View Poll Results: I will buy the Mk3 TT or TTS with:
Manual
22
37.93%
S-tronic
36
62.07%
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Mk3: Manual Vs. S-tronic - Voice your opinion!!!
08-23-2014, 07:38 AM
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09-02-2014, 07:25 AM
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Would only buy a MkIII with a stick. No sports car should be without one, IMO. Of course, since I was 16, I have never purchased a car for myself with an automatic.
10-12-2014, 06:58 AM
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Manual is just too slow, compared to the new double-clutch S-tronic technology. There is just no excitement to the 'manual' system now that a faster tranny is available. Sorry, but I'm of the opposite opinion. I think Audi is right to just obliterate all manual tranny - it's ancient and archaic.
10-30-2014, 04:42 AM
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Let's just say I already have my Medicare card, and since I was 16 and got my first car (a '68 GTO convertible), I have NEVER owned a car with an automatic transmission. They'll have to pry my MT out of my cold, dead hands....As for the BMW with steptronic in my sig - it's my wife's car. And yes, she can drive a stick, too.
11-11-2014, 09:09 AM
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When my A5 Lease ends on Jan 2017 I will buy only a manual transmission to replace it. I didn't buy a TTS Roadster this time around because of no manual. don't care if it's faster/wahtever, if I'm going to buy another go-cart car I want a MT.
My 2001 TT had the MT, the only way I'd get another one is fi I could get it with another MT.
My 2001 TT had the MT, the only way I'd get another one is fi I could get it with another MT.
02-24-2015, 03:21 PM
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I have to side with the S-Tronic guys. That's what I have in my '14 S5 and you can control it with the paddle shifters when you think you're smarter than a computer. The only time I've done that is when I needed my braking (added engine braking) going downhill and around corners in a big hurry.
MT guys - launch control, rev matching downshifts, lightning fast upshifts, etc. How can you beat that?
MT guys - launch control, rev matching downshifts, lightning fast upshifts, etc. How can you beat that?
04-26-2015, 03:20 PM
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Just popped into the dealership this weekend and unfortunately, Canada is not getting a manual transmission. Coupe and convertible are expected to start arriving in August and September and there will be no MTs.
04-27-2015, 07:35 AM
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Porsche Cayman base and Cayman S models offer a manual tranny, and the new 2016 Jaguar F-Type V6 models have it available now. These are TT/TTS competitors in my thinking. I'm waiting to test drive the new TT when it arrives in the US, and wish a manual would be available, but not for 2016, I fear.
