Smithygolf Member 4 Member For: 14y 9m 15d Gender: Male Location: Noosa, Queensland Posted 01/05/10 01:10 PM Share Posted 01/05/10 01:10 PM Hey guys, just wanting to know the thoughts and general consensus on buying a 2010 XR6 Turbo Ute in a manual or an auto?I'm torn between the two and don't know which to buy.Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stazza_Brendan Donating Members 686 Member For: 15y 4m Gender: Male Location: Mackay QLD Posted 01/05/10 01:25 PM Share Posted 01/05/10 01:25 PM Have you test driven both?Ultimatly its personal preference. I have auto in my BF ute and love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
power_slide Hitting the apex Donating Members 596 Member For: 16y 3m 23d Gender: Male Location: Miranda Posted 01/05/10 02:01 PM Share Posted 01/05/10 02:01 PM I got a hamidown auto and was spuing that it is not a manual, with the amount of driving I do its good to be a auto and now the shift pressure is increased its a fairly good box, id go a auto again as this one can take a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wenier Donating Members 1,736 Member For: 15y 24d Gender: Male Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posted 02/05/10 05:41 AM Share Posted 02/05/10 05:41 AM Yea personal pref really. I have a manual bf2 ute and I had to hang out for 6months watching listings for one to come up for sale, the rest were auto 6spds. I dont care how good the auto is I just wanted my manual even thou I do a bit of driving and have to do lots of gear changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarKer Member 174 Member For: 15y 4m 23d Gender: Male Location: Newcastle Posted 02/05/10 05:48 AM Share Posted 02/05/10 05:48 AM I was 50/50 when I bought mine.. Happy I did end up with a ZF Auto.. awesome box... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetute Donating Members 4,553 Member For: 21y 9d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 02/05/10 08:44 AM Share Posted 02/05/10 08:44 AM MANUAL!!I have one of each and the manual is much more of a drivers car. Yes the auto can be driven in manual mode but it is far from a real manual.If your after an interesting drive go the manual. If your after speed and a nice peak hour traffic box go the auto.best bet is drive both and see what you thinkk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Eyes flame magnet Gold Donating Members 5,674 Member For: 16y 8m 25d Gender: Male Location: adelaide hills- 'race air' central Posted 02/05/10 09:40 AM Share Posted 02/05/10 09:40 AM if your main purpose in life is to be quicker, buy an auto... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIP_HSV HOON Member 1,636 Member For: 14y 10m 26d Gender: Male Location: W.A Posted 02/05/10 10:27 AM Share Posted 02/05/10 10:27 AM Auto!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aiboart Member 665 Member For: 20y 26d Posted 02/05/10 08:33 PM Share Posted 02/05/10 08:33 PM There are two main points really,The auto box and the turbo installation in these cars work synergistically to provide superior performance, refinement (and in turn traction) and tractability. When desired the auto is capable of all sorts of good things, including manual shifting and engine rev synchronized downshifts (with finessed engine braking if that is your thing) considered use of torque convertor (loadings)to provide variable drive ratios to prebuild boost and throttle modulation induced up and down shift behavior. As with many things, it helps to have some idea of how the mechanical system and its drive computers behave in order to be able to extract the desired behaviors; to say that autos simplify or take away from the driving experience is as you can see, simply not true.Oh, and the auto's fully auto program is also good for tootling around in traffic and most other situtations for that matter.Regards,aa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetute Donating Members 4,553 Member For: 21y 9d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 03/05/10 07:08 AM Share Posted 03/05/10 07:08 AM (edited) I never said it takes away from "the driving experience".... I did say I have one of each and the manual is much more "of a drivers car".I will also say that no matter how refined an auto is, it will never be able to mimic the driving experience that a manual gives you.simple really.As I said before, drive both and buy what floats your "own boat" Edited 03/05/10 07:09 AM by jetute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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