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Originally Posted by ..Rush..
There's already alot of high level performance cars such as Porsche, Ferrari, and Lamborghini that say that auto is way more faster than stick
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Auto has been way faster forever, look at drag racing. As far back as I can remember serious street and track drag racers were running autos because they shifted quicker.
The question regarding speed of shifting has been asked and answered at nauseam.
The debate really revolves around whether or not the manual is dead or dying. Part of my sports car driving experience is the romance and joy of driving an analog car, rowing the gears, heel and tow etc. I know that someone driving a paddle shifter can shift faster, I'm not racing against anyone and frankly most of us aren't. I'd venture to say that there are many people who have modern paddle shift cars that are frankly more car than the driver/owner can manage and a talented driver with a similar model manual car will beat your pants off all day everyday on a track.
Is manual dead, not as long as I'm alive. I'm not dissing paddle shift cars for the record I'm simply addressing a few simple points that seem to get lost in this ongoing discussion.
Romance illustrated ......