Originally Posted by Thirteendog
With the SRT you'll find that you can go faster by backing out earlier just to hold the car in 2nd gear. Otherwise it'll want to shift mid turn and you and I both know that's a big no no. You can always try to manually shift it early, but that's just a complete waste of time. Also there are a few spots where you'll hit 3rd and on the long straight the car will be ready to go into 4th. But if you get that crazy you're running over 100 mph
And with a manual tranny, you can feather the clutch to give you exactly the downshift braking you want, exactly when you want it. And you can vary it to the conditions of every turn and twist in the road.
It is a whole nuther axis of control over the vehicle.
Try that with an auto stick
I did and it wasn't better in the SRT. In fact the shifter kept changing the gears because halfway thru a turn the G forces make it hard to shift precisely. Hence the advantge of paddle shifters.