Auto or Manual?
#101
That's why we have choices. Each of us knows what's right for ourselves.
I love tiptronics because you can drive them like a regular auto in traffic, then select gears on twisty roads. It'll stay in the chosen gear until you up or downshift it, and then it will do it quickly and smoothly. I've got a few thousand miles of wheel time in a Mercedes E320 (not mine), and that transmission seduced me.
But if you prefer a stick, as 2/3 of the votes on this thread indicate, more power to you.
I think I'll hold off on the new Mustang until I see if a tiptronic and (don't ban me Dan!) you know what else is available.
I love tiptronics because you can drive them like a regular auto in traffic, then select gears on twisty roads. It'll stay in the chosen gear until you up or downshift it, and then it will do it quickly and smoothly. I've got a few thousand miles of wheel time in a Mercedes E320 (not mine), and that transmission seduced me.
But if you prefer a stick, as 2/3 of the votes on this thread indicate, more power to you.
I think I'll hold off on the new Mustang until I see if a tiptronic and (don't ban me Dan!) you know what else is available.
#102
Originally posted by scottie1113@July 12, 2004, 12:03 AM
think I'll hold off on the new Mustang until I see if a tiptronic and (don't ban me Dan!) you know what else is available.
think I'll hold off on the new Mustang until I see if a tiptronic and (don't ban me Dan!) you know what else is available.
And though I won't ban you, you might be waiting a while for that tiptronic.
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Automatics are fine for cruisers like my old Mercedes SEL, but for a Mustang? Even if I had to pay for the manual, instead of the reverse, I would get one.
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#106
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Originally posted by Dan+July 12, 2004, 9:56 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Dan @ July 12, 2004, 9:56 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-scottie1113@July 12, 2004, 12:03 AM
think I'll hold off on the new Mustang until I see if a tiptronic and (don't ban me Dan!) you know what else is available.
think I'll hold off on the new Mustang until I see if a tiptronic and (don't ban me Dan!) you know what else is available.
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I agree. I drove one for a short period one day. It was nice to have both options. But I still wanted to push a clutch in.
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Originally posted by Dan@August 16, 2004, 3:38 PM
Wow, poll is 2:1. Anyone know the actual sales ratio?
Wow, poll is 2:1. Anyone know the actual sales ratio?
#108
Originally posted by Kluski+August 16, 2004, 2:58 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Kluski @ August 16, 2004, 2:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
No problem. To each his own. I know people that LOVE tiptronic also. Its really is okay. My point is that for anyone that loves using a clutch and a manual shifter, it won't replicate the experience.
Originally posted by Dan@July 12, 2004, 9:56 AM
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@July 12, 2004, 12:03 AM
think I'll hold off on the new Mustang until I see if a tiptronic and (don't ban me Dan!) you know what else is available.
think I'll hold off on the new Mustang until I see if a tiptronic and (don't ban me Dan!) you know what else is available.
No problem. To each his own. I know people that LOVE tiptronic also. Its really is okay. My point is that for anyone that loves using a clutch and a manual shifter, it won't replicate the experience.
I never said it would. But when you have spent 6 hours trying to get through LA on a Friday afternoon, you'll know why I drive a slushbox. After 40 years of driving a stick, I think I have enough experience to know what I want.
To each his own, and don't knock the other's choices. That's all I ask.
#109
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My last Mustang(91 GT) was a manual. My next Mustang(05GT) will be manual. I love shifting gears myself and feel more in tune with the car. Last time I checked it's a free country so if you want an auto that's fine with me. All I ask, no matter what trans you have, is stay out of the left hand lane if your only goin 40mph on the freeway.
#113
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Originally posted by PearBear@June 10, 2004, 8:30 PM
5 spd for now, but if I can get someone to buy my car, I'll be moving up to a 6. not bad for being 19.
5 spd for now, but if I can get someone to buy my car, I'll be moving up to a 6. not bad for being 19.
#114
personally, I'd prefer the standard. Always have been a stick man. Besides that is where the fun is; trying to make ---- er sound like an automatic when you power shift. right on dude!
#118
Oh, I already voted in this poll, well I'll say what I've probably already said... manual until the day I die, until someone disables my left foot or my right arm I will drive manual till the die I die.
#119
Auto for me.....I've been driving sticks for years, and to be honest I can have just as much fun in an auto. I have to drive in bumber-bumper L.A.- like traffic for 2 hours a day. I've grown tired of it.