Automatic or 6-speed - honest feedback

[AZ_Ryan]

k bro

"Bro" posted they bought their hubby a GT.

I suspect Cucuru was smarter than we thought.

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[Eli GT]

I bought an almost new 689 miles '24 Mustang GT Convertible with the 10 speed auto. It was just another car with a lot of horsepower and driving it got boring, for ME. My wife rolled her eyes when I made believe I was shifting a stick making those varrooomm noises. The paddle shifters weren't the same. She said: "Let's get you a stick shift." We traded the '24 for a new, ordered, '25 GT Convertible with the 6 speed and I couldn't be happier. I feel like I'm actually driving again, especially going thru the gears to Beach Boys car songs. For ME, a 75 year old geezer in great shape, good knees etc, the 6 speed stick makes driving fun again.

 

[LouG]

Is it rud

I think he's saying he like to jerk it and work it like his Ding-dong. You know, wank it and spank it. Like they say in East London, E's a bloody wanker 'e is. If he wants to play with his stick shift to each his own.

Spank the monkey? Visit Mrs Palm and her 5 daughters? One off the wrist?

 

[LouG]

Yeah, no doubt, but I’d get my ass whooped by a Tesla too and I sure don’t want one of those, but to each their own. For me it’s the joy of using 4 limbs to drive instead of two, the rhythm, the coordination.

I get it. The essence of bike riding as well. Now they're making auto bikes, bloody heresy.

 

[Redback]

I get it. The essence of bike riding as well. Now they're making auto bikes, bloody heresy.

Yeah, I ride too. I have a buddy with an automatic FJR. I'm like... why bother?

 

[LouG]

Yeah, I ride too. I have a buddy with an automatic FJR. I'm like... why bother?

Yeah, I never ever thought, I'm really sick of shifting gears. How about a hand clutch and foot shift in a car?

 

[Paul's stable]

Buy what you want! Period! Both transmissions have their good and bad points. Personally, after owning BULLITTS and Shelby's with manuals, I finally went with the 10 spd auto in my 2024 GT. I had my fun but at my age I like the edge that the A-10 gives me. I do a lot of short trip city type driving. The A-10 makes life easy for me. If I want to act a bit crazy, it's got modes and paddle shifters.
The 6 spd is fun to drive. You can wind it out, power shift, and play all kinds of games with sound. Get it out of your system....
If you use the car as a daily driver...get the A-10!

Thats sad I'm in my 60's and I love my Tremec 6 spd. Still to young and my body parts work well enough That I can't give it up and go auto I'm not that old yet. I can even drive and shift even in that so scary daily driving traffic. If I get to my 70's I might look at an auto but will see if I get there.

 

[Zig]

Yeah, I ride too. I have a buddy with an automatic FJR. I'm like... why bother?

No clutch just pedal, what’s next no kick start? But hmm … can you skip a gear or two?

 

[Saphire]

Is it rud

Spank the monkey? Visit Mrs Palm and her 5 daughters? One off the wrist?

Like they say in New York. Woikin' it and joikin' it.

 

[Frogdog1]

Buy what you want! Period! Both transmissions have their good and bad points. Personally, after owning BULLITTS and Shelby's with manuals, I finally went with the 10 spd auto in my 2024 GT. I had my fun but at my age I like the edge that the A-10 gives me. I do a lot of short trip city type driving. The A-10 makes life easy for me. If I want to act a bit crazy, it's got modes and paddle shifters.
The 6 spd is fun to drive. You can wind it out, power shift, and play all kinds of games with sound. Get it out of your system....
If you use the car as a daily driver...get the A-10!

No, no, no, that won't work. There is too much logic here. After 10 pages of this, the OP has probably worn out a Mustang with one of each transmission. It's just one of the smaller decisions a person makes in life. Let him/her just buy a car. He did want an honest opinion, that's the real problem, LOL...

 

[Saphire]

An honest opinion? So you're cleaning out your roofs gutters and, whoopsie poopsie, you fall off the ladder and break your left leg. So much for being able to drive the old fashioned row boat. You'll say "I should've got an automatic.

 

[Upacurb]

I am beginning to think some people in this thread fell off a ladder and hit their head.......

 

[Upacurb]

I could have so much more fun in this thread but I dont want to offend the A10 owners in here because I really do think its a great transmission .......

 

[GrabThatBlue]

- People fighting over automatic transmission vs manuals.

Tell me you are American without telling me you are American.

Gets so boring to hear people flex about their manuals, just because they were born in a country where a manual is seen as a special skill you have to unlock, while the rest of the world is born to drive manuals.

This is so laughable and cute at the same time.

 

[agreywolfe]

clearly the 100% undeniably correct answer here is the CVT

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