View Poll Results: M7 or A8
M7
154
59.23%
A8
106
40.77%
Voters: 260. You may not vote on this poll
Do you have an M7 or A8 ?
10-15-2016, 10:45 AM
#41
Team Owner
At 71 years I have been driving a long time and that includes big CDL trucks, some of which have a lot more gears than my Corvette ever had.
Heck I learned how to drive in the early 60s with the normal standard transmission of the era, a 3 on the tree non synchronized first gear. To drive good in that era learning how to do a quick double clutch was mandatory.
On my 7 Vette now and all previous ones were either a 4spdM or 6spM, this 15 I now own is a auto trans. I traded in a 07 Z06 to get my 15! I have a bad left leg and its much easier just putting in drive (or paddle mode if needed). To be honest I rather like this 8sp auto! Transmissions have sure come a long way since I first got behind the wheel!
Heck I learned how to drive in the early 60s with the normal standard transmission of the era, a 3 on the tree non synchronized first gear. To drive good in that era learning how to do a quick double clutch was mandatory.
On my 7 Vette now and all previous ones were either a 4spdM or 6spM, this 15 I now own is a auto trans. I traded in a 07 Z06 to get my 15! I have a bad left leg and its much easier just putting in drive (or paddle mode if needed). To be honest I rather like this 8sp auto! Transmissions have sure come a long way since I first got behind the wheel!
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10-15-2016, 11:02 AM
#42
Burning Brakes
All my Vettes have had all manuals, except the C5 I bought my wife. Absolutely love the feeling of working my way through the gears.... However, with today's technology, the auto transmissions are tremendously better than they were even 10 years ago, and don't have near the stigma today as they had 10 or more years ago.
Bottomline: It would be a very boring, gray scale world if we all liked the same things. M7? A8? Doesn't really matter to me.....whatever you enjoy.
Bottomline: It would be a very boring, gray scale world if we all liked the same things. M7? A8? Doesn't really matter to me.....whatever you enjoy.
10-15-2016, 11:32 AM
#43
Go Canes!
My M-7 is a weekend driver garage queen. If it was a daily driver, it would be an automatic. I do have my wife's F-Type if I want an auto sports car. Just not as fast, but fun... 
10-15-2016, 09:37 PM
#47
Wait, no lift shift for the M7. How?!?
10-16-2016, 09:22 AM
#48
10-16-2016, 09:31 AM
#49
Safety Car
[Any other aging hippies out there??]
Last edited by JonMN; 10-16-2016 at 09:32 AM.
10-16-2016, 09:54 AM
#50
Le Mans Master
10-16-2016, 06:35 PM
#51
10-17-2016, 03:07 AM
#52
Instructor
20 years of driving a manual and this was the car I finally switched to an automatic... I spend a lot of time in traffic, but every second I'm not in stop/go traffic, I'm in manual mode -- not the same but its working for me.
10-17-2016, 09:21 AM
#53
Le Mans Master
At 71 years I have been driving a long time and that includes big CDL trucks, some of which have a lot more gears than my Corvette ever had.
Heck I learned how to drive in the early 60s with the normal standard transmission of the era, a 3 on the tree non synchronized first gear. To drive good in that era learning how to do a quick double clutch was mandatory.
On my 7 Vette now and all previous ones were either a 4spdM or 6spM, this 15 I now own is a auto trans. I traded in a 07 Z06 to get my 15! I have a bad left leg and its much easier just putting in drive (or paddle mode if needed). To be honest I rather like this 8sp auto! Transmissions have sure come a long way since I first got behind the wheel!
Heck I learned how to drive in the early 60s with the normal standard transmission of the era, a 3 on the tree non synchronized first gear. To drive good in that era learning how to do a quick double clutch was mandatory.
On my 7 Vette now and all previous ones were either a 4spdM or 6spM, this 15 I now own is a auto trans. I traded in a 07 Z06 to get my 15! I have a bad left leg and its much easier just putting in drive (or paddle mode if needed). To be honest I rather like this 8sp auto! Transmissions have sure come a long way since I first got behind the wheel!
10-17-2016, 09:27 AM
#54
Team Owner
10-17-2016, 09:36 AM
#55
Team Owner
10-17-2016, 12:49 PM
#56
Le Mans Master
I enjoy shifting-regardless of the car. My DD Subaru is also a stick. As long as my knee holds up I will gets sticks.
10-17-2016, 09:58 PM
#58
I think you know where to place your vote.
10-18-2016, 01:45 PM
#60
