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Originally Posted by Need4Camaro
I haven't driven the Manual and I understand it has two less gears, but from a dig, pulling out with the V6 is cake-walk. Its at the top-end where things get dicey.
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Manual and at top end is what I'm referring to. Mostly freeway was my issue. City driving was fine with the v6 as there was always plenty of power to accelerate in the lower gears.
I'm not saying a v6 can't accelerate safely on the top end just that it's harder and you really have to work the car to get the performance out of it when compared to how easy it is with a V8 simply because there is torque everywhere.
This is only my experience. I stated initially to test drive both and that everyone's milage may vary.
I should have stated that I'm specifically talking v6 manual to V8 manual. I imagine an auto would be less of a difference especially with the extra gears.
I personally think that matching or being slightly faster than the lane your trying to merge into is the safest way to do so and has the least impact on other drivers so that's why I accelerate before merging over. If someone else prefers to merge and then speed up that's up to them but as the guy you are cutting off or forcing to match your speed it's a bit irritating. My only point was that the low end torque of the V8 allows me to easily accelerate and merge vs when I was in the v6 I'd have to look at how fast I was going to figure out what gear to put the sucker in because I had to be more aggressive with the rpm.
If you care about freeway driving and are interested in a manual transmission I would recommend doing a few freeway pulls to find out how the power bands work for you. The limit where I'm at is usually 75 mph but when traffic is moving freely 80 seems to be the norm. Semis and similar vehicles tend to do 70. A 65 to 80-85 pull is fairly common for me when merging. I don't like to hangout in the passing lane and only use it for actual passing unless all lanes are slow do to traffic. Once I've passed I get back over and match the speed of traffic until I get stuck behind a vehicle I would prefer to pass again.
Just trying to provide more clarity around my driving style and why I prefer the V8.
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