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View Poll Results: Do true sports cars need to have a manual transmission
Yes 28 56.00%
No 12 24.00%
Yes and No 2 4.00%
Depends.... 2 4.00%
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Old 04-28-2013, 01:00 PM   #1
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Sport to me means that that drivers have massive input into racing from preparing the car to driving it. And driving it means the manual changing of steering angle, throttle position, amount of braking and gear. All these latter activities should depend heavily on the hand eye coordination of the driver. Otherwise, lets just put robots in the cars and see who has the best technology and computer algorithms.
And truly competitive car owners and drivers also know when a superior technology rears its head giving those with it an advantage over those without it.
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Old 04-28-2013, 01:20 PM   #2
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I used to subscribe to the I would never own a sports car without a manual mantra. That was until I did an exotic car tour. You really should experience a Nissan GTR at full throttle shifting with the paddles without lifting off the gas or a Audi R8 blipping the throttle on every downshift. I changed my mind!
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