you need higher standards for buds.
Somebody's friend no doubt has a Civic somewhere.Ha! Good one! The MT-82 can hold more power than the A10 stock for stock. Ask any A10 owner about 7th gear when they start upping the power. No doubt the A10 is quicker, but definitely not more reliable. If you've seen a diagram of an A10, you'd change your mind. So many parts. More parts equals more things that have the potential to go wrong. In general, a manual transmission is less complex than an automatic transmission.
Try different friends. Your current ones aren't doing you any favors;
The performance you're giving up is straight line only. If that's a primary concern then keep the A10. On a road course, if you know what you're doing, it's a wash until the A10 gets too hot.You can quickly learn to drive a manual, but it'll never be as quick as an automatic
For real doh, @csimmy, the car WILL be slower. If touchy-feely things like "engagement" matter to you, go for it. You will have to accept the fact that the machine is better than you. An A10 equipped GT is stupid quick. Not saying that the MT82 makes the car a dog (still talking about a 460 HP car here). You will be giving up some raw performance. Factor that into your decision.
You'll figure it out.
Test out the sales person. Have them do a test drive with you, teaching you how to drive it. These cars really are geared towards new manual drivers. That's why there are complaints from people that have driven manuals for eons. It has features that help prevent stalling, auto rev matching for downshifts, and it hold rpms a second when upshifting. But like I said, express interest to your sales person explaining the situation and they may be willing to take you for a drive explaining fundamentals before letting you drive it. I would get all the experience you can before going so far you can't go back just in case you don't like the manual.
If it's between using the ebrake method and hill assist then I'd also pick hill assist. And I wouldn't say I'm a "god," but that's how I do it. My old car had a catch point just as high so, altogether, I have about 12 years of almost daily experience. Muscle memory is a wonderful thing when you don't have time to think.
Experience is a beautiful thing! I don't use the ebrake method and deactivated the hill assist. I guess I'm godly...never mind the random stall a month ago, we don't need to talk about that.
Show me someone who says they never stall and I'll show you a liar lol. I just stalled pulling into my garage a couple weeks ago. Just sat there halfway in thinking "welp..."
Since the OP posted that they have their gameplan I won't feel guilty derailing things more than I have.
"It has VTEC and dosh" lol
I've driven manual for about 10 years, although not 100% of the time. I've never gotten over my fear of rollback lol. Its irrational, and I can definitely start without any help, but my mind is screaming at me the whole time. Probably because this is my first new car. Maybe I'll get over it eventually.
