Advice Wanted

[Green7mgte]

if it wasnt a turbo i wouldnt bother with it..
and whats with everyone knocking automatics.. you know there faster, right?

[Grandavi]

Originally Posted by Green7mgte

if it wasnt a turbo i wouldnt bother with it..
and whats with everyone knocking automatics.. you know there faster, right?

Faster?

A lot of problems with automagics that I like to avoid (not the car itself.. automatics in general) Frees up a hand perhaps for that Tim Hortons coffee.. or to flip fingers at people if your so inclined.. other than that...

I believe its a true statement to say that a standard equipped car will outlast an auto.

[batmmannn]

Don't be cracking on the NAs..lol I like mine just fine. Never had a problem with my Auto Trans either on my Black one.

[Grandavi]

Not cracking on them, my Cressida is auto.. my Odyssey is auto.. I had a Ford Taurus that was auto.. : )
The only problem with an auto is that it takes one hand off of the car (but again.. thats personal preference). My friends used to tell me that I drove autos like manuals and manuals like autos.. (back when I drove a lot simply for the enjoyment)

The only Toyota I have owned as an auto, though, is the Cressida and that's simply because I bought it for my wife (and now selling it after almost 12 years of driving with NO maintenance other than an oil change every 1-2 years.) Going to see if I can get 400 for it..

Autos are perfectly fine.. but some prefer them, some dont. Im in the dont category, because I feel manuals give me more control over the car. Works for me.

[Green7mgte]

faster indeed..
time off throttle is time off the throttle..
manual car, you shift and have to rebuild boost. automatic maintains boost through the gears.

[btwilson86]

On the topic of Auto vs Standard...

I've always been told that there is a slight loss of power using an auto tranny due to the nature of how an automatic works (specifically the torque converter). It seems to me (albeit I am not an expert on the subject, just a 23 yr old enthusiast) that there should be some wasted energy pumping fluid to spin a torque converter that in turn spins the transmission's input shaft. Not to mention the wasted energy in the form of heat in an auto vs standard transmissions...

I would imagine the loss is minimal, but I tend to think that if one was to shift at the EXACT same speed as an automatic, the standard transmission would be faster....

Oh, except turbos, because as Green has pointed out, constant spool would MORE than compensate the loss

[Green7mgte]

Winner!
sorry (offtopic)