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Originally Posted by dominican
Ok, here's the deal about manual and automatic transmissions. Manual transmissions make the drive be involved in the forward, and backward, motion of the vehicle. This makes the person engaged in driving the vehicle, instead of just mashing the accelerator pedal and brake pedal.
For people that say having a manual in traffic is too much, they are sadly mistaken. I have driven my manual cars into and out of NYC, 3-6 times a week, for over a year, and not once did I wish I had an automatic car. Sure, if you need something to just go back and forth to your job everyday, I can agree that an auto will be more practical, but not so practical to say that the auto is worth having.
That said, if it is more than 23k, if it weighs more than 2700 pounds, if it looks horrible, then I will be forced to look elsewhere.
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To play devil's advocate...
I'll take paddle shifters. While you're busy using that 2% of your brain pressing down on the clutch pedal, I'll invest that 2% of my brain in making sure I hit that apex at just the right spot. We're both 100% engaged in our race, only difference is you're tossing some of your concentration out the window where I'm optimizing my driving. In the end we're both satisfied. I'm satisfied that I did everything I could to improve my lap time, you're satisfied that you did more physical work to achieve a lesser goal.
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Driving a MT in traffic isn't "too much," it's more work than it needs to be. I'm not trying to impress girls in school by driving around in super cool MT car, I'm just trying to get to the store to pick up some milk. I don't need any added "feel" for my mindless drive to the store to get my milk. That's why I'm open to the idea of a high performance AT. It's fun when I want it to be, mindless when I don't.
