Quote Originally Posted by Old Stoner
When I was younger, mauals were the shit, but as you get older, you get tired of shifting. Plus, evenly matched engine wise, an automatic can beat a manual 99 percent of the time.

I'm not a car expert but I would have to disagree....If i was racing an identical 99 eclipse gsx automatic, I would start my car near 7k rpm's while the automatic would start off at zero.....I don't see how automatics would have a chance after the huge startoff advantage manual transmissions give you:thumbsup: