10-Speed Auto or 6-Speed Manual
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If you're looking for nothing but smooth shifts and 0-xxx performance go with the Auto.
If you actually want to be involved in the driving of the car get the Manual. It's really as simple as that.
My 6-speed is slower than the newer autos. I can't match the shift speed. It is going to be smoother than me half the time. But I wouldn't trade my manual if you paid me. I can drop the clutch in any gear, I can skip 3 gears and go directly to where I want to be, and a single well executed heal-and-toe downshift is more rewarding than 2700 lever pulls.
So do you actually want to drive your car or no? Otherwise Uber is a good choice too.
If you actually want to be involved in the driving of the car get the Manual. It's really as simple as that.
My 6-speed is slower than the newer autos. I can't match the shift speed. It is going to be smoother than me half the time. But I wouldn't trade my manual if you paid me. I can drop the clutch in any gear, I can skip 3 gears and go directly to where I want to be, and a single well executed heal-and-toe downshift is more rewarding than 2700 lever pulls.
So do you actually want to drive your car or no? Otherwise Uber is a good choice too.
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I always find it puzzling when fans of manual trans cars get all upset that others prefer the new, better automatics. Yes, on a road course a manual gives you more control, but most of us never drive our cars on a road course. The fact remains that modern automatic transmissions out perform any manual trans in almost every driving situation. That's not even taking into account the real live F1 type auto trans that can shift at full throttle in less that 30 milliseconds. Those, at least the best of them, are all dual clutch automatics. No manual can come anywhere close to those trannies. Sure, many people love rowing through the gears all day every day but it's simply no longer necessary.
If you want to be removed from the driving experience all together, Autonomous ride sharing services will be here later this year or early next year. And autonomous personal vehicles will be a reality by 2022.
Oh, and even with the 10 seed auto the ZL1 is still faster round the track with the Manual. I'll keep mine
Last edited by 5.M0NSTER; Apr 19, 2017 at 07:26 PM.