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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
I love manuals and have never owned an automatic. Sadly though there is no more justification for them.
The new twin clutch automatics have much better acceleration numbers than manuals and better fuel economy. Pretty hard to argue with that.
They even did a test with an Evo X where they put a professional race driver in it and got him to do a lap in the manual mode where he used the paddle shifters and one in automatic mode when the computer picked the gears for him. His lap time was better in auto mode.
If I was buying a new car now I'd be pretty torn. I guess the plus of a manual is it's cheaper, but do I want my car to be as fast as possible?
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Well it's not at the point where
all autos are faster than their manual counterpart. I'd say a very small minority in fact and usually with higher end/sports-oriented cars.
And manuals still have better fuel economy which is a huge consideration. Imagine the millions (billions?) of gallons of fuel we waste each year with all of these automatic cars hauling around an extra 250lbs or whatever an auto tranny weighs over a manual.
Plus a manual is more fun.
My DD is auto because it wasn't available in manual, but the truck I bought for my business is manual so I still get my kicks.