6MT vs 7AT and the Track/Auto X

awesomez · 10-22-2009, 10:30 AM

You can never have this discussion on an internet forum. Manual people love the manual and simply hate automatic. Automatic people love automatic and hate manual. As someone who loves both, given the choice I would drive a manual on track but since I drive my car 90% on road I bought automatic. In my opinion, auto will beat manual but you won't see it happen for two different reasons. People who bought automatic don't care that much about driving it on the track. People who can drive on the track very well won't know how to drive the automatic very well.

Also, I bet you that manual transmission will overheat engine oil and hit the limp mode a lot sooner than automatic will overheat.

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10-22-2009, 10:30 AM	#21 (permalink)
awesomez Base Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: VA Posts: 199 Drives: 09 370Z Touring 7AT Rep Power: 18	You can never have this discussion on an internet forum. Manual people love the manual and simply hate automatic. Automatic people love automatic and hate manual. As someone who loves both, given the choice I would drive a manual on track but since I drive my car 90% on road I bought automatic. In my opinion, auto will beat manual but you won't see it happen for two different reasons. People who bought automatic don't care that much about driving it on the track. People who can drive on the track very well won't know how to drive the automatic very well. Also, I bet you that manual transmission will overheat engine oil and hit the limp mode a lot sooner than automatic will overheat.