Originally Posted by mrphotoman
Here is my question, why is it that people who drive slow cars always complain about faster cars being an automatic? Insecurity I suppose lmao. I always get a laugh out of it.
The last time I was at the track a kid I know came up and said "why an automatic? They are boring and my car is exciting because it is a manual." He then proceeded to the staging lane and (un)promptly

ran consistant high 15 seconds runs throughout the day lmao.
As for Americans driving mainly automatics and England driving manuals, where did you get your statistics from? Care to post up your data to back up your claim for both England and the USA?
Regardless, did you ever notice how most pro drag cars use automatic transmissions? Could it be because no driver can shift a manual as fast as a automatic transmission can? Nah, it is because they are lazy and boring drivers lmao.
I also loved it with my last car when I was running significantly faster times on my stock auto transmission (because it could hold the extra power unlike the manual transmissions lmao) against guys with equivilent mods plus $1000+ invested in aftermarket clutches and flywheels. GO MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS! WHOO HOO!!!!!!
Wow, my auto srt6 is so slow because it is an auto. I may as well park it in a field and let it rust away since it is such an embarassment compared to the mighty base model crossfire with the super fast and manly and un-lazy manual transmission. I am so envious!!

actually, in the NHRA Pro Stock class all of the tranny's are manuals, they are just very close ratio and don't have to be moved but a fraction of an inch to shift gears, and Top Fuel and Funny cars don't have transmissions, they have clutch packs and are set up direct drive.