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"That's no car. It's a space station."

i drive a manual now, but up untill about a month ago i drove an automatic. I actualy really enjoyed driving the car that was an automatic, a suburban. Even though it was a tunaboat, i still loved that car. mainly because i liked parking off in the bushes and flexing on rocks, which is somethingi cant do now that i drive a honda accord. but what the honda lacks in 4x4 ability it makes up for in speed and the fact its a 5 speed, which is always fun to drive.

echoboom Audi is makin a V6 version of the TT next year i think. Car and driver had an article about it so you might want to wait. I think that the new one is a preformance model but that coudl still affect the other models.

here this might intrest some people
http://thecarconnection.com/?article=38 … mp;sid=269

Its about how to still have fun with an auto transmission. i wouldn't know if it works considering that I won't be fifteen for another week.

Aha! Now I understand why your writing is so rough to read!

No, it's a used TT. I can't afford a new one. Still, a 225HP Quattro isn't too bad

Well, sorry. It's not that low - I was merely noticing something that explains that you are not in fact a l33t wannabe.

When I say "I" I refer to everyone in the house. My parents could in theory afford a new one, but it wouldn't be worth the massive saving we'd have to do over the next few years.

I prefer manual. Once you master it you can drive smoother than an automatic (I kid you not), and if you don't have one already, it drives the chicks wild!

Some of you guys know what rev-matching is and some even know what heel-toe is, or can do it, believe me it is so freaking fun to break, downshift a couple gears and revmatch while entering a corner and have the power turned on high when you exit. Beats the crap outta auto. And other people don't really know what it is when they hear it, but they know race cars do it, so you must be good!

If you are looking for a sporty car I recommend a 99-01 Subaru 2.5 RS or Subaru WRX if you are lucky like me. Erase that subaru stigma from your head, these cars are based off of Subarus once dominant rally cars. AWD sure beats up on FWD. And there's a turbo

Sorry, this is sorta my only chance to post about cars when I'm not at the car forum, so you get a lot of usless info.

Standard, so much control and you can perform the j maneuver

I agree with you in part, and only in terms of modern autos. Older ones, like mine, really suck down the fuel in comparison to a well-driven manual.

That being said, I also think it's silly to have a smug sense of superiority in terms of manuals over autos. Drive intelligently in an auto and you still have a large degree of control, and your chance of running into a situation that only a manual will comfortable extricate you from are minimal.

Agreed. The Insight you see in my avatar can get 20-40 MPG better than the CVT automatic. Essentially 70-90 MPG (and going downhill, 150 or more )

And to the second comment; there are upsides and downsides to both. I find I am a much worse driver in an automatic simply because it is so simple. My mind tends to wander. I know I am not the only person woth this problem - do you want people driving mechanically down the road while thinking about something else?
Name a situation where a manual will be able to extricate you but an automatic will not. I'm quite interested (I need something else to brag about to my automatic-using friends). The only advantage I can see is the wider torque band so maybe you can pull yourself out of mud/sand/snow more easily.

StyerCDP, what is this j maneuver of which you speak? I might have heard of it under another name.

I find that in fast cars, if they have an automatic, it keeps me from being Mario Andretti, because I'd always be slamming the gas/clutch on a manual "fast" car, going a lot faster than I should.

I had a Trans Am with an automatic for a week, and it was a breeze to drive, barring the 40+foot turning radius.

What?

Do you mean that all the cars you have seen with manuals are "fast" cars (ie. porsche, lambo, bmw, etc.) and therefore you drive faster in them to keep up with the image, or

Do you mean that you simply need to slam on the gas to keep from stalling? Practise makes perfect; at the beginning it's either stall or lurch. But then you get better.

Name a situation where a manual will be able to extricate you but an automatic will not. I'm quite interested (I need something else to brag about to my automatic-using friends). The only advantage I can see is the wider torque band so maybe you can pull yourself out of mud/sand/snow more easily.

I wasn't really thinking of any specifics, I just think that a good driver in a manual has a lot more versatility at hand when any unforseen hazards arise.

And the Impreza WRX is a nice car, but I like the TT better. Granted the WRX has 75 more horsepower, but the TT is smaller and lighter (aluminum monocoque), and it also has a nice turbo. I also dislike the design of the WRX - it's butt-ugly. The TT Quattro (all the 225HP, sans turbo, ones) is AWD.

Are you sure? The TT is a very heavy car for the size. The impreza is 3200 lbs, not a lot, but not light either. The WRX will blow the TT out of the water in almost every performance test... after you stick some new tires one it, the stock ones suck so hard.

The TT is a work of art, and I love audi, but ya just can't beat the imprezas bang for the buck. And the bug eyes grew on me One is german touring car, the other a rice rocket, different car for different people.

I've put in about $1500 into my car for performance and it is now a 300 hp beast. I haven't even touched the turbo, if I do that.... look out!

But the TT still gets the chicks I bet. Good thing I already nabbed one, but she thinks my car is "cute" not the "bad ass" that I was hoping.

My car's a three speed auto, too. It's in desperate need of another gear or two, the gaps between the ratios are big enough to drive through.

capt crunch what car do u have?

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