Re: Save the Manual

by **S7 K1ll3rKlown** Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:30 pm

it's sad for sure but Corvette ships 60% of them in America with no clutch. The only one is the Z06 that demands 'you' drive 'you' shift and doesn't come in automatic.

by **S7 K1ll3rKlown** Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:35 pm

AtrumX wrote:
S7 K1ll3rKlown wrote:this beautiful 2012 corvette rolled up..we all looked it over and talked to the guy then walked away smirking when he said it was a godd@mn automatic

Other than enjoying shifting gears yourself, the 2012 vette auto outperforms the manual unless you're A) destroying your car to get slightly faster acceleration or B) driving like a 90 year old lady going to church to get sliiiiightly better mpg. Something to smirk at? I would think not.

Understood, but unless you're buying "for the body" which apparently 99% are--then you buy a sports car to drive...and that means you're a car enthusiast and enjoys powering through the gears youself. If you're just buying a car to say "I have a 'Vette" then you have other issues to think about Rolling Eyes

like low self esteem.

by **Atrum** Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:48 pm

Yeah, I enjoy driving any fast car. Auto or manual. So a 2012 corvette is still a 2012 corvette. Granted it's always been my opinion that almost everyone that buys a newer corvette is a d-bag and as you said wants to 'have a vette'.

by **S7 Epic** Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:58 pm

S7 K1ll3rKlown wrote:yeah, and since I've ALWAYS, ALWAYS loved muscle cars it would be a bad thing to see them go without a stick. I was hanging with a few guys from my Mustang car club last week at a local diner and this beautiful 2012 corvette rolled up..we all looked it over and talked to the guy then walked away smirking when he said it was a godd@mn automatic

learned to bang gears years ago on a '76 4-speed chevy chevette (a car made before most of you were even born)...yeah, a thing of the past like a Gremlin.

Full auto, as in Drive, Park, Reverse bullshit or flappy paddle? If full auto, that truly is a crime.

by **S7 K1ll3rKlown** Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:18 pm

full auto as in I put my foot on the gas then the brake and back to gas while texting crap. But hey, I look good cause I'm in a 'Vette Rolling Eyes

by **S7 Epic** Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:42 pm

Lol, ewwwwwww. What a waste. If you're gonna go full auto in a high-end car it should at least be some big luxurious bastard like a Maybach or a Rolls.

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