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2011-2014 Mustang Talk
Want to order 2012, but terrified of MT-82 problems
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<blockquote data-quote="TheCPE" data-source="post: 10946843" data-attributes="member: 124065"><p>In stock form the auto is going to be slower if the manual has a competent driver even with the 3.31.</p><p></p><p>The auto puts less power to the wheels and if you work out the gear ratios it only has 4 gears that are usable for acceleration whereas the manual has 5.</p><p></p><p>--------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>As far as all the crap about the manual transmission in these cars...</p><p></p><p>I bought my '12 in May and have almost 4k miles on it now. It has been great. It will occasionally give me a notchy shift going to 2nd but mostly only when I'm being lazy when shifting.</p><p></p><p>When I am ripping through the gears and under hard acceleration it shifts perfectly. I also have no weird engine noises, or knocks, or oil consumption, or anything.</p><p></p><p>My only complaints is that the interior isn't quite as nice as my last car and I forgot how hard it is to keep a black car clean.</p><p></p><p>My feelings about this overblown transmission thing is as follows:</p><p></p><p>Are there some "lemons" probably, but what happens is people jumping on a bandwagon with the metooitis. If you don't know how to drive a manual and you don't rev match, and you have the momentum of the car going all over the place due to your foot and hand being out of sync than you can make any manual shift poorly. </p><p></p><p>The true numbers of how many were defects is probably very small and your chances of getting one are pretty slim. Of course if you are that worried than I can only suggest you go down and buy a honda accord or toyota camry since they have loads of reliability and 0 fun factor :shrug:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheCPE, post: 10946843, member: 124065"] In stock form the auto is going to be slower if the manual has a competent driver even with the 3.31. The auto puts less power to the wheels and if you work out the gear ratios it only has 4 gears that are usable for acceleration whereas the manual has 5. -------------------------------------- As far as all the crap about the manual transmission in these cars... I bought my '12 in May and have almost 4k miles on it now. It has been great. It will occasionally give me a notchy shift going to 2nd but mostly only when I'm being lazy when shifting. When I am ripping through the gears and under hard acceleration it shifts perfectly. I also have no weird engine noises, or knocks, or oil consumption, or anything. My only complaints is that the interior isn't quite as nice as my last car and I forgot how hard it is to keep a black car clean. My feelings about this overblown transmission thing is as follows: Are there some "lemons" probably, but what happens is people jumping on a bandwagon with the metooitis. If you don't know how to drive a manual and you don't rev match, and you have the momentum of the car going all over the place due to your foot and hand being out of sync than you can make any manual shift poorly. The true numbers of how many were defects is probably very small and your chances of getting one are pretty slim. Of course if you are that worried than I can only suggest you go down and buy a honda accord or toyota camry since they have loads of reliability and 0 fun factor :shrug: [/QUOTE]
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