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Originally Posted by russv
Interesting that Ferrari doesn't sell a manual and a majority of Porsches are automated manuals. Why do you think that is? The FRS auto is quite an excellent transmission as is the manual. Desirability is in the eye of the beholder. I'll have absolutely no problem selling my car in the future to anyone.
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It's a shame about Ferrari not offering manuals, but the Porsches that count are exclusively manual (gt3, gt3 rs, gt3 rs 4.0, gt2 rs). Again, all of those new auto Porsches and Ferraris are dual clutch transmissions.
As far as desirability, just did a quick search on cars.com for fr-s in a 500 mile radius of me and there were 38 autos available and 1 manual car available showing on the first page of the results with the remaining cars not listing the transmission type. That right there tells me there is an abundance of automatic cars sitting around and the manuals are sold much quicker and in short supply. I also recall seeing a stat somewhere that the manual take rate for this car was over 70%. I'm just happy to see that stat indicating the demographic this car is attracting.
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