Looking to upgrade from LT to SS. Auto or Manual?
03-02-2011 | 05:48 PM
#1
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Joined: 11-21-2009
Posts: 28
From: Hartland, WI
Looking to upgrade from LT to SS. Auto or Manual?
Love my HHR, thinking I would love it a whole lot more with turbo.
Not finding many around and all are auto. I was hoping for a manual.
The vette is auto and I actually prefer it to the manual.
My previous toy was a 5sp Turbo AWD Talon and those suck bad in auto.
Now when I test drove the 2.2 HHR's the auto felt much faster. Just felt gutless with a 5sp.
How does the SS compare auto to manual?
Looking at this copper SS over in Iowa:
08 17k miles $19,000
Not finding many around and all are auto. I was hoping for a manual.
The vette is auto and I actually prefer it to the manual.
My previous toy was a 5sp Turbo AWD Talon and those suck bad in auto.
Now when I test drove the 2.2 HHR's the auto felt much faster. Just felt gutless with a 5sp.
How does the SS compare auto to manual?
Looking at this copper SS over in Iowa:
08 17k miles $19,000
03-02-2011 | 05:58 PM
#3
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Joined: 10-09-2010
Posts: 14,420
From: Tacoma
nice ride my eyes were playing with me I thought you said looking at coper SS
mine is auto and I love it I added STG-1, TTr mount and sway bar heading for Trifecta tune after replacing a couple plastic parts and that will be good for my daily driver dont even want to think about traffic jambs and a clutch there is a LSD unit available but I dont think I'll need it.
mine is auto and I love it I added STG-1, TTr mount and sway bar heading for Trifecta tune after replacing a couple plastic parts and that will be good for my daily driver dont even want to think about traffic jambs and a clutch there is a LSD unit available but I dont think I'll need it.
Last edited by SS fan; 03-02-2011 at 11:28 PM.
03-02-2011 | 06:16 PM
#6
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Joined: 04-09-2010
Posts: 192
From: Northern Virginia
Depends, I commute in mine. To be able to cruze to work with excellent MPG and spank wannabes on the weekend, auto is nice. However, not being able to keep it in it's torque band consistantly can be irritating. I'm very happy, until it thinks on its own...
03-02-2011 | 07:01 PM
#8
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Joined: 08-16-2009
Posts: 751
From: South
Manual if you plan on modding for big power with a turbo swap or living on the edge with a super aggressive tune like the TF/HPT.
I looked around a 300 mile radius and only found a handful when I bought mine, there were only 2 that met my criteria at the time. One was a quarter panel that I really wanted, but the dealer would not work with my local dealer.
I was very picky though, it had to be a manual with LSD, Brembo's and no roof rack. (lots of auto's available when I bought mine)
I looked around a 300 mile radius and only found a handful when I bought mine, there were only 2 that met my criteria at the time. One was a quarter panel that I really wanted, but the dealer would not work with my local dealer.
I was very picky though, it had to be a manual with LSD, Brembo's and no roof rack. (lots of auto's available when I bought mine)
