nannies that can out perform an average driver. While high tech it’s still lame letting a computer drive for you. I’m okay with being told I’m living in the past. I make very heavy use of technology in all other forms of my life. Im a software dev so I’ve written all kinds of home automation at the house all the way down to my sprinklers (because all off the shelf sprinkler controllers suck). Automated driving is where I draw the line.