What do guys prefer, automatic or stick shift?
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Personally, I love a stick shift. Just more fun to drive and sounds so nice as you pull away from a stop and shift through the gears. Whenever I see a Vette (any year) and it takes off and is an automatic, I wonder what the guy was thinking when he ordered it. If you like automatics, don't drive a sports car.
How many automatic Harleys, BSA's, Nortons, and Triumphs have you ever seen?
Duane
How many automatic Harleys, BSA's, Nortons, and Triumphs have you ever seen?
Duane
Keep banging gears in your 15 sec vette and tell yourself youre in a premium sports car...
I agree with everyone else...if your putt putting around town it is fun to shift gears, especially in classic vettes that generally have no power...the stick helps them "feel" faster/more peppy. As far as actually going faster, auto is the way to go...
BTW my dad has 3 mid year C2s, all are sticks, all of them are fun to cruise around in(for showing off and making noise at the shows)...all of them are slow....they would only be worse with an auto...
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True that!
But ....I'll keep driving Stik shift even with my peg leg and cane
Actually my wife .....has told me on several occasions she considered a corvette a sports car ....and auto matic wouldn't seem quite right . She is a lead foot....LoL
Had a few auto Vettes , the manual is more fun to me anyway.
But ....I'll keep driving Stik shift even with my peg leg and cane
Actually my wife .....has told me on several occasions she considered a corvette a sports car ....and auto matic wouldn't seem quite right . She is a lead foot....LoL
Had a few auto Vettes , the manual is more fun to me anyway.
Last edited by Paul L; Nov 14, 2014 at 08:20 PM.
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I prefer a manual in any car. If the C3 only came with an automatic, I would have bought something else. There is so much enjoyment when, entering a corner, you brake, push in the clutch, blip the throttle and release the clutch at the perfect time. I even enjoy double clutching, which is completely unnecessary thanks to synchros.
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I Believe Driving AND Owning A Corvette that it is automatic It's just For A Señorita that gets lost finding the gears lol corvettes stick shift are for macho men........
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My previous Vettes were 4spds ('69 L36) and automatics ('75 L48 & '80 L48). Numerous other sports cars with a 4 speed, too. Four speeds are fun to drive but I am tired of rowing gears. Driving my '68 L36 with a turbo 400 is more pleasurable. JMO
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After driving sticks most of my life at 67 i want 10 speed automatics in all my rides.
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I'm 64 and have had one knee replaced. We have 3 vehicles and all are stick. My wife who is close to my age would not want an auto either. Just got a new pickup had to go with the Ram diesel as it's the last full sized truck available with a stick.
No automatics in this house.
No automatics in this house.
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I'm 64 and have had one knee replaced. We have 3 vehicles and all are stick. My wife who is close to my age would not want an auto either. Just got a new pickup had to go with the Ram diesel as it's the last full sized truck available with a stick.
No automatics in this house.
No automatics in this house.
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On the strip the autos are faster/more consistent. On a road course the stick wins (from road tests I've read this still holds up with the C7's). I like to shift. All my cars are manuals. My wife prefers auto but can drive a stick like a champ.
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