Oh, the dreaded Manual vs Automatic discussion rears it's ugly head again.
Look, its quite simple. It's all in how you view the car.
I look at the 370z and see a upper mid-end luxury/sports car. When I want to enjoy my surroundings and take it easy, it stays in automatic and I let my 7 speed do all the work. When I see some curves up ahead and want to scare the crap out of my passenger, I slide it into manual and have a blast.
Yeah, everyone somehow thinks it's cooler to have a manual and thats fine, whatever makes you feel better. I've owned manuals and yeah, it's a little more fun sometimes but you never have the choice to just relax and enjoy the car without shifting every 5 seconds.
Like I said, it's all in how you view the car. If you want a full on sports car go with the manual. If you want a full on sports car and want to save your right arm from exhaustion, go with the auto. It's the same exact car, just a different experience. It's actually faster in a straight line, but thats a different conversation.
Plus, the wife wants to drive it and if I got the manual we wouldn't be having this conversation right now because I wouldn't own a Z. lol.
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