[MrBill66Malibu]

What a bunch of Goobers, like asking what flavor ice cream does everyone like? :P

If everyone said vanilla or chocolate, how boring would that be!

Personally, I like rowing the gears in the Chevelle with 3 pedals. If you like doing it with 2 that's cool too!

[Keith Tedford]

A few years ago we were in Ireland. EVERYTHIING was stick shift. I was talking to a little old lady, who was in her late '70s, and asked if anyone had a car with an automatic transmission. In a dead serious tone she said, "Oh, the automatics are for invalids." Apparently that is about the only time that anyone buys one of these cars over there. My wife and I had quite a chuckle at this comment. At least she wouldn't be considering us as handicapped.

[Derek69SS]

I just had to share this: http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/new-ls...anna-fast.html

A. Manual 6-Speed (M6)

First, let me congratulate you on buying the stronger of the two stock transmissions. With minimal changes, this tranny in near-stock form has been deep into the tens. And in built form, it has propelled an F-body to mid-9-second glory. Now for the bad news. You also possess the single most part-destuctive force known to civilized man. FACT. M6 cars break more **** in the drivetrain then most A4 boys ever dream about. To avoid this (as best we can), we are going to talk about parts that are made ultra-tough, just to stand in defiance to this cruel tyrant called the M6 tranny.

B. Automatic 4-Speed (A4)

Welcome to the wonderful world of the 4L60E transmission. Let me be the first to congratulate you on entering the world of the broken trans. The 4L60E is not the cruel tyrant on drivetrain parts that its M6 brother is. It is most definitely MUCH more parts-friendly. Too parts-friendly. So friendly, in fact, that it will break itself before it will break other parts. How noble... The problem is that it does this far too often, and even in full built form, this transmission is just NOT very good for real drag racing. Most in search of 10-second and quicker timeslips find that they are just not able to do it with the 4L60E tranny. They usually end up with a TH350, TH400, or 4L80 (the 4L80 being the only one of those which has overdrive).

The best part about the 4L60e I have in my car, is that I can remove it for the T56 I have sitting in the shop.

[461RAT]

Manual all the way,definetly for street.Love the option of having any stall speed with my left leg.No vacuum line,tranny lines,dipstick,clutter in the motor compartment.Weak battery,cant crank starter,roll and dump clutch,get yourself home,remedy the problem.They are fun to drive on the street.If somebody gave me an unmolested original LS6 auto car,I would cut a hole in the floor and do a 4 speed conversion.I could care less.

[jthomp1256]

I do like the idea of a transbrake and manual auto

[Philip]

If you think a manual trans car can not be competetive at the track, then you can not shift Back in the 60's all real hot rods were 4 speeds. We had to learn to shift well to win and win we did. Auto transmission technology just wasn't there yet for the average racer even though Powerglides were installed behind blown hemi's in the fuel dragsters.

When have you ever been at a car show and heard someone say, "Hey look it has an automatic transmission"

I have one of each and prefer the 3 pedal car.

[442 Ragtop]

Manual for me too -

Instant response in traffic. Auto's delay the shift, so when I change lanes, the car I'm pulling in front of gets "cut off" and brakes, just as my car finally shifts and I careen towards the car in front of me.

Docile around town when I want it. Just on a lunch run? I ease off the line at 800 rpm. With an auto, you pick at build time and get a low stall.

Wild when I want it. Rev it up and launch! With an auto, you choose at build time and get a high stall and live w/ it all the time.