Somehow, the thought of driving a manual on the outer drive in this day and age is not good. Ditto, Greenbay Rd. One has to be a masochist imho ............
I would have gone with the DCT if it had been an option on the Mach 1. Since it wasn't, I went with the A10 given it's faster than my shifting will ever be. I love my '15 GT Premium with the manual, but the A10 behind the Mach1 engine will blow it away.
I have been driving a stick for about 40 years and there is no comparison in or out of traffic. In traffic I watch the auto boys hitting their brake lights back and forth. Me, all I do is letup on the gas. I have NEVER had to replace brake pads and have never gone through a clutch.
What a silly remark.
If you know how to drive a stick, you can teach someone in a parking light in a half hour. I have been driving only a stick for 40 years and that's no doubt.
I strongly disagree! It takes lots of practice and time. I don’t live in the country, maybe it would be easier there.
Well, I don't live in the country either. I live in NYC. I taught some young woman to drive a stick in 30 minutes. Agree or disagree as you will. It's either you don't have the right approach, patience or are dealing with clearly the uncoordinated.
Well said.There's nothing wrong with stick especially if it's your weekend car.
I've been driving stick for 15 years, had both manual and automatic cars for the past 2 years (both over 200 hp), so I can tell from experience that in normal boring city traffic with jams on the lights, the automatic is a great relieve. And I find it fine for sporty ride too. My choice was easy since there wasn't a dealer order for Velocity Blue with manual but only automatic and customer specced orders are not possible due to allocation of only few cars for the country. But then again I was decided for 10-speed GT even before Mach 1 with upgraded automatic was announced.
I suggest that everyone chooses what he likes most and that's it
