370Z Drivers by Gender / Transmission

Speedy · 11-07-2013, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by dtul

If the 370z was not going to be my only car for the majority of the first year that I have it, I would have gone with the 6MT as well. Manual is just a much more engaging driving experience. The 7AT is phenomenal, and its manual mode is just as fun to me as a true manual, but at the same time it is still not the same thing. Sometimes you just gotta have that foot action going on.

Edit: I don't think you need to be premium. I'm not an I've started a poll before. Also just noticed this was my 100th post!

Mine is a daily driver and I have to fight traffic, so the auto was a no brainer for me. My calf goes to sleep driving my Challenger to work in that traffic.

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Originally Posted by kenchan

i like the sound of the exhaust when mated to a MT. a lot more musical...graceful or aggressive which ever mood you're in.

In manual mode I don't see there being much difference sound wise. I have video of my auto in manual mode with the FI exhaust on my site and YouTube Channel and it is glorious.

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Originally Posted by zeeder

I need to find a 370Z on a used car lot somewhere and test drive it to see what I'm missing...lol!

Your really should. I think you'll be surprised.

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Two reasons spring to mind. One, some of us prefer a manual no matter how good the auto may be. Two, it can't hold a lot of power.

Preference is something I can surely understand. I wouldn't want an auto in my Challenger as a muscle car should be manual trans. Having said that if I break too much more crap in that car racing it I may do an auto conversion eventually and quit throwing good money after bad. It seems the manuals are much harder on parts for that 4300 lb pig. Do they not have beefed up parts for the autos for power?

kenchan · 11-07-2013, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Speedy

In manual mode I don't see there being much difference sound wise. I have video of my auto in manual mode with the FI exhaust on my site and YouTube Channel and it is glorious.

take off sound is musical on a MT (first you dont hear a drivetrain cluck getting into D in a MT after a quick flash of reverse light

), and the car has a breath and exhale rhythm going up the gears while accelerating. where as AT, it's exhale followed by a flat lower pitch, exhale followed by a flat lower pitch, etc.

downshifts are pretty similar though.

dtul · 11-07-2013, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Speedy

Preference is something I can surely understand. I wouldn't want an auto in my Challenger as a muscle car should be manual trans. Having said that if I break too much more crap in that car racing it I may do an auto conversion eventually and quit throwing good money after bad. It seems the manuals are much harder on parts for that 4300 lb pig. Do they not have beefed up parts for the autos for power?

Unless you are just a die-hard Mopar guy, I would trade that Challenger in for a Mustang. I felt like I was driving a boat when I test drove the Challenger, whereas the Mustang, and even the Camaro, were just so much more fluid and responsive.

Chuck33079 · 11-07-2013, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Speedy

Do they not have beefed up parts for the autos for power?

They do, but to build it up enough to handle the torque from a "normal" turbo build you're looking at spending a lot of money.

View Poll Results: Whats your Gender/Transmission in your 370Z
M6 Male	123	76.88%
M6 Female	2	1.25%
7AT Male	33	20.63%
7AT Female	2	1.25%
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