BobDigi5060
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Manual, FBO, final drive.
There have been a few reports of where this has happened and the thieves have had to abandon the car.Never heard this one before. What a truely ridiculous myth.
Nobody ever said a human is faster than a modern automatic at changing gears when you put your foot down, but 0-60 times are completely irrelevant on the road. The Nissan Z is a road car, always has been.Sorry but you’re wrong. It’s been proven Over and over. But to each thier own.
refer to this thread and watch the video
https://www.nissanzclub.com/forum/threads/at-vs-mt-0-60-times.1295/page-2
Yep. There's no real data to prove it one way or the other. You could try asking a lower insurance premium for owning a manual car and see what happens.I am not saying that having a manual is a real deterrent to thieves as real thieves going after your car will know how to drive a manual but it is at least a little bit more insurance compared to an auto.
This point is often made, and it's honestly very accurate, in a narrow sense. In truth, it ignores a few important things, doesn't it?They'd be better off with an electric car since it has near-instant full power and no gears at all to worry about.
I was doing my monthly "will I ever get this car" check in at the dealership, and they stressed to me that it's kind of a crap shoot what trim/colors they get allocated. While I understand and am cool will having to perhaps compromise on color I am in no way interested in the automatic transmission.
Much of the appeal of this car for me is the stick. The dealership was trying to soften me up to the idea of getting an auto but I am just not into it. In my opinion, it doesn't fit the car.
Let's say it's 50/50 with the transmission production who is getting the automatic?
My 2014 BRZ (bought used) is an automatic. I would have chosen manual, but it kind of fell into my lap at the right time, before COVID took off. The vehicle has been all over the country, next month my son is driving it down to Florida. I enjoy the way it handles, and you'd have a tough time convincing us we don't enjoy driving it, given all the fun we've had driving it. But to each his own, I'd still go manual if having the choice on a Z.Lamborghini, Ferrari, and C8 autos can still compete with EV performance today. We’re talking about slow ICEs here which the Z definitely is. You can convince me that you still love driving if you have a Lamborghini, Ferrari, or Z06 engine in your car. Even if it’s an auto. You cannot convince me if you drive an auto Z, BRZ, Miata, etc. It’s how I see things in my bubble. I live in California. Half my neighborhood is EVs. The keeping up with joneses message with people around me is “you buy an ev unless something is wrong with you.” Manual gearboxes is what’s wrong with me.
86 are both 6 speeds, so the final drive comparison is interesting.My 2014 BRZ (bought used) is an automatic. I would have chosen manual, but it kind of fell into my lap at the right time, before COVID took off. The vehicle has been all over the country, next month my son is driving it down to Florida. I enjoy the way it handles, and you'd have a tough time convincing us we don't enjoy driving it, given all the fun we've had driving it. But to each his own, I'd still go manual if having the choice on a Z.
I mentioned final drive ratio earlier, as something to consider depending on usage. For example, the BRZ has a different final drive ratio, depending on if an automatic or manual trans. Here is an example of the different RPM for each at 90mph on the year 2014 model:
Automatic at 90mph = 2923.2 rpm
Manual at 90mph = 3865.68 rpm
I was wondering why some BRZ owners were complaining about engine/exhaust noise on the highway, and realized in part it had to do with the manual trans version spinning 900rpm faster.
I recall Z has a different final drive between auto and manual? I forget how much.
For "someone for whom the acceleration" is actually an important buying point should be shopping for cars to go on the track and will largely be gutting it anyway for race modification. That means they can buy whatever cheap car they, or their sponsorship, can afford and then refit it to be electric for the supposed "acceleration benefit". The "bulbous electric sedans" will still out-perform the petrol "sub-compact, 2-door, sports car".So, my point is that someone for whom the acceleration benefit of the automatic is a selling point doesn't have the option of going electric while staying within the same universe with respect to the vehicle category (sub-compact, 2-door, sports car).