I am sure this has been discussed often but this is my first time on the site and I am buying a 2007 350Z grand touring car this week. I am really questioning which to get an automatic or manual transmission. I had several Z cars in the past then a 3000GT and all were manual. For the last 4 years I have been driving a Eclipse with triptonic transmission which I didn't like. I testdrove the 350Z and both manual and automatic were excellent but I like the interaction with the car using the manual. The dealer says that I will not like the manual in the stop and go traffic here in Las Vegas and also the with the navigation system the manual will be hard to use. Can anyone give some feedback on this or is the dealer just trying to sell what they have on hand.
Thanks
Trish

 

Oh boy....

This has been discussed all too often

 

....you might get feedback...but a lot of this.."use the searh feature" as this topic has been discussed countless times in the last several years...

 

As far as the navi goes, it doesnt matter if you have auto or manual. You can program it while driving anyway. Just goes to show how much those idiots know.

 

you have got to be kidding

 

I meant to say can't program it while driving**

 

Manual = fun factor
Automatic = easiness to drive in traffic

If I can do it all over again I would go MT. AT gets boring really quickly.

 

+1

 

6mt Ftw

 

6mt FTW



auto gets so be so boring

 

We need to have a entrance test that noobs have to pass to be able to post on the forum. This **** gets annoying.

 

mods better this thread

because

this is going to happen

so yeah.....

 

repost +1000000000000000

 

 

Dude, no, you shouldn't have started this up with a response... You're playing into the devil's hands!

 

AT5 Ftw !!! Lol

 

Then why didn't you just read the previous discussions?

 

Come on guys. The original poster does bring up two points that are worth discussing. You're just too quick to flame newbies.
1) The Navigation and manual comment is complete BS.
You aren't programming the Nav for a destination while flying through traffic. It requires some attention to enter addresses etc, so you are usually doing it before you are on the road anyways. Then you just drive along normally and follow the prompts.
2) How does the sales person know what you will get sick of? You have to evaluate this for yourself. Will this 350Z spend it's entire life in bumper to bumper traffic? Probably not. Truth is automatics costs a little more, and they probably have some in stock they are trying to dump. If you liked manual more in the past, that's probably your answer right there.

 

(Capps sighs at the noobness....

...although he is secretly one in disguise)

 

Considering you're the one who'll be making the paiments on this car, just get what you prefer.

Seems you've already answered your question. You didn't like the tiptronic? Get the manual.