What is your opinion of getting an auto frs?

[Wise]

Originally Posted by 904FRSlow

All come with paddles. I hate that they are on the steering wheel though

Yeah. I think the paddles are good as they still give you a degree of involvement.

The straight auto offered on the Australian 86 GT just goes against what the car is made for IMO.

[904FRSlow]

Originally Posted by Wise

Yeah. I think the paddles are good as they still give you a degree of involvement.

The straight auto offered on the Australian 86 GT just goes against what the car is made for IMO.

I always shift with the knob though. I would see why it would be good for tracking but if only they weren't on the wheel

[Wise]

Originally Posted by 904FRSlow

I always shift with the knob though. I would see why it would be good for tracking but if only they weren't on the wheel

Would it be possible to mod the auto paddles so they are behind the wheel and remain stationary as the wheel turns? More like the Lambo and Ferrari paddles.

[iag48st]

I can't get used to the paddles because my daily is a manual 93 Miata. I have to use the shift knob and my right foot automatically gets off throttle during upshifts lol. I also drive in manual mode 100%; I need "change" my own gears.

And yes, as it has been mention many times on this site, the reason the AT is slightly slower is due to the gearing. I will be installing either 4.55 or 4.88 gears within the next month.

Manual or Auto, its still a 15 second car manual macho men lmaoo

[904FRSlow]

Originally Posted by Wise

Would it be possible to mod the auto paddles so they are behind the wheel and remain stationary as the wheel turns? More like the Lambo and Ferrari paddles.

Definitely possible. Just got to find out how to do it.

[iag48st]

Originally Posted by ericmpena

Lately I've been wishing I had gotten an Automatic. My last 3 cars have been Manual, and honestly it's getting a little old...especially in Austin where there's non-stop traffic. It also makes things harder because my gf cannot drive my car, so sometimes when I NEED to use her bigger vehicle, she's left without a car to drive.

There are positives and negatives to both sides. From all the good things I've heard about the Automatic transmission on these cars, I can't imagine you'd be unhappy with either choice.

I hate when I stuck in Manhattan bumper to bumper traffic on an uphill in my miata. Good thing I bought an AT Gt86, makes being stuck in traffic soo much more relaxing.

[Quentin]

Originally Posted by iag48st

I can't get used to the paddles because my daily is a manual 93 Miata. I have to use the shift knob and my right foot automatically gets off throttle during upshifts lol. I also drive in manual mode 100%; I need "change" my own gears.

And yes, as it has been mention many times on this site, the reason the AT is slightly slower is due to the gearing. I will be installing either 4.55 or 4.88 gears within the next month.

Manual or Auto, its still a 15 second car manual macho men lmaoo

14.9! :mad:



I personally like the paddles on the wheel. I don't shuffle steer so the paddles are always at the proper hand.

What was truly awful was the 911 I drove that had paddles integrated into the steering wheel on the left and right face of the wheel. You pushed them with either thumb to up shift and pulled them with your fingertips to downshift. Dreadful.



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[Defuser]

Originally Posted by Priapus

Your picture does have lots of feel, in fact a bit too much. Maybe it's just me personally, but I tend to put it in a slower gear (take it easy, ya know) and take my hand completely off of my knob when I start feeling pain.

STRONG username to post content relationship. INB4 5 hours.

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by Priapus

Your picture does have lots of feel, in fact a bit too much. Maybe it's just me personally, but I tend to put it in a slower gear (take it easy, ya know) and take my hand completely off of my knob when I start feeling pain.

Originally Posted by Defuser

STRONG username to post content relationship. INB4 5 hours.

I laughed because it says "Member" under his username.

[FRiSson]

The thing I don't like about automatics is that it makes your right foot dominant. Your left foot just rests on the "dummy" pedal, while the right makes all the decisions and does all the work. This leads to an inherent bodily and mental imbalance when driving an automatic.

In Eastern medicine, balance between the sides of the body is extremely important. They are not fools, they know that you are only as strong as your weakest point. They also know that what happens on one side of the body (or doesn't happen) is reflected on the other side.

I employee an X-balance system. The right hand handles the shifting, the left foot handles the clutch, the left hand holds the steering wheel (most of the time) and the right foot the gas.

So.... let me ask folks these questions ---
When you drive an automatic car after driving a manual:
Don't you feel that something is missing?
Don't you feel that one whole side of your body has been in a kind of suspended animation?
Doesn't your left foot seem as useless and forlorn as teats on a bull?
Don't you have a powerful urge to operate a clutch for a while just to work out the kinks resulting from not using your left leg?

[breadcrumbz]

That feeling when you clutch in, shift to a lower gear, blip the throttle to the perfect rev and release the clutch for a smooth downshift.

[Ultramaroon]

That feeling when you pull back on the gearshift just a tad too early and it snaps out of gear. <shudder>

[Ultramaroon]

MT drivers be like


AT drivers be like

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

That feeling when you pull back on the gearshift just a tad too early and it snaps out of gear. <shudder>

I don't know that feeling. Tell me more.