Auto GTS views of the experts

Auto GTS views of the experts

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TonyTwoTribes

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356 posts

115 months

Saturday 21st May 2016
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Ok having said Autos were not for me, I have sold the Bathurst S which was manual and am looking at the GTS 2014/15. As I have found this forum contains some good solid advice

Auto GTS or manual?. Pros and cons . I do not drive my cars that fast on the road, just wondered what the experts thought.
GTS would be 600BHP max with no plans on any further upgrades as the Bathurst for me was more than enough.

leigh1050

2,372 posts

164 months

Saturday 21st May 2016
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Not got a GTS but have got an auto VXR8, nothing wrong with the autobox.

ringram

14,700 posts

247 months

Saturday 21st May 2016
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Manual is the better drivers car though.
Ive done over 30,000 in the 6 speed and 80,000 in manual. Still prefer the manual for driving.
Though you cant beat the auto in heavy traffic.

So depends on your use case.

TonyTwoTribes

Original Poster:

356 posts

115 months

Saturday 21st May 2016
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Cheers guys

preciousmetal

3,369 posts

175 months

Saturday 21st May 2016
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If it's for commuting or long distances with traffic - Auto is great
Sunday morning blast or nice drive - Manual

AUTO - It drives you
MANUAL - You drive it

biggrin

HappyMidget

6,788 posts

114 months

Saturday 21st May 2016
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I have done over 17k miles in my 2014 Manual. Clutch is actually nice and light so not that bad in traffic anyway. The low down grunt means you can leave it in gear quite a lot.

leigh1050

2,372 posts

164 months

Saturday 21st May 2016
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preciousmetal said:
If it's for commuting or long distances with traffic - Auto is great
Sunday morning blast or nice drive - Manual

AUTO - It drives you
MANUAL - You drive it

biggrin
You've got the option with the auto to change gear manually but without having to use a clutchbiggrin

stevieturbo

17,229 posts

246 months

Saturday 21st May 2016
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TonyTwoTribes said:
Ok having said Autos were not for me, I have sold the Bathurst S which was manual and am looking at the GTS 2014/15. As I have found this forum contains some good solid advice

Auto GTS or manual?. Pros and cons . I do not drive my cars that fast on the road, just wondered what the experts thought.
GTS would be 600BHP max with no plans on any further upgrades as the Bathurst for me was more than enough.
Drive one yourself, there's no point in taking others opinions on this one when it's you who has to live with it daily.

TonyTwoTribes

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356 posts

115 months

Saturday 21st May 2016
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stevieturbo said:
Drive one yourself, there's no point in taking others opinions on this one when it's you who has to live with it daily.
Going too, but I have found out on here by asking you can save a lot of time and £££££ before making decisions. I certainly have over the past couple of years. Never hurts to get the views of those who have more knowledge than myself.

F2HSV

13 posts

97 months

Saturday 21st May 2016
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Mine is an auto through personal choice... I'm more than happy to let the automatic box do all the work and my damaged knee agrees ! Each to their own of course but it's a smooth and comfortable way to travel particularly through anything resembling stop start traffic. Seems plenty quick enough for me in normal day to day use ...
Hope this helps....

ringram

14,700 posts

247 months

Saturday 21st May 2016
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leigh1050 said:
You've got the option with the auto to change gear manually but without having to use a clutchbiggrin
Flimsy second best though and it will force upshifts and deny downshifts if it wants. So its not the same..

leigh1050

2,372 posts

164 months

Saturday 21st May 2016
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ringram said:
leigh1050 said:
You've got the option with the auto to change gear manually but without having to use a clutchbiggrin
Flimsy second best though and it will force upshifts and deny downshifts if it wants. So its not the same..
True, but who wants to be bouncing off the limiter doing 50m.p.h or sticking it in second at 100m.p.h.?

stevieturbo

17,229 posts

246 months

Saturday 21st May 2016
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TonyTwoTribes said:
Going too, but I have found out on here by asking you can save a lot of time and £££££ before making decisions. I certainly have over the past couple of years. Never hurts to get the views of those who have more knowledge than myself.
I agree...but this one is really so much of a personal choice. Some love autos, some hate them..some...just dont know yet.

For a relaxed daily cruiser...and if you see a lot of traffic, then it would be hard to ignore an auto.

DRC72

651 posts

185 months

Sunday 22nd May 2016
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leigh1050 said:
preciousmetal said:
If it's for commuting or long distances with traffic - Auto is great
Sunday morning blast or nice drive - Manual

AUTO - It drives you
MANUAL - You drive it

biggrin
You've got the option with the auto to change gear manually but without having to use a clutchbiggrin
That is win win for me.

I wonder how many gearboxes, clutches, bell housing the manual guys go through compared to the Auto guys that have say no problems.

I mean the ones with just a simple remap.

MyM8V8

9,456 posts

194 months

Sunday 22nd May 2016
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I've always been a manual (not from Barcelona though). I must say the auto box and latest map in the VF, while not perfect, is superb and I've been totally converted. If I went for the VF GTS it would be an auto for sure.

My 2p.

stevieturbo

17,229 posts

246 months

Sunday 22nd May 2016
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DRC72 said:
That is win win for me.

I wonder how many gearboxes, clutches, bell housing the manual guys go through compared to the Auto guys that have say no problems.

I mean the ones with just a simple remap.
I often find it comical to read on the US forums about guys who change from manual to auto, because of clutch "problems" etc and spending a fortune.

Only for them to go auto, break the auto, have torque converter problems, have the TC wipe out their thrust bearings on the engine, then have clutches in the box slipping ( or wherever they are in an auto ), or going through multiple TC's to find one that's matched to their setup etc etc etc
Many of them end up spending far far more than they ever would retaining a manual !

And they still say the auto is cheaper and more reliable lol.

so called problems occur with both types.

TonyTwoTribes

Original Poster:

356 posts

115 months

Sunday 22nd May 2016
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Thanks for all the info.

preciousmetal

3,369 posts

175 months

Sunday 22nd May 2016
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If you are not 100% sure on the gearbox don't do it. Could be an expensive mistake. Get quite a few people who have bought Auto cars and 3 months later want to go back to manual car

TonyTwoTribes

Original Poster:

356 posts

115 months

Sunday 22nd May 2016
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indeed so many choices...................aggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhh

DougieMc

1,794 posts

220 months

Monday 23rd May 2016
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I like the Auto but always drive it on the Paddles so to make it more a drivers car than the lazy auto mode.