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#121
11-26-2007, 01:47 PM
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Re: getting fast cars in automatic....
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I recently had to make this very decision. I purchased an RX8 but I had never driven a manual before. I ended up getting the auto version simply because I couldn't care less about racing or beating someone off a light. [/ QUOTE ] The RX8 is one of the cars where the manual is much better than the automatic. Because of the high-revving rotary engine, the automatic version is crippled by Mazda, who states that a torque converter can't handle high RPMs. So the manual has a 9300 rpm redline and 237 HP at 8500 rpm. But the automatic has a 7500 rpm redline and 212 HP. 
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#122
11-26-2007, 03:09 PM
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Re: getting fast cars in automatic....
I was aware of this as well.
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#123
11-26-2007, 04:48 PM
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Re: getting fast cars in automatic....
fwiw, i'd pass on an automatic, even in a muscle car which doesn't require a lot of gear hunting, the same way i wouldn't want to play a video game with one button.
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#124
11-26-2007, 05:09 PM
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Re: getting fast cars in automatic....
I think I'd die a little on the inside with those in an automatic.
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#126
11-26-2007, 05:50 PM
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Re: getting fast cars in automatic....
A note for those folks who must drive a stick yet live in a hilly city. Subaru has that fantastic hill holder thingy (dunno if their fast cars do) that's a life saver in these situations.
Between this and the crying thread, there's a lot of stupid machismo afloat in OOT these days.
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#127
11-26-2007, 05:56 PM
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Re: getting fast cars in automatic....
i have a 6 speed 350z and i just wanted to say if i was buying anything fast i would def go with stick...the enjoyment you get from downshifting to pass and jamming thru gears while accelerating greatly outweighs w/e hassle it can be in the city
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#128
11-26-2007, 05:58 PM
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Re: getting fast cars in automatic....
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[ QUOTE ] I am going to buy a car and a lot of the cars I like are the semi-trick ones like VW GTI and Subaru WRX. The problem is I don't know how to drive a stick shift. Am I a big tool if I get these cars in automatic and just use the paddle shifter occ.? fwiw, its not that i dont want to learn driving a stick its just that I dont want to. [/ QUOTE ] Who the [censored] raised you? Is your dad upset you're gay? Jesus christ [/ QUOTE ] Says the dude with the most outrageously gay avatar ever.
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#129
11-26-2007, 06:25 PM
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Re: getting fast cars in automatic....
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Manual is more fun except in traffic. [/ QUOTE ] Bollocks! I love my manual, especially in traffic. It gives me a chance to see if the person behind me is really awake or not. Then again, I just love screwing with people. [ QUOTE ] How to neg girls, lowering their self-esteem enough to sleep with me? [/ QUOTE ] Ok, where does one learn this skill now? Should I start a new thread for this? It seems like some important, useful information.
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#130
11-26-2007, 06:31 PM
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Re: getting fast cars in automatic....
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I've only read like 3 pages of this but no one has mentioned the eating while driving issue? [/ QUOTE ] I don't follow. I don't have a problem eating while driving my standard. Of course, sometimes I practice driving with no hands just for [censored] and giggles. I can just about make a left turn at a traffic light hands free, but right turns at street corners are still outta the question.
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