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In theory Nurburgring would be a good measuring stick. In reality it is not due to traffic, weather and traffic. Do I say traffic? It is the sort of track where traffic can completely destroy a time. Weather can also be all over the place. It's a 14 mile track so some parts of the track can be wet while the rest is dry. I'd be willing to put money down that on the same day on a fully dry track, back to back with an empty track and the same driver that a manual Supra would come within 3 secs of an auto version. I sure as hell wouldn't give up on the fun factor of a manual for 3 secs on a 14 mile track. Especially considering it isn't a race car and would spend most of it's like in a daily commute with speed limits and traffic lights. People are way too hung up on specs on paper rather then raw driving entertainment.
As others have said, why can't ignorant dinosaurs like me have an option to row our own gears? Thank god Porsche got their shit together. Latest news is the manual will continue to live in the 992.
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