which is faster 0-60/quarter mile?
You know.. I will say my experience with amercian powertrains is still in it's infancy, but I have yet to experience any difference in my life in terms of reliability between an Auto or Manual. I will say, I've had to yank the 01A and 01E in my A4/S4 probally a dozen+ times for various issues. For high-power application, I would say, yes there's some natural reliability/ easy of upgrading a manual versus an auto, but it's still possible to destroy one, and I've seen many more high-mileage autos keep on running than manuals. There's also a reason autos are strictly used in trucks these days.I picked up a manual for one reason. Reliability.......after my family having transmission problems with two caddys and two avalanches is was time for a manual.
Ditto, there are problems making big power on either transmission. I won't go so far to say that there are not advantages to a manual in making power, but it's not as big as it's percieved to be.So you're trading tranny reliability for clutch issues. The slave used by GM since the C5 came out is very problematic. Also, if you up the horsepower very much, the clutch WILL go. My 4 year old C6 Z06 is on it's fourth clutch (admittedly 572 SAE RWHP has something to do with it).