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dem00n · 10-15-2012, 11:05 PM

I find it odd how some say the Automatic gearbox offers less than the MT, in a sense it offers a lot more. First you have automatic mode and its settings, traction on/off and sport. Then you have two ways to change gears, using the paddles or pushing the shifter up and down. Then you have use of using sport and traction on/off. I find driving in sport with pure automatic to be quite different then driving in automatic with sport off, same as i do finding using the paddles with sport on and sport off. I think i got the bargain for getting such a nice automatic trans for under 30k. If you ask me, i'm having more fun playing around with this niffy transmission then i did in my old 5 speed and dare i say more in the manual 6 speed.

Oh and you wanna discuss the performance between manual and automatic? Barley matters in this car, its 200 HP and none of us are going to be really time racing against each other. The small difference on the track between an FRS automatic and FRS manual would only truly matter with whos driving it if you ask me.

The 2nd best part is that after driving around with this transmission for over 3 months; i'm still learning more about it every week. Its really something to behold, if you get the MT or the AT on either the FRS/BRZ then you simply have made a great choice. There is no wrong with either cars or either ways of transmission. Its maaaaaad!
Ha...i'm done for the day.

10-15-2012, 11:05 PM	#35
dem00n Member of the year - 2016 Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: Scion FRS Location: New York Posts: 3,575 Thanks: 788 Thanked 2,427 Times in 1,111 Posts Mentioned: 23 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I find it odd how some say the Automatic gearbox offers less than the MT, in a sense it offers a lot more. First you have automatic mode and its settings, traction on/off and sport. Then you have two ways to change gears, using the paddles or pushing the shifter up and down. Then you have use of using sport and traction on/off. I find driving in sport with pure automatic to be quite different then driving in automatic with sport off, same as i do finding using the paddles with sport on and sport off. I think i got the bargain for getting such a nice automatic trans for under 30k. If you ask me, i'm having more fun playing around with this niffy transmission then i did in my old 5 speed and dare i say more in the manual 6 speed. Oh and you wanna discuss the performance between manual and automatic? Barley matters in this car, its 200 HP and none of us are going to be really time racing against each other. The small difference on the track between an FRS automatic and FRS manual would only truly matter with whos driving it if you ask me. The 2nd best part is that after driving around with this transmission for over 3 months; i'm still learning more about it every week. Its really something to behold, if you get the MT or the AT on either the FRS/BRZ then you simply have made a great choice. There is no wrong with either cars or either ways of transmission. Its maaaaaad! Ha...i'm done for the day.