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Old 09-29-2012, 06:07 PM   #19
Karl07
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I ordered a mt gts but due to a 12-24 month wait, I ended up grabbing an at because I get it next week.
I have always driven manual and this car was designed for it.
My argument to myself (as I don't really care what other people think of my decision) was:
- better fuel economy in the auto
- in sports mode you can still bounce off the redline...it will not change
- better for traffic
- auto rev matching...I love this and to me, doesn't affect the fun
- very fast shifts (well for a cheapish car - 42000 on road here)...I think it is 0.2sec
- and an incidental, insurance was actually cheaper because they put most risk on a mt

I'm sure I'll have times wishing I was back in the mt but the rest I'm just going to enjoy the s#!t out of this.
That said, if I was getting it for track use...manual 100% of the time.
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