Auto or standard, I'll take both.
03-23-2006, 03:52 PM
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Auto or standard, I'll take both. I'm looking at getting a '95 to '97 Z-28 or Trans Am and was wondering what everyones takes are on the auto or 6 speed. Don't worry, I can drive a standard, I just wanted to know what peoples opinions were on them. Gas mileage, drivability, that kind of thing. Thanks.
03-23-2006, 04:15 PM
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lol mine started as a auto and i converted to manual over christmas 2005 and i like the 6 speed so much more its a lot more fun to drive but if its gonna go to the track fairly often youd be better off with a auto
03-23-2006, 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Texas_TA
lol mine started as a auto and i converted to manual over christmas 2005 and i like the 6 speed so much more its a lot more fun to drive but if its gonna go to the track fairly often youd be better off with a auto
i live 6.5 miles from HRP (i'm sure you know what that is) and i swapped mine from auto to 6 speed last summer. just preference. if i was bracket racing i might consider an auto, but i like the 6 speed so much more.
obviously it's just personal preference
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I love driving a six speed, wouldn't consider a automatic at all, ever. I am not a big drag racer, but if I was, I would still go with a built manual tranny. I give MAD PROPS to the guys rowing their way into the 9's! I hope you get what you like... But a manual is what I like, and its what I have.
Oh yea, don't let anyone talk you INTO a tranny, get what YOU like. I drive DAILY in bumper to bumper traffic in my six speed and it doesn't bother me at all, but Im sure to some it may.
Oh yea, don't let anyone talk you INTO a tranny, get what YOU like. I drive DAILY in bumper to bumper traffic in my six speed and it doesn't bother me at all, but Im sure to some it may.
03-23-2006, 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Texas_TA
lol mine started as a auto and i converted to manual over christmas 2005 and i like the 6 speed so much more its a lot more fun to drive but if its gonna go to the track fairly often youd be better off with a auto
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got mine with a spec stage 3 clutch and it cost me around 2200-2300 to do everything... kinda expensive but it beat trying to sell a TA with a busted auto and buying a 6 speed that and i was already attached to mine i have grown to where i love the color of mine... to me it was completly worth it
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Yeah, I came to the realization that it was pretty much a coin toss (at least for me). I'm not looking at something to take to the track (be it a drag, road course, or autocross style) a whole lot. Though, I do plan to venture to a track at some point. That aside, I'm looking for a good daily driver, so it really is going to depend on where I am living at the time of the purchase. I enjoy shifting through gears (to me that's actully driving, you become part of the car, in a way), but if I'm giong to be somewhere with lots of traffic, then maybe an auto. The big thing is I'm just going to have to drive both and see what I'm comfortable in. Thanks to everyone for their imput.
Happy Driving.
Happy Driving.
