Driving an Automatic V6

howdytex · 10-26-2009

why not just get a stick shift??? if you wanted to shift yourself why did you get an auto???

SilverBullet07 · 10-27-2009

Sometimes you don't always have the option of going stick shift....

Gunslinger · 10-27-2009

i certainly didnt. it's the only real thing i regret.

howdytex · 10-27-2009

Stick shift is the way to go. my truck is a stick and thank god that motorcycles aren't autos. i love to shift. makes you feel like you are part of the expierence and not just a passenger. now my wife on the other hand. if she presses the skinny pedal and it doesn't move then something is wrong, no interaction with her vehicle.

08v6 · 10-28-2009

Though I Drive An Auto I Admit I Do Preffere Stick But as We Got A Sweet Deal On Our 08 I Had To Take The Auto....But All This being Said...I Heard The Auto Can put up With A lil More POwer and abuse Than The 5spd...Is That True?

johnnshepherd · 4 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by fishingjts

actually there is no real harm in manually shifting... it's not like the old days... the shifter is not physically doing the shifting, the computer still is doing it and will only shift when the computer decides it's safe...

but to answer the OP original question, no, it won't make you faster... chances are it will slow you down... as stlwagon pointed out get a tune... will vastly improve the crappy stock shifting... most tuners will actually allow you to firm the shifts up a bit more too...

+1 to the first part
-1 to the second part

it doesn't slow you down at all. my best 1/8th mile time was from me shifting it manually.

johnnshepherd · 4 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by 08v6

Though I Drive An Auto I Admit I Do Preffere Stick But as We Got A Sweet Deal On Our 08 I Had To Take The Auto....But All This being Said...I Heard The Auto Can put up With A lil More POwer and abuse Than The 5spd...Is That True?

yeah the v6 auto is the same auto that goes in the gts (with a different bellhousing of course) but the gts have a far stronger manual. if you ever get forced induction it's much more costly on a manual.

StangGuy09 · 4 Weeks Ago

"just be careful, my friend used to do it in her pontiac, went from 3rd missed D and Nuetral, and guess what, hit reverse by accident doing 60...OOOPS good bye tranny..."

That's why I bought a slap shifter