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Originally Posted by Mt Tam I am
Wow this thread has been civil all in all, and informative.
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Me personally. I love manuals, so I have nothing bad to say about them. That being said. I think nissan did an Outsanding Job with the 7at. It is the perfect evolution of the 5at that was in the 350z/G35, its super-responsive and feels equal to both 135 and EVO DCT's yet its merely a slushbox. There are no performance drawbacks except when you get the occasional exhaust drone related to slushboxes.
There's a little less going on due to lack of your use of left leg. Its harder to sustain long burnouts, and you can't skip gears. But DRM blips the throttle so you have heel and toe capability from an automatic. A huge technological advantage on an auto.
SRM is derived technology from the DRM that started in the original Z33 350z automatic. So for all those manual drivers who loooove there SRM feature. Thank auto technology for that evolution in manual transmissions.