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Originally Posted by cwinning
cc370s experience is a little scary, so I'm not going to borrow trouble; I think I'll use the paddles occasionally.
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I'm not sure what the issue is with cc370s, but I don't think it's because he used the paddle shifters. I use mine constantly and no problems to 20K so far. has the dealership given you any diagnosis on what went wrong with the first one cc370s?
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I think a tranny should last longer than the engine and this car has to last at least 10 years. I don't see any downside to changing the tranny fluid at 36K but that's a long way off.
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My experience with every car I've ever known of (mine, friends', etc) has been that automatic transmissions in general are one of the most failure-prone big-ticket items on any car. They're just extremely complex, and they do contain lots of internal wear items. Based on my past experiences, I think expecting any auto trans to live 10 years without some kind of service/rebuild is expecting too much. But then again, most of my experience is with older transmissions too. Perhaps these newer generation ones will be more sturdy for the long haul.
Still, a manual is going to outlast an automatic by a lot. It's just so much simpler mechanically.