Die hard Manual guys get in here!

[Stormtrooper5.0]

I just wish I could rent a car from you folks... I don't know how to drive any of them. :shrug:

HAHA LOL I feel ya on that one

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[EasyBeingGreen]

Screw manual vs. auto...

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[marks]

People who buy manuals generally don't care about the last tenth of a second when it comes to acceleration times, they want more involvement in the car. Nothing more enjoyable than throwing the stick around on a windy country road. If I was only interested in acceleration times I'd get a battery powered autonomous car.

 

[Norm Peterson]

People who buy manuals generally don't care about the last tenth of a second when it comes to acceleration times

A tenth? Hell, I don't even care about whole seconds.


Norm

 

[TexasRebel]

Nothing more enjoyable than throwing the stick around on a windy country road.

I find that wind makes driving more stressful. :shrug:

 

[JohnK]

The other is downshifting to pass. With a manual once it's shifted to the lower gear, the car quickly accelerates. My experience with automatics is that there's often a delay between pushing the gas pedal and the car responding. This can be one second or more. But maybe paddle shifters avoids this delay. Haven't tried it.

 

[Kevin08]

The other is downshifting to pass. With a manual once it's shifted to the lower gear, the car quickly accelerates. My experience with automatics is that there's often a delay between pushing the gas pedal and the car responding. This can be one second or more. But maybe paddle shifters avoids this delay. Haven't tried it.

The problem with the paddle shifter is that it has that same delay with you press it to downshift.

 

[Stormtrooper5.0]

People who buy manuals generally don't care about the last tenth of a second when it comes to acceleration times, they want more involvement in the car. Nothing more enjoyable than throwing the stick around on a windy country road. If I was only interested in acceleration times I'd get a battery powered autonomous car.

This is true. I rented a Hemi Charger for a trip from Norcal to Socal back in 2015. I did not enjoy it as much as I thought I would as I was used to driving MT's.
I enjoy my little v6 Mustang manual more than I did that Charger... hell I enjoyed my MT 2014 Nissan Sentra more than I did that car. Funnest car I ever drove a 16 5.0 Manual...so that will be my next car in the future.

 

[Asharus]

i was considering leasing a scat pack charger as my next car, since the lease deals on dodges right now are insane.

my only fear is that i'd get real bored of it quick, since it only comes in auto.

sounds like i'd be right from your experience.

 

[bluebeastsrt]

My last manual was in a Nissan Versa. I loved driving it on windy roads. I felt so involved. It actually felt more sporty than much more expensive cars. Because of the manual. I bought the manual because it made 80hp feel like 85! Pushing in the clutch on that car. Was a life altering experience. It bacially turned that little sh!tbox into a sports sedan.

 

[Hack]

I had a Sentra that gave me a similar feeling. I enjoyed revving it out. Of course after a month or two of occasionally revving it near redline it seemed like the engine didn't like me very much.

 

[Asharus]

im sure we've all had a fun underpowered manual car before

mine was a 97 318ti hatchback, and i loved that thing. that little 1.8 liter can move when i redline it.

 

[foghat]

The other is downshifting to pass. With a manual once it's shifted to the lower gear, the car quickly accelerates. My experience with automatics is that there's often a delay between pushing the gas pedal and the car responding. This can be one second or more. But maybe paddle shifters avoids this delay. Haven't tried it.

If you factor in the time it takes to down shift the manual, not convinced you will be any worse off in an auto.

 

[moffetts]

Yeah, rev matching is extremely slow (comparatively) and just dropping it into a lower gear is jarring at best and dangerous at worst. Modern autos, even slushboxes, are fast.

 

[TURTL3]

Yeah, rev matching is extremely slow (comparatively) and just dropping it into a lower gear is jarring at best and dangerous at worst. Modern autos, even slushboxes, are fast.

The only other people to drive my car besides myself were two good friends of mine that drive MT and neither one of them rev matched. Made me cringe every time they “downshifted”. One of my friends out of the two I told to pull back in his driveway (we took like a 10 minute joyride) and I pulled back out and gave him a crash course.

If it’s one thing that bugs me is MT cars that are geared way too long. I love my V6 but these 3.15 gears can be a real PIA sometimes. I mean the great thing about the MT is that I can always keep it in the power band, but I would prefer some better acceleration with shorter gears.

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