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Originally Posted by TommyW
Drivers new to the track will learn driving dynamics faster with an auto\paddle car. When you throw shifting, heel\toe at threshold braking into the equation other, more important aspects of driving suffer. You CAN practice heel\toe on the street but doing it threshold braking is a lot different.
After a few track days the manual becomes a more engaging car, however. As far as lap times there is really no real difference. If there is it's too minor to make an impact.
As far as people saying a manual doesn't matter in traffic they've never experienced an hour of stop and go never getting out of first gear. If I'm faced with a drive with a lot of traffic I take my auto trans car.
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I've experienced immense amounts of stop and go traffic while driving a manual. It is no big deal, in fact it gets absurdly easy as the only thing you really have to do is use the clutch to accelerate.
I have nothing against auto's, you can get some great deals on the twins in auto if you want to.