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Duckydos · 03-12-2003, 04:19 PM

A few, and I mean FEW cars actually come faster in the automatic variety. The late '90s Z28 Camero is the only car that I can think of off the top of my head.
In my opinion, an automatic will never be as fast as the manual, given a good driver for both cases. From 0-60 or the standing quarter mile, sure, the times will be close, but for actual street, there's no contest. In a rolling start, autox, anything that doesn't involve starting from a standstill, the manual car will always come out the victor. Downshifting, double clutching (God I sound like a TFATF *** now), and leaning out the clutch are attributes that the manual has that an automatic could never get close to.

That said, Mercedes is coming out with a 7 (yes, I said 7) speed automatic tranny that is supposed to be a technological marvel... but I hate the tiptronic auto's anyways.

-Ducky

03-12-2003, 04:19 PM	#16
Duckydos Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Orlando, FL Age: 41 Posts: 1,048	A few, and I mean FEW cars actually come faster in the automatic variety. The late '90s Z28 Camero is the only car that I can think of off the top of my head. In my opinion, an automatic will never be as fast as the manual, given a good driver for both cases. From 0-60 or the standing quarter mile, sure, the times will be close, but for actual street, there's no contest. In a rolling start, autox, anything that doesn't involve starting from a standstill, the manual car will always come out the victor. Downshifting, double clutching (God I sound like a TFATF *** now), and leaning out the clutch are attributes that the manual has that an automatic could never get close to. That said, Mercedes is coming out with a 7 (yes, I said 7) speed automatic tranny that is supposed to be a technological marvel... but I hate the tiptronic auto's anyways. -Ducky __________________ Had an Accord. Then I had something European. Now I have an SCCA Solo-II monster!