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Originally Posted by brancky3 Have you heard the rumor that the 6MT increases driver satisfaction by 37%? because ... slower?

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Old 06-27-2014, 01:37 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Have you heard the rumor that the 6MT increases driver satisfaction by 37%?
because ... slower?
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Wow, the stock miata has adjustable front camber? I wouldn't expect it, that's pretty awesome. The z and most cars with double a suspensions don't have adjustable camber because it requires a special top arm with adjustable joint at the top, which is a possible failure point in a production car. Most cars these days have macphearson struts for front suspension, which are easy to camber adjust. So I think the z has adjustable front toe, and the rear has adjustable toe and camber stock, and that's it. I really doubt the miata has adjustable caster stock... it would have to have a really sophisticated front double a with a lot of shims or something. Doesn't it have double a arm front? Caster is also easy to adjust for a macphearson strut.
I send a complete reaply yesterday but maybe there was some problem...
anyway, the front suspension is a double wishbone design, the rear is multi-link.. fully adjustable in toe/camber/caster.. I think is one of the better chassies on a "low cost" car.. we paid it with less horsepower, but more funny

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I actually own a 7AT. You're right drag racing anything puts stress on parts including trannies. but I've never heard anyone here say they have problems from drag racing or other aggressive sports yet, including me. also rumor, the auto is .3 seconds faster in a drag race. a well-documented rumor.
I agree with all you have said. The rumor was started here.

How hard do you drive your Z oh ... and here
Automatic Z - problems? or bullet proof?

Could have been a one off. I almost bought the AT but decided I wanted the inconvenience of having to use my left foot and pull my hand from the steering wheel to shift so that I could avoid the evil glares from all the burly old school sports car curmudgeons. I resemble that remark, as did my Jag XK150 driving dad and all his Austin Healy (3000), Jag (early E type) driving friends, and my brother in his 944 and ... oh my god, I have gone on too long haven’t I?

The second link has some interesting posts regarding how to solve what issues there may be, with great success I might add. The MT was a choice. I like it. But the AT would have been just as much fun I think.
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Maybe.

There is an article in one of the recent R&T or C&D that talks about this a little. They quoted a current Air Force Fighter Jock about the comparison of the old manual throttle, mixture etc. of flying the old war birds compared to the automation in the current crop of mach 2 hair on fire jets. The difference comes down to how much is being taken in at the acceleration to speed and events along the way now in comparison to then. Very different. This was in relation to the current crop of super/hyper cars and why manuals have disappeared in them. High end race cars that turn both left and right are starting to lose the manual clutch system. It is the way of it.
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Have you heard the rumor that the 6MT increases driver satisfaction by 37%?
Yeah, but only for guys who need there hand constantly on a shaft... Oops I mean shift. Lol.
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I thought about buying an automatic Z a few times, but I never did and I'm glad. The stick shift is just part of the sports car experience IMO.

True, many newer high-end sporty cars have one or another of a variety of automated shifting transmissions, but the Z automatic isn't some lightning-fast sequential box, it's just a decent automatic transmission. If you don't want a stick then there is nothing wrong with that, but if you want a manual transmission, you'll still want a manual transmission after buying the automatic.
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I agree with all you have said. The rumor was started here.

How hard do you drive your Z oh ... and here
Automatic Z - problems? or bullet proof?

Could have been a one off. I almost bought the AT but decided I wanted the inconvenience of having to use my left foot and pull my hand from the steering wheel to shift so that I could avoid the evil glares from all the burly old school sports car curmudgeons. I resemble that remark, as did my Jag XK150 driving dad and all his Austin Healy (3000), Jag (early E type) driving friends, and my brother in his 944 and ... oh my god, I have gone on too long haven’t I?

The second link has some interesting posts regarding how to solve what issues there may be, with great success I might add. The MT was a choice. I like it. But the AT would have been just as much fun I think.
All I read was a guy who tracked the auto without the mandatory track mod for the automatic. A transmission cooler and another guy with a undetermined tranny issue. I can pull multiple issues on manuals.

As stated, it's all rumor. My tranny is bulletproof but I have all the cooler mods as they were most important, then my eibach sways were done, then my stoptech pads rotors and lines were done. This made my car track ready. Then suspension mods made it a better performer. For power I don't have much. Filters w/silicone tubes and a straight pipe on the exhaust. With that alone I'm pretty faster than most stock Z's. You're gonna track? You better prep. Bad examples of tranny issues.

This is turning into a lame azz tranny preference debate. I'm out.
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