yes but that member also wanted a convertible and his 500 wasn't one....


again everyone should learn to drive a straight drive...and they should start on one without synchros just for fun!!!! :P

 

I think the point is, it should be an OPTION. If you want the manual, get the manual. It doesn't impact you if Ford also offers an Auto or whether you think someone is stupid for choosing one or not. It can only increase the market share for Ford and Mustang and gives Camaro ZL1 Auto buyers a real choice.

 

So Ford should offer an auto in the GT500 convertible too


Exactly. It's all about giving buyers a choice.

At the $55k+ price point, they could even make the auto a $2k option, people would still buy it

 

no.no.no.

 

Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

 

TWSS ha, my first TWSS

 

Use it on Nathan's posts. He hates it.



It's the little things in life that make me happiest.

 

The Corvette offers an automatic trans. For many years it was the standard trans in the car with the 6-speed manual a no-charge option.

The ZL1 will offer an automatic.

The CTS-V offers an automatic.

Ferraris come with automated manuals - no more clutch pedals, and they have an "auto" setting.

Chrysler offers automatics on their 392-powered SRT8 models and they will offer automatics on the supercharged models rumored for 2013.


Ford should give the buyer the choice of an automatic.

If you don't want an automatic in your GT500, just buy the manual version.

But don't put down the people that want autos, for whatever reason it may be.

Some people have bad knees.

God knows, most people that can afford GT500's are older



.

 

The Prius offers an automatic.

 

Because Toyota cannot develop a MT that can handle all of that power

 

Prius is no joke, full torque from 0rpm!!!!

 

True with any electric, that is part of the appeal. Same reason RC cars are so quick and pull wheelies

 

The reason Ferrari and Lambo ONLY offer a version of DCT / automatic (F1 / E-gear) is because it makes sense. A manual transmission is the break in the electronic chain of command that synchronizes absolutely everything, from the engine combustion to the contact patch in practically any modern day car.

If one is too dense to realize it, read a book.

This yesteryear story of how performance minded individuals should only drive manual and therefore bee seen as a superior is garbage... Ferrari's gear changes happen in 16 milliseconds, BMW 80, Mercedes 80-100, A manual shift is 200 milliseconds at best. 1000% improved with a flick of the fingers.

I get it tho, you "feel" more connected with a manual, you're involved , you feel the personality... listen to these girly emotional reasons to validate the performance of a manual over a worthy DCT.

I've yet to read an actual reason, sad. Chances are as well, no one has driven a DCT such as, F1, SMG, E-Gear, DSG, PDK, SelectShift... but continually knock it's prospect in the GT500.

 

Is it high up on that horse?

 

It is akin to the difference between riding a fixed gear bicycle and a geared road bike. You do feel "connected". If you've ever ridden a fixed gear you would know the feeling

 

A GT-500 with slushbox? What are you dudes smokin? Oh the horror, the horror!

 

^ you say that as though it's never been done before...

Don't confuse 1978 automatic with 2012 DCT please.

 

Would I buy a GT500 auto? Probably not but I dont see anything wrong with an auto being offered as an option.

 

That's all there is to it.

 

Tony,

You make a point; from a performance standpoint you have a valid argument, there.

My 2 cents is regarding the melding of man and machine as you stated. As time goes on, the electronics and technology are surely removing the human element from driving - you feel less, you have to do less, you have *more* resources to attend to other things such as the radio, drinks, whatever. There are already experimental cars that drive themselves - you know its coming eventually.

I opted for a manual to be closer to the "machine" - something I missed and craved for a very long time. I also find the traction control is over reactive and does harm than good - I think I know how to throttle by now.

Thinking back at those relatively primitive machines I once piloted I feel something important has been lost - even if you crunched all the numbers and superiority of any auto, some manual guys will say, subconsciously or not, they *want* to grind their gears for that reason, arguments aside - and you will not convince them (us) otherwise.

I once took my long lost French cousin far out to the sticks in the Galaxie and performed a few squirely burnout/doughnut/launches down some lonely stretches. He said "Wow! Just like in the old movies!" - I sure hope he was referring to Bullitt, at least.

That's what is missing.