Shark Pimp 69

You "couldn't find" a manual transmission Tib? No offense, but I wouldn't have bought it. I don't care how nice a Tib it is, an Automatic, is still an Autotragic.

jToIeB

^^Well, when gas is $2.35 a gallon and you're driving a car that gets 17 mpg and you drive over 70 miles a day...see how picky you are about a transmission...

Kit-Fox

I chcekd last week, i get 18mpg lol. I push the tib hard though. its suposed to be like 23 at least i think.

HyundaiKitCoupe

i drive 90 miles a day so i'm still doing it. i'm not complaining? i pay maybe $2 more on a tank than i would with stick shift.

people having complexities thinking Automatics are slow, then try filling up a Cobra Mustang tank. besides, anything we do to our cars to make them faster will comsume more fuel. so if i see any complaints on a HOOK-UP site about this 23MPG bull, that number is STOCK, government standard. what if you have modifications? eh? period. so i guess if you want to save some more on gas, hooking tiburons up won't do you any better.

automatics aren't that far off from manuals. i drove my dad's non-loaded stick shift elantra to florida like a zillion times from maryland in one day (1200mi). filled up the tank four times total with the same exact amount of gas left over. it's never different. the difference is like 1mpg.

again, commuting every day to work, a 15 minute drive turned 3 hours in the worst D.C. traffic and you will have to see your doctor about arthritis in your knees and wrists. goddamn guys, what don't you get here. i don't think you know what it's like to experience this EVERY damn day.

umm... i'd rather have an Automatic tiburon that has NEVER given my the slightest problem ever especially in this sh*thole states back yard, than a stick shift tiburon i'd want to sell because of problems.

for $3,000, i couldn't turn it down. raise your hand if you bought your car in IMMACULATE condition for $3,000 tongue.gif

hamhead

^^ How many times do we have to tell you that mild bolt-ons (Intake, exhaust, pulleys, etc.) don't effect gas mileage at all, and in some cases, improve it?

HyundaiKitCoupe

thank you hamhead. how many times do i have to specify that those same exact mild bolt ons will have the same exact effects with any kind of transmission???

LOL... no Automatics are backing me up... i'm screwed.

hamhead

I've got a manual, but I will agree with you on certain aspects. With me at least, I get better gas mileage with an automatic, for a few reasons.

- Longer gearing... means less RPMs at most speeds than manuals
- And my laziness... If I'm going 30mph in my Tib, I'm going to leave it in 3rd simply because I'm lazy. An Automatic (assuming similar gearing) would have downshifted in that situation... helping gas. Also, people have a tendency to "wind" out the gears in a manual... shifting too late for the amount of throttle they give it.

Shark Pimp 69

Doesn't matter how you look at it, what the difference in gas mileage is, or what mods you make to your auto, put a stock manual Tib next to a stock automatic Tib, or an equally modified manual Tib next to an equally modified automatic Tib, and watch what happens. I've seen it. 1 second better at the track almost guaranteed.

MK3Design

Um...all I was saying, I would rather have anything else 5spd than an auto anything..... Dont need to get all mad about it..shit.

Yes, I have raced an S2K, I lost too. I lost to my friends prelude by more than the s2k beat me. Felt shamfull? No. Point not taken.

x7xstring

I have an Auto. The reason I drive auto is because I have never driven anything else.
I was taught with auto, and never knew anyone who drove manual.

There is a bit of traffic where I live at times, and those are the times I am happy I have AUTO.
I still love the Tiburon, EVEN if it is an AUTO.

My next car will be STANDARD