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Originally Posted by GAFIT
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Read the article again. Leaving the fit in drive yeilds a 10.4 time.
Putting it in s and using the paddle shifters scraped off half a second, resulting in a 9.9 second time, essentially a 1.2 second difference from a very hard launched manual...
...and mind you , car and driver is Notorious for doing excessively hard launches when driving manual transmissioned cars: edmunds, for example, has never EVER broken the sub 9 second mark with their manual fit. The automatic though, is a little harder to modulate and will be forth more consistent times. So the REAL WORLD difference is very small.
1/4 mile times? come on guys! need we be reminded what a stock fit (manual or otherwise) does in the quarter? nothing to brag about in EITHER case.
besides, our cars best trait is the handling. and in a 105 hp car, even if you are manual transsmissioned, your cars performance can and will still be scrutinized against more powerful and sometimes cheaper to mod vehicles. If that is the case, most M/T fit owners will defend their reasons to mod their car because of peference and out-right desire and will to do so.
And to me, thats just a good enough reason for an A/T guy to use in his defense too.