I see a GT500 now

[Roots-type]

I knew I could like these cars.

 

[Spritle]

That's awesome! Nothing against the DCT, but pulling a paddle isn't really an engaging experience.

 

[PhoenixM3]

That's awesome! Nothing against the DCT, but pulling a paddle isn't really an engaging experience.

That is almost everything ABOUT DCT, lol. My daily has a stick, but the DCT in the C8 is pretty sweet.

 

[SSSSSSSSSSSSVT]

Now where do you put your purse?

 

[mc01svt]

Thousands of dollars to make the car perform worse in 95% of driving situations. His money though, not mines...

 

[jrandy]

Thousands of dollars to make the car perform worse in 95% of driving situations. His money though, not mines...

Exactly. Only thing a manual can win in is the fun factor.

 

[andymarkv]

Exactly. Only thing a manual can win in is the fun factor.

Unless you race for money...what other purpose does a car have except Fun Factor?

 

[Roots-type]

Thousands of dollars to make the car perform worse in 95% of driving situations. His money though, not mines...

Eh, probably not a significant amount of money for the guys buying cars on that level.

Exactly. Only thing a manual can win in is the fun factor.

But is there any higher factor for 99% of them?

 

[Roots-type]

Unless you race for money...what other purpose does a car have except Fun Factor?

I've been tree'd !

(Probably because of my stupid manual transmission)

 

[einehund]

I just had my blown engine swapped out at this shop. We were talking about how much work went in to getting this swap to work. Something like 300 hours just in the wiring.

 

[Tob]

Bring back the hop! The ultimate gear grinding, missed shift experience.

 

[sonicx]

Now he needs to swap the IRS for a SRA. And pull the abs out. Then he’s onto something

 

[2003RedfireVert]

They are super close to me. Cool shop. I’ve only driven one S197 (2014 GT). I’ve never driven an S550. I bet this car fun as hell to drive with either transmission. I’m poor as **** so I can confidently say I would own 2 GT500s, one DCT and one of this kind.

 

[PhoenixM3]

Now where do you put your purse?

Yer Mom’s room.

 

[jpro]

Sort of an unrelated topic, but I noticed that 99% of the 2024's in my area (Vegas) are autos. There is only one manual in the whole valley for sale the last time I browsed online (we have 4-5 Ford dealers here).

 

[sonicx]

Yer Mom’s room.

 

[andymarkv]

No offense to those that purchased a 2020+ GT500...but I imagine only a tiny percentage of owners can extract 100% of what it is capable of.
So if you lower its ability with manual swap...what difference does it make.

But I also get the guys that like tech...probably see this as the equivalent of throwing away an iphone 15, for a commadore 64...and that makes their heads explode. lol

 

[13COBRA]

Sort of an unrelated topic, but I noticed that 99% of the 2024's in my area (Vegas) are autos. There is only one manual in the whole valley for sale the last time I browsed online (we have 4-5 Ford dealers here).

Ford shipped wayyyyy more automatics to begin with.

Good for this guy to spend his money how he sees fit. I spent $15k to convert my sequential stick gearbox to paddles...wouldn't go back. lol

 

[Rambro]

Isn’t the dct in the new GT500 kind of a dudd when it comes to drag racing? Just going off what Alex Flores of Lund racing says about them.

 

[CobraBob]

That's awesome! Nothing against the DCT, but pulling a paddle isn't really an engaging experience.

The DCT is good enough where you really don't need to touch the paddles most of the time, but.....gotta love hearing someone has finally done a manual swap. As we know, there are manual diehards who just cannot forego a manual.