The automatic won't necessarily be "blah", just different. It has a different feel, different characteristics, and you really can't compare them to manuals. It won't throw you back in the seat as a manual does, yet when you look at the speedometer you're surprised to see you got up to speed as quickly as you did. I don't find mine noisy, and last tankful I got almost 27 mpg, and that's combined city/highway driving (highway speed is 70), all on a '87 turbo with 213,000 miles on it.

I get a kick reading some posts...."my clutch is shot, my synchros are shot, I have pinion whine, I have to double clutch" yet in the next breath they bash automatics as being short-lived and antiquated in design.

I bought this particular car as a compromise with my wife because it was an automatic so she could drive it too. A year or so later I bought another '87 T but a manual strictly for me. Although I got a bit better gas mileage I went back to the automatic as my daily driver because it made more sense because of the type of driving I do (city traffic/rush hour/stop and go).

I guess what I'm trying to say is both automatics and manuals have their good points and their bad points and both have their purposes and both have differing characteristics. Be mindful of the differences and remember them when deciding what your needs are. If having an automatic will put your wife behind the wheel with a smile on her face, that's a good thing.

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• How driveable are the automatics?, tsw, Tue, 2 May 2006 10:22:50
  • different driving characteristics, philbert, Thu, 4 May 2006 23:14:46 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Re: How driveable are the automatics?, Redvaliant, Thu, 4 May 2006 12:35:08
    • Re: How driveable are the automatics?, Tom G , Thu, 4 May 2006 13:32:11
      • Re: How driveable are the automatics?, Canadajim, Thu, 4 May 2006 15:14:29
  • Re: How driveable are the automatics?, Saana88 , Wed, 3 May 2006 16:23:49
    • My 94 auto cnvt 900t responds., Andrew K, Fri, 5 May 2006 05:54:16
  • Very different cars from the 5 speeds, No Snaab, Wed, 3 May 2006 04:59:09
  • A couple of thoughts..., whitesaab, Tue, 2 May 2006 17:16:56
  • Re: How driveable are the automatics?, tsen chow, Tue, 2 May 2006 15:57:49
    • Re: How driveable are the automatics?, Justin VanAbrahams , Tue, 2 May 2006 16:56:46
      • Re: How driveable are the automatics?, tsen chow, Wed, 3 May 2006 12:00:59
      • Automatics in post 93 9000 (cs body style) is great, Nahum Cook, Tue, 2 May 2006 18:02:51
        • Re: Automatics in post 93 9000 (cs body style) is great, Justin VanAbrahams , Wed, 3 May 2006 11:05:10
  • Re: How driveable are the automatics?, scania003, Tue, 2 May 2006 14:49:52
  • Re: How driveable are the automatics?, Glen, Tue, 2 May 2006 13:53:44
    • ahthankyouvellymuch, Glen n/m, Elvis Railhead, Wed, 3 May 2006 01:28:44
  • opinions are like......, Railhead , Tue, 2 May 2006 13:41:02
  • slow off the line, loud on the highway, Paul H, Tue, 2 May 2006 11:59:23
  • My auto trans is killing me..., ChrisB, Tue, 2 May 2006 11:08:39
    • Re: My auto trans is killing me..., Justin VanAbrahams , Tue, 2 May 2006 11:59:14
    • I wouldn't..., Pete Kelly, Tue, 2 May 2006 11:32:57

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