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03-09-2009, 07:37 AM
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So my guy said next best thing is the TAPSHIFTER like on THE VET.
But now iam calmdown a litter bit the manual wourd be nice.
03-09-2009, 08:56 AM
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I'd have taken the manual with the stock shifter if I couldn't have the Hurst rather than switching to an automatic with taps. 
03-09-2009, 09:05 AM
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its the next best thing because its the only other option that there is.
03-09-2009, 09:06 AM
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03-09-2009, 10:18 AM
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Why is it that people always want to bash others for getting an automatic?!? I had to hear it for months after I got my 4th gen. Don't let them give you hell man. The tapshift is lots of fun and that's the whole point of getting the car. To have fun!!
03-09-2009, 01:18 PM
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Hurst shifter so instead of just getting the stock shifter you change the
entire transmission. I don't follow that logic. To each his own I guess.
03-09-2009, 02:37 PM
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the transmission change makes so little sense that I don't believe he's telling the truth about even having ordered a Camaro. I think he's just messing around on this site. either that or he let his emotions get the best of him and didn't pay full attention to what the guy was telling him on the phone.
03-09-2009, 08:47 PM
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)The automatic comes with KEY LESS START also. MY 2008 3/4TON CHEVY has the same system and its great. So there is benefits to both.
03-09-2009, 08:55 PM
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the transmission change makes so little sense that I don't believe he's telling the truth about even having ordered a Camaro. I think he's just messing around on this site. either that or he let his emotions get the best of him and didn't pay full attention to what the guy was telling him on the phone.
03-09-2009, 08:58 PM
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03-10-2009, 07:17 AM
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03-10-2009, 11:05 AM
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Um, I'm confused. RSSS2010, the dealer may have been offering an opinion by saying the TAPShift is the next best thing to a Hurst, but he wasn't telling you that you can't order a manual...
The Hurst short throw is just a shifter. Assuming that is in fact not available, your options were:
1) Manual transmission, the same one you would have gotten, but with the stock shift lever.
2) Automatic transmission
Did you really switch to a completely different gearbox simply because you couldn't have the Hurst short throw shifter?
Just like on the Vette, there are two distinct gearboxes. One is a torque converter automatic six speed (that offers a "manual" shift mode of sorts, but no clutch pedal or anything). The other is a six speed manual, complete with clutch pedal and manual shift lever.
Speaking of the six speed auto, have they added rev-matching / throttle blipping on downshifts yet? Seems like I recall this on the CTS, but I don't know if the Vette (and upcoming Camaro) do this.
The Hurst short throw is just a shifter. Assuming that is in fact not available, your options were:
1) Manual transmission, the same one you would have gotten, but with the stock shift lever.
2) Automatic transmission
Did you really switch to a completely different gearbox simply because you couldn't have the Hurst short throw shifter?
Just like on the Vette, there are two distinct gearboxes. One is a torque converter automatic six speed (that offers a "manual" shift mode of sorts, but no clutch pedal or anything). The other is a six speed manual, complete with clutch pedal and manual shift lever.
Speaking of the six speed auto, have they added rev-matching / throttle blipping on downshifts yet? Seems like I recall this on the CTS, but I don't know if the Vette (and upcoming Camaro) do this.