6mt And Automatic Owners Look Here!!!!
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My last car was a turbocharged eclipse manny. Loved it because it was a beast and fun to drive. I had a tough time finding a 6mt g that suited me so I opted for an 06 auto with under 4k miles and fully loaded. I love it. The extra torque over the manny makes that extra 20hp nothing to miss. Trust me, regardless of some tuner headz on here (no offense fellas, I myself am one, just not into it as much when I got older), 280hp is good enough. You'll take out quite a bit of cars out there. It's quicker than the average car from the factory. I am impressed with the out of box performance of the G. Not to mention it's a grown man's car. I call it the "grown man status". It's sexxy and sleek and you won't see a lot of young knuckleheads driving it around. At least not where I'm at. They say a BMW is the ultimate driving machine, but Infiite might have them beat. You will get a lot of looks. BMW is a dime a dozen and there's just so many different models out there. But there's only one G and that in itself is something to be said. Auto or manny, either one, you won't be disappointed with the out of the box performance. If you feel gitty, just juice it. $1k for 75-150hp. That will put your hp rating over a 40k M3 and 335. I don't regret getting the auto one bit. Pedal to the metal and it will pull, and you won't even have o shift. Trust.
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Originally Posted by g35lamd
i have a 6mt and live in LA. traffic is irritating, but if i had to do it over again, i would still get a 6mt, even in LA.
Good thing I live in the valley; less traffic. But some I manage to find myself in the middle of traffic hell in the downtown/hollywood area all the time
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I have a 5AT and think it's a good comprimise between fun and practicality. I live in Dallas and the traffic gets pretty bad sometimes. It's nice to have an automatic, especially if you like to 'multi-task'.
There are times, when I really wish I had a 6MT, like when I hit the autocross track, but the manu-matic mode seems to work ok in those situations.
If you have any ambitions of racing your car get a manual. The automatic is a helluva lot of fun for daily driving though...
There are times, when I really wish I had a 6MT, like when I hit the autocross track, but the manu-matic mode seems to work ok in those situations.
If you have any ambitions of racing your car get a manual. The automatic is a helluva lot of fun for daily driving though...
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Originally Posted by skaterbasist
1+ exact situation as you. Heavy traffic during communiting sucks, but thats nothing to stop me from having fun in my 6MT.
Good thing I live in the valley; less traffic. But some I manage to find myself in the middle of traffic hell in the downtown/hollywood area all the time
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Good thing I live in the valley; less traffic. But some I manage to find myself in the middle of traffic hell in the downtown/hollywood area all the time
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+2 same here
no matter how bad the traffic is....
sports cars need to be driven by the driver, not some computers
Last edited by JJKK; 05-18-2007 at 01:23 PM.
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Originally Posted by n_jay888
I live in the valley/la, and i got a 5AT. I drive it like a MT on the streets but i love the cruise control on long drives and then i shift it back to AT if there's traffic. I guess it depends on where you live and how you drive it everyday i would say.
Traffic with MT =
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Originally Posted by SILVRG35
6mt all the way. I just like to have connection with the car and enjoy a purist driver's car. Tiptronic is nothing like a traditional stick shift.