2011 Mustang Gt: 6-Speed Manual vs 6-Speed Automatic Performance Difference
1/5/10, 08:08 PM
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I believe that there is a differance in the rear end gear, the auto are supposed to have a 3:15 standard while the manuals get the old 3:31 rear gear. I think the gear ratios were also slightly differant. I have no doubt that the manual would be the quicker car with a great driver, but when you probably can cover the 1/4 mile in just over 13s in the auto, I really would not worry about the differance.
1/5/10, 08:32 PM
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I have owned 9 mustangs post 1986 and 8 of them have been manuals. I have a friend who owns a stock '06 auto and that car is plenty fast. The new automatics really get with the program when accelerating. For cornering, however, Ford does not yet offer an auto that can be held in gear easily like the tiptronic, dsg, etc. That would greatly enhance the appeal of an auto for me, as I am not a drag strip kinda guy, but I do like the convenience of the automatic for most of the driving I have to do. Not a big fan of paddle shifters, but I have always enjoyed manually selecting the gears with the stick in my wife's audi. Also cool how it rev matches. 
1/5/10, 08:51 PM
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Modern autos are vastly improved, but this has not shown to be true for the Ford Mustang automatics yet. The old 3 and 4 speed automatics were notoriously slower than their stick shift counterparts. Even the 2005-9 5-speed automatics in the Mustang GT's were about 2 tenths and 2 mph slower in the 1/4 mile than their 5-speed manual counterparts. That didn't stop me from getting an automatic in my 07 GT, though, as I knew what to modify to make the automatic perform better than a manual.
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1/6/10, 03:28 PM
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The real answer is that Ford, in its continuing march into the 21st century, should offer a 7 speed DCT and blow away both the stick and slushbox.
1/6/10, 06:09 PM
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1/6/10, 06:54 PM
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I agree that they are the future, but you must understand that the transmission design was complete months ago, ie. the past. Unless you have a flux capacitor, you can't make the future the past. 
Maybe they will introduce one with an SE, in the next few years, which will then trickle down to the standard models in the following years.
Maybe they will introduce one with an SE, in the next few years, which will then trickle down to the standard models in the following years.
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1/6/10, 08:22 PM
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I agree that they are the future, but you must understand that the transmission design was complete months ago, ie. the past. Unless you have a flux capacitor, you can't make the future the past.
Maybe they will introduce one with an SE, in the next few years, which will then trickle down to the standard models in the following years.
Maybe they will introduce one with an SE, in the next few years, which will then trickle down to the standard models in the following years.
http://jalopnik.com/5135842/ford-pow...he-little-ones
Ford has the technology in Europe.
1/7/10, 05:13 PM
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I actually do have a flux capacitor:
http://jalopnik.com/5135842/ford-pow...he-little-ones
Ford has the technology in Europe.
http://jalopnik.com/5135842/ford-pow...he-little-ones
Ford has the technology in Europe.
1/15/10, 11:40 PM
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However I'm sure the days of having a clutch pedal and a shifter that moves in more than one plane are numbered, just as well I suppose, since people will be bothered to much while surfing the web instead of actually driving.
1/16/10, 07:20 PM
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I think the dual clutch tranny is the future as well. Who doesn't want their cake and eat it too?
I would love the option of driving it like a normal automatic around town and selecting gears in the corners with the flick of a thumb, F1 style.
I would love the option of driving it like a normal automatic around town and selecting gears in the corners with the flick of a thumb, F1 style.
1/16/10, 08:44 PM
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Regardless of performance, I personally would choose manual just for the "experience" and driving involvement that autos or semi-autos can't match. My grandfather drove stick until he was in his late 60s, didn't buy his first auto until 1997. I intend to see if I can match him in that regard.
1/16/10, 09:32 PM
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I've had a number of sticks and automatics over the years and when I drove the 2010 Gt stick, it was
definitely fun. But it does get hard to eat an ice cream cone, talk on the phone, fiddle with the radio,
watch the GPS, look out for other cars?, and shift at the same time, although I know it gets done. LOL
definitely fun. But it does get hard to eat an ice cream cone, talk on the phone, fiddle with the radio,
watch the GPS, look out for other cars?, and shift at the same time, although I know it gets done. LOL
1/17/10, 08:28 AM
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