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Originally Posted by citizenchan
Hey, hope you don't mind if I cut into your conversation.
I'm thinking my next car will be an 07 G35coupe. Question for me is 5sp Auto, or 6mt.
I am definately a fan of manuals. I used to touge with some friends in Los Angeles, ran autocross a few times (I am only illustrating that I like to drive, not that I'm good at it). Only thing is, I took a rental car down to LA to see friends on MLK weekend. Dodge Charger automatic, shittiest car ever, seriously I had to swap the car out twice, both had miles under 1k, and 3k respectively. Anyway....
Auto is SO easy. I used to live in LA, now up near SF. When I hit the 405 I realized I'd forgotten how bad the traffic was. I used to commute from Torrance to Westwood for school and remembered my left left being tired from the 2hrs in traffic in my 89 240sx.
So now I don't know if I should get the 6mt cuz I enjoy it, or the auto with tiptronic so I can have a bit of that control, but with the ease of automatic.
My driving is limited to work and back mostly. I don't go out driving much anymore. I was hoping I could just get your input on your experiences going from manual to auto for a daily commuter. Thanks for taking the time to read my long post.
What I'm hearing is auto with manual shifting may be ok for the daily commute, but only on certain cars. But if you want the g35, the manual is the way to go regardless of the kind of driving (since, as someone mentioned, the 6mt "makes the g35). Is this how you'd sum it up?
So, maybe my answer is not a g35 with this or that tranny, but an altogether different car?
Thanks. for your input.
CitizenChan
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I know how you feel man!! 405 hwy is a bitch!!! LOL my girl used to live down there and I had drive all the way from Torrance to see her. G35 6MT was my first stick car that I've ever owned and I have admit it was the hardest stick car to drive ever!! I have many chances to test drive other stick cars such as Z4, M3, TT, Evo 9 MR, IS300, Carrera 4S, etc.. I found my G is the hardest to drive after all! well after a year of "daily tranining" I was still having trouble managing the clutch sometimes. I believed it's the car NOT me! Just recently I've noticed a burning smell from the car after I took it for a Vegas trip and guess what? the transmission fuild was leaking down to the exhaust pipes! It only had 8200 miles/10 moths old. Well, now it comest to G37S 6MT which I just purchased last week. man I feel the differences right away!! IMO the clutch is shorter, as well as the shifter. everything is just smoother overall. I am glad that Infiniti actually noticed the issues on the G35 clutch and fixed it.