Do you ever get sick of your 5-speed?

fivespeedsteed said:

hell no. even in traffic. makes you in control. i got an auto jeep so the mustang wouldnt have to come see the winters of radford, and i get so bored driving it. when i was young and stupid i could drive to work in the rain talk on the phone and eat a cheese burger all while driving the fox.

like someone else said in traffic you can learn to just idle and let the gap stay large so you dont have to do anything. the most annoying thing is when someone in front of you is going right your speed when you shift normally. i shift from 4-5 at like 50, and i get stuck bouncing from 52 to 48 ish all the time. you either are too low for 5th, or your sitting there a little too high for 4th wondering if you should go to 5. but even still that doesent bother me at all. shifting is so much fun. i miss it when im stuck here at school stangless.

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streethorse said:

So........ your saying that you dont like the auto?

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Notchbck93 said:

I don't think he's ever left off of trans brake at 4500 and to shift the car out at a tick past 8 on a 331 solid roller screamer with a full manual AOD.

Sticks are great for low powered 2V 4'6's. It makes em feel a bit quicker.

I think it would be an interesting comparo to throw a 3500 stall 4R at against stock 5 speed, which one would win.

One would say well that's not fair, but what's not fair, you can leave at whatever RPM you choose to on a stick car.

I would believe on average, you take the stick's advantage away with a stall; unless your going to road coarse the pony, but I believe that most of you on here are talking about 1320 action.

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