wanna trade in my AT 370z

Nick911sc

He's probably offended everyone is making him seem like a stuck up international kid. So he went to trade in his AT for a Nismo and will probably never be back on the boards.

Lug

Who said he was stuck up? He's only been accused of being rich!

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nogoodname

All the international students here are rich too...LoL... they all have Benzs and an apartment or condo in downtown.

NYBladeZ

wow it wasn't a year and he's already bored of the AT. I guess pushing paddles isn't all that it's cracked up to be.

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billydsz

Good point. Pressing a pedal and moving a stick is way better. And is there anything better than 20 miles of interstate bumper to bumper accident induced traffic and a manual tranny? I think not.

shadoquad

Yeah, to cure the boredom of 7AT, why not take up a hobby to make driving more exciting? Something to distract that other hand, like smoking, doing your makeup, reading a map/newspaper, drinking piping hot coffee?

Nick911sc

Cannot agree with this more! I wish more people drove manual rather than the other distractions that cause accidents on a daily basis. I can't even count how many times I've almost been rear-ended by women applying makeup in the mirror or countless other things.

TBH I don't find driving in heavy traffic any more burdensome in my manual 370z compared to my auto bmw x5. It's the difference of one extra pedal....Just my opinion though.

shadoquad

It was a bit tongue-in-cheek. I've seen manual drivers who drive like that. Regardless of transmission or vehicle type, too many people are paying attn to everything BUT the road.

You can have fun and drive an automatic. And it can be bothersome to be in 2hrs of traffic in a MT, like I was last week. Regardless, people should be paying attn to the road.

nicknick

We host international students and from what i have seen they are generally very babied, spoilt, rude and arrogant etc. Only one has been gone in about 50 that we have had. Their parents buy them the cars and houses, most of them come from very rich chinese families.

sonic370

Yeah this AT/MT thing has been wore out.
To each his own iv'e had both now driving the AT.
But i understand why the manual guys like the 6sp they won't
total control over the car.the 7sp doesn't offer
that. there are times to me that the auto can't make
up its mind which gear it want's.
but in manual mode with those paddles its another story.

damn 6sp or 7at the cars still hot!

ImportConvert

Never understood this one. Drove stick through H-town back when they tore 59 up and sat in it for hours in a cammed up 5.0 with a clutch about 3x as beefy as the one that comes in these Z's. No big. You get used to it.

Zsteve

I say the OP should get a chuaffeur and a Benz and play Need For Speed in the back seat.

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fullmonty

It's enough for me. But I guess simple things for simple minds...

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sonic370

For me keep it simple also. It's hard enough watching out for the other nuts on the road.

Jeffblue

traffic sucks in any transmission. you're just less likely to wind up rear ending someone in a MT because you decided to take a bite of the sandwich you were eating and your car drove itself into the next car because you took your foot of the brake.

There seems to be a trend of people wanting to trade their Auto Z's for 6spd MT after a short while, and all for the sake of driving experience.... Just saying