Since this is 2012, Automatics have come a long way..
If we were talking the days of the past, you would NEVER see an automatic car on the track...The hesitation with an automatic downshifting is just madness on an older car.
The old days you would downshift an automatic coming up to a turn and then wait......................Then BOOM, it would downshift causing a compression lock up on the rear tires entering the turn....
But the newer cars have come a long way...But I understand some guys must have a manual transmission...No problem with that..
As far as testing the Mercedes, you must test the AMG model to really get the feel...You don't care that it is an automatic...The cars are just crazy fun...
But I am new to the 370Z, and cannot wait to really test the paddles...
I would never buy an automatic older sports car..Now that would suck..
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2009 Sport/Touring 370Z
1971 Z/28 with coil overs, rushforth's, willwoods, Hotchkis. 4 speed
GMC Sierra1500
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