Auto or Manual-never driven stick

mikemerton · 05-11-2010, 04:48 PM

My Z is my first AT in 30 years...my last car was an RX8 with the six speed manual. I also do most of my driving in the city and I was pretty well fed up with shifting on city streets (although I loved it on the highway).

I chose the AT on the Z after trying both on the road. I've never experienced an automatic that had the shifts change as smoothly and quickly as the Z.

I also have ankylosing spondylitis (neck and spine have fused because of inflammation) and the manual Z was just too rough. But that's my problem.

Even as someone who took a lot of good-natured crap from folks when I got the automatic, I still believe people who drive manuals are just better drivers because they have to be. I had to make the move to AT (and believe me this is a car that seems harder to find if it isn't factory ordered in AT).

And I absolutely DESPISE the move to CVT in passenger cars. Cars have become floating clouds that completely remove the driving experience from the driver's brain.

That said, I learned stick on a POS diesel Rabbit in the early 80's. I'd find the 370 a bit of a beast to learn it today.

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05-11-2010, 04:48 PM	#11 (permalink)
mikemerton Base Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Toronto Posts: 14 Drives: '10 370Z MB AT7 Rep Power: 16	My Z is my first AT in 30 years...my last car was an RX8 with the six speed manual. I also do most of my driving in the city and I was pretty well fed up with shifting on city streets (although I loved it on the highway). I chose the AT on the Z after trying both on the road. I've never experienced an automatic that had the shifts change as smoothly and quickly as the Z. I also have ankylosing spondylitis (neck and spine have fused because of inflammation) and the manual Z was just too rough. But that's my problem. Even as someone who took a lot of good-natured crap from folks when I got the automatic, I still believe people who drive manuals are just better drivers because they have to be. I had to make the move to AT (and believe me this is a car that seems harder to find if it isn't factory ordered in AT). And I absolutely DESPISE the move to CVT in passenger cars. Cars have become floating clouds that completely remove the driving experience from the driver's brain. That said, I learned stick on a POS diesel Rabbit in the early 80's. I'd find the 370 a bit of a beast to learn it today.