I have a stick & and a automatic, the stick is faster......BUT, this is probably only true if the 2 cars are side by side & both parties know that they are all out racing. What happens in the every day real world is....you just don't feel right reving it up & dropping the clutch at every stop light. It's difficult to explain but in the automatic in normal every day driving (away from a stop light) it's less drama to get going ...but, no question about it....in full ***** out mode the stick will beat the automatic version...there's a lot to be said for the automatic though....if the stick guy is not on top of his game ...the automatic guy (if he has his left foot on the brake & gives it a little gas & as the light changes let off the brake just as you stomp the gas)...will win.




I don't care what the EPA #s say, the stick gets better MPG also!