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LOTRfan, you're absolutely right.

Driving an Audi TT 6-speed with turbocharger is the most fun I've had so far. We might buy it, in fact . When you get up to about 6000 RPM and the turbo kicks in, it's one of the most gloriously powerful sounds you will ever hear...

But the thing I like best about the standard is the wide, wide torque band. I can really piss off/impress my friends by powering around a 120 degree turn in first gear at about 30 mph

Also the feeling that you're really in control of the car - you are driving somewhere, rather than being driven somewhere by the car. Our minivan, besides being bigger than the U.S.S. Nimitz, is like pulling on the reins of a horse while riding a sofa. Not interesting at all.

A turbocharged TT has a teeny compressor wheel.  If you're not feeling boost before 6000RPM, there's something wrong with the turbo.

Well, maybe it wasn't 6000. I wasn't really watching the tachometer, but whatever.

Manual on any day... do not like automatic transmission... makes me sleep... manual gives me the ability to control better.. but that's me

Wow, this thread is almost two years old - I think "mOOsifer" set a new record.

I used to be all about the manual, but after a few times in traffic jams automatic is the way to go for a daily driver. The best however, is triptronic.

I have an automatic stickshift, it's like having a manual transmission except you can't mess up!

I've driven both.  Sick is fun, but when you're just doing the daily A to B driving it can get old.  My Mazda 6 has an automatic with a manual mode.  It allows you to up and down shift on the fly, it will also hold a shift past red line before it shifts for you.  The lag between shifts isn't as tight as a true manual, but it is far better than the "autostick" mode in my parents Chrysler...

The old, fully hydraulic, automatic transmission is one tough beast... now-a-days they stuff them with electronics that burn up at the drop of a hat...  You just have to take good care of an automatic, drain and flush it regularly.

I got a four-speed auto '89 Holden Commodore. When you got a 3.8L Buick V6 in fornt of you, the tranny doesn't matter too much. It matters even less if your lucky enough to have the latest model V8 Commodore with the 5.7 Chevy GenIII

This said, I still like the feel of driving a manual...not for any particular reason though...

I taught myself to drive a manual four months ago in my dad's '84 Holden Rodeo ute, and I've never so much as crunched a gear.

The old '86 Mitsubishi Pajero's nice to drive too. I would feel stupid driving one of these with auto transmission... it doesn't seem right on a fourbie

If asked which is my favourite though, I'd still say the auto, cause I'm lazy and there is less you have to worry about while driving.

Last edited by SchmoBurger (2005-06-01 10:46 pm)

manual five speed gear box for me

JT wrote:

Manual. I've never driven an auto, but i've been driven in them. Even on a top of the range mercedes (CL55), the change is slower than I can do in a manual, and then in a honda civic the

if you know your car well enough you can make an auto shift up or down when you want it to

whatever idiot said you would only drag on an automatic is retarted.
retarted.

sorry to flame, but someone knows nothing.

Mine goes both ways...  That'll leave you puzzled for a few days

The car I use now is an automatic.