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alfablue said:
You are driving the wrong cars. All the four bangers Ive driven in your hills were great.
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I had a blast in the San Gabriels around LA with my 4-banger. Of course, it was a 240-HP Honda S2000 with a 9000 RPM redline, so not exactly your typical model. :)
 
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LynahFan said:
I had a blast in the San Gabriels around LA with my 4-banger. Of course, it was a 240-HP Honda S2000 with a 9000 RPM redline, so not exactly your typical model. :)
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RIP, S2000. :(

There's nothing like it left. A 'Mazdaspeed' Miata might scratch that itch, but I doubt they mess with their current formula...
 
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amherstblackbear said:
RIP, S2000. :(

There's nothing like it left. A 'Mazdaspeed' Miata might scratch that itch, but I doubt they mess with their current formula...
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I know - really surprised when they discontinued it. Now to get something similar, you'd have to go with a Z4 or Porsche Boxster, which are a good $15-20K more than the S2000 was. I sold mine when I moved to Europe in 2007 - would definitely consider getting another one when I move back to the US permanently.
 
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Its interesting to see opinions from young guys about new cars. Get a stick in most any car, 4 , 6 or 8 cylinder and it can be fun to drive. I can see where a 240hp Honda would be a blast with a 5 speed. new cars handle better, stop better are far more comfortable than older cars but I'd take a muscle car over any of the stuff sold today for a fun driving experience. I won't even turn my head to look at any of the cars mentioned, a 6 cylinder Ford Falcon goes by and I'm all over it:)
 
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amherstblackbear said:
RIP, S2000. :(

There's nothing like it left. A 'Mazdaspeed' Miata might scratch that itch, but I doubt they mess with their current formula...
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I eagerly await the day that early S2000s drop into the $500 price range (if they ever do). It's one of the best-handling virtual cars I've driven in the general performance range (i.e. not a supercar or a race car) in GT5, it felt like it was glued to the road with zero tuning.

Curiously, it looks like sales fell off a cliff from '07 to '09, which probably has something to do with Honda discontinuing the car.
 
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walrus said:
Its interesting to see opinions from young guys about new cars. Get a stick in most any car, 4 , 6 or 8 cylinder and it can be fun to drive.
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qft

Scary to see manuals being slowly phased out. Even econoboxes are sporting 6-speed autos these days, so fuel economy isn't the selling point it used to be for stick shifts.

I wanted a sporty hatchback, and some of the makes I test drove missed the cut simply because a manual was only available on the base model. If you wanted the larger engine and sport suspension, you had to take an auto trans. I don't get it.

And no, flappy paddles behind the steering wheel are not the same thing -- unless we're talking about an F1 car. On a Korean hatchback? Uh, no.
 
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Twitch Boy said:
My current foreign car crush to annoy bb_dl: Lancia Stratos.

One of those would be fun up here.
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Regular or premium?? :D

Yummy

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I grew up driving a stick and I really miss it. I'm thinking about getting an Audi A4 6-speed or a BMW 328i 5-speed. I think I'm going to time my purchase in July or so to give me enough time to save up and not have to consider a big loan.
 
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collegehcky2 said:
I grew up driving a stick and I really miss it. I'm thinking about getting an Audi A4 6-speed or a BMW 328i 5-speed. I think I'm going to time my purchase in July or so to give me enough time to save up and not have to consider a big loan.
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I also would not like to drive an automatic. It sounds like it's a good thing my taste in cars runs very simple and functional, since it sounds like fancy cars are hard to get in standard nowadays.
 
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When I was looking for a CUV back in May, I was hoping to find a stick shift, but it was really limited to base models or not an option. Not a deal breaker for me, but I was disappointed that it isn't a little more common. It's alright, I still can take my mom's car when I need to satisfy my manual craving.
 
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hockeyplayer1015 said:
When I was looking for a CUV back in May, I was hoping to find a stick shift, but it was really limited to base models or not an option. Not a deal breaker for me, but I was disappointed that it isn't a little more common. It's alright, I still can take my mom's car when I need to satisfy my manual craving.
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A manual transmission is becoming a "luxury" feature. Even some of the cars that do come with "manual" transmissions are auto-button shifting now. No clutch, you just shift through gears.
 
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collegehcky2 said:
A manual transmission is becoming a "luxury" feature. Even some of the cars that do come with "manual" transmissions are auto-button shifting now. No clutch, you just shift through gears.
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The sequential boxen make sense for performance machines. The computer is always going to do a better job of executing a shift than we can hope to do.
 
Craig P. said:
The sequential boxen make sense for performance machines. The computer is always going to do a better job of executing a shift than we can hope to do.
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This may be true, but I like having the extra control. Makes driving more fun. I would bring up fuel economy, but with the high end sports cars that isn't really a concern.
 
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collegehcky2 said:
I grew up driving a stick and I really miss it. I'm thinking about getting an Audi A4 6-speed or a BMW 328i 5-speed. I think I'm going to time my purchase in July or so to give me enough time to save up and not have to consider a big loan.
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We just ordered another Audi. If you are thinking about one-talk to them soon as they have some very special deals available for financing. My wife drives an A4 Manual and we would not give that one up for anything.
 
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DrDemento said:
We just ordered another Audi. If you are thinking about one-talk to them soon as they have some very special deals available for financing. My wife drives an A4 Manual and we would not give that one up for anything.
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I'll look into that. My buddy just got the A4 with an automatic and I enjoyed driving it, I can't imagine how much more it would be in a manual version.
 
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