six speed vs automatic
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Joined: May 2008
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From: Macomb Twp. MI
It's the A6 for me. At 68, I'm looking for the convenience. Traded in my 2008 MN6 about 2 mos ago when I ordered my 2011 GS with A6. Just took a 2011 GS A6 for another test drive today (2010 first time) and love it. No doubts for me now. I don't race.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Aug 2007
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From: Glassboro New Jersey
Wife and Corvette should never be used in the same sentence.
Personally I feel a manual is a far superior choice for track work. I have had several streetable road race cars and more recently two race cars - I raced with NASA in the CMC series for a few years then gave it up do to lack of time and budget. Anyway - that's my take - you are in complete control of the car with a manual, but less so with an auto. The other factor is longevity, and I can't see an A6 lasting very long if you subject it to regular road racing activity - that is so hard on everything, builds heat everywhere - heat is bad on auto trans, Mkay.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2004
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From: West Coast
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Joined: Jun 2010
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From: San Antonio TX
The think that "irks" me is that some people have this hard a** attitude because they drive a "manual". They rip on people who drive autos. 
Case-in-point, there was a guy who ripped on anyone who drove auto. There was a 30-year old war vet who suffered a leg injury and could not drive manual even if he wanted to. Suffice it to say, that MANUAL DRIVING Vette owner got clocked in the jaw when he acted the a** and made fun of people driving autos.
You can see and read that here. Most people find it to be a personal preference. Others mock and ridicule those who drive autos and make it a macho thing to drive a manual. Those guys are the jerks who need to get their clocks cleaned....
Case-in-point:
There are war vets who drive autos, as there are people who suffer from physical disabilities who drive autos, yet jerks who lack self-confidence and act the bully like to attack those who drive autos. The real cowards are the manual driving Vette owners who mock those who drive autos.
Case-in-point, there was a guy who ripped on anyone who drove auto. There was a 30-year old war vet who suffered a leg injury and could not drive manual even if he wanted to. Suffice it to say, that MANUAL DRIVING Vette owner got clocked in the jaw when he acted the a** and made fun of people driving autos.
You can see and read that here. Most people find it to be a personal preference. Others mock and ridicule those who drive autos and make it a macho thing to drive a manual. Those guys are the jerks who need to get their clocks cleaned....
Case-in-point:
There are war vets who drive autos, as there are people who suffer from physical disabilities who drive autos, yet jerks who lack self-confidence and act the bully like to attack those who drive autos. The real cowards are the manual driving Vette owners who mock those who drive autos.
Last edited by TXVette07; Jul 1, 2010 at 10:47 AM.
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From: San Antonio TX
