Maybe or you can come over and find out big boy

 

I love these threads :-)

 

me too, people are so serious

 

i wish my cat wore a green helmet!!! seriously... i think i'm going to go get a lime and try it out... lol

thanks for the Idea...

 

damn my last post for the afternoon

I have worn the same helmet but after 6 shots of Petron - silver

 

I picked M/T so I can keep my hand off the 'other' ****.

I also burn more calories with the clutch pedal. Go exercise!

 

On a serious note I picked manual because I always wanted a M/T car...I've had 2 cars since I've been driving, first was a 1990 Nissan Sentra and the second was a 2000 civic ex...both of which were automatic because my parents payed for both cars. The Z is the first car that I'm buying on my own so I figured, hey I might as well get what I WANT!!! Oh yeah and NO REGRETS!!!

 

If it were up to safety nuts, MTs and tachometers would no longer exist in automobiles because they inspire dangerous behavior in spirited driving.

This was actually purposed back in the mid 60s, in the hey day of "Unsafe at any speed".

Fight the power!
Ok, they are not really "the power" but they'll take what they can get.

Chris

 

basically just more fun and less boring, more control over the car too

 

Personally I love to drive stick because you feel more connected to the car and in control. with an auto, sure some people like it cause stop and go can somtimes be hard with manual but i just love it... if i drive auto to long i just wanna fall asleep im so bored but with MT even if its a POS i still have more fun driving it then a nice auto car!. just my 2 cents

 

Some people like noise, problems and want to visit Nissan service departments.

 

MT is more fun to drive.

AT definitely has it's advantages (easier to drive, easier in stop and go traffic, etc), but I just think sports cars should have manual transmissions.

Whatever floats your boat.



-Mark

 

so that you wont get made fun of at meets?

i got it cause i thought it might bring a little more excitement to driving. turns out, it did, and its so much fun.

 

M/T is IMO the ONLY way to go when purchasing a true sports car. Now, dont get me wrong, nothing wrong with the autos, but clutch and sports car go together like peanut butter and jelly...you could always eat just a jelly sandwich but damn, it just aint the same! lol

 

Bah. I've drove a stick since I could drive. It is not hard to drive a stick with a cell phone or hamburger in hand. When you need to shift, switch hands with the phone (I am right handed) and steer with your knee. Done.

And why buy one? Because its a sports car and its illegal to have a sports car with an Auto.

 

LMAO i totally aggree Zmazing! a sports car just cant have auto... it defeats the whole purpose... and besides "ITS ILLEAGLE!!!

 

Been there, done that with the M/T. Great for a while but it gets old. With M/T, you always wished once in a while that you had an A/T. While driving an A/T, I had never, ever wished I had an M/T. And when it's time to sell, A/T has a higher resale value for obvious reasons and attracts more buyer$.

 

I beg to differ. Yes, there are times when I wish I had the A/T, (see, traffic, M thru F for 30 mins on the way home from work). However, if I DIDN'T have the M/T I would wish FAR MORE that I had one. And I entirely disagree with the higher resale value. In a Z, I guarantee more buyers request M/T. I went to the dealer, he asked some questions, specifics. I said "it has to be a stick or its not happening, period." I bet thats more common with Z buyers than the same phrase with auto in there.

 

I have never wished I had an AT in my Z, not even while driving hours in stop and go through LA traffic (think Woodland Hills to Huntington beach on Thursday at 5:30 down 101/405).

Maybe if I lived in San Francisco. I go up there a few times a year and can get around OK for the most part but there have been a few times on the hills when all I could see was the sky out of the windshield, some taxi just pulled up on my tail and the cross traffic does not have to stop where I think, "Yeah, remind me to bring the wifes Pathfinder next time".

Chris

 

With a MT, you can get better MPG than that advertised. My recent update after 3 weeks is: 920 miles traveled (roughly 10% freeway / 90% city) consuming 32.6 gallons = 28.x MPG
This includes screwing around on the freeway in 4th for ~10 miles and redlining 2nd a bunch of times the 2nd time I filled up

The bottom line is a MT will allow you to shift to conserve gas. Mind you, driving and getting 19MPG as the sticker claims will cause you to run out of gas 8 gallons quicker than I would if we were to drive on 16.x gallons.
In all, MTs are bad ***