b15- so wat you're really saying is that one's not a car enthusiast unless they can truely DRIVE a MT car.

thanks for stirring up the pot even more. :shakes head:




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oh i can almost hear alvin typing ferociously!!

haha no no no. I'm just wondering who can actually drive a manual and actually test drove one. OR if they just bought the AT by default. Obviously there's no way to prove it, but whatever.

I knew a guy that proclaimed to know how to drive manual (and all the associated techniques), but he never owned any manual cars and in the 3 years I knew him, I never saw him drive an MT. So finally a buddy and I put him behind the wheel of a 5MT accord (VERY easy to drive). After much teasing, he finally got in and he couldn't make it down the street....

:rofl2: hahahaha!!

Who the f*ck care about MT vs. AT?

I've had my share of each. When I was shopping the 370 for almost a year before I purchased I test drove nothing but the MT. But traffic here is so horrendous I couldn't fathom actually buying one. And I wasn't impressed with it so I never pulled the trigger. Then one cool March evening last year I waltzed in to the dealer again. They had a few ATs on the lot. Sales guy convinced me to at least try it. So I did. And I signed the papers an hour later. No real regrets. Just wish it didn't sound like an auto. At least it still kicks ***. :tup:

I would think that someone who does not have any interest in learing to drive standard would not buy sport cars.
they buy kia and hyundai.

Personally I had a choice between a black base sport MT and a white touring AT, which I think would make anybody have seconds thoughts at least for a second, but ultimately I bought the car that I wouldn't normally have.

I drove a 6MT car (a '99 WS-6 TransAm!) for a decade before I picked up my 7AT 370. I'm probably a little rusty now because I haven't owned a manual car for about 5 years, although once in a blue moon I do get to drive someone's manual Jeep or something randomly.

I don't mind a normal auto in something like my tow-truck, but I could never drive a sportscar that didn't let me pick gears explicitly. There's little point in that. However, the 7AT really does let you drive it like a manual in M-mode. The only real difference from that sort of perspective is not having to mess with the clutch pedal, which is really just another nice convenience over the one you 6MT guys already get compared to a "real" manual: SRM.

I'll give you 7AT-haters a lot more credit if you permanently disable the SRM on your car first :p

I was waiting for @Z Eliminator to chime in. If anyone has exploited the capabilities of the 7at it's this guy.

Right, it's AT Captain Obvious... :D

Learned on MT. Still have my S2k. I've ridden motorcycles since I was young and fly complex aircraft. So what are your credentials? ;)

I have none. I don't even own the car in my sig, it's really an AT! Caught!

wow this thread sure went to crap. too many trying to swing their eWang over what transmission is better.

I'm shocked this thread hasn't been merged with the existing Manual Vs. Auto dumping ground. Or just locked.