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Originally Posted by zero21
The thing about manual vs auto on track for me is; what's the extra three seconds going to get you? A trophy? It's like running a 4hr marathon and then spending 50% more time training to get to 3:30. It just doesn't make sense to invest that kind of effort IMO. Better to keep the manual and enjoy the experience since you won't get anything for your heroism anyway.
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This is how I feel. These cars are so dang fast that in an AT to enjoy it you have to drive extremely fast, with a m/t it's solely for fun and I'm willing to be slower(but feel faster). My m/t 72 super beetle is actually more fun than my x3 m40i, because it is engaging. Even if I were to track my car, it would solely be for the fun of doing so, and buying my car with a manual transmission I know I will have slightly slower times.... But 100% more fun.
If someone doesn't enjoy the "work" of going through the gears than the simple argument of "it's faster and more efficient" is very effective. I will admit all day that the m2 is slower than a Tesla plaid s or what ever it's called, but for ME it's more FUN.