Guys that have 99-04 automatic gt chime in please....how do you like the auto tranny in your mustang??? is it worth getting the manual?? Just alot of traffic here and i dont know if i want either a manual or an auto.

I never driven one that was manual and just wondering if its hard for stop and go traffic. Just remeber im overseas and plan on getting a gt soon and traffic is way worse than america. Anyone can chime in manual or auto guys....thanks again for any help.

 

i got an 00 Auto GT becuase it was only 6 grand and immaculate with only 70k miles... manual is more fun and a little faster but overall in traffic i need an auto (Orlando)

 

I like my 01 gt auto, but the "WTF did you get an auto Mustang" gets old. I was in the same situation, looked for a long time to find a stang that I liked and when I saw the price on mine I couldnt let it pass. I wish I had a stick, more fun to drive and rip through the gears. But if traffic is stop n go all the time a stick may not be so fun.

 

Yeah last car i had was a turbo rsx type-s and the tranny shifts like butter...but i heard the mustang is going to be a lil tuffer as far as feel and what not.

Current car is a bmw 525i auto.

Any more imputs????

 

Auto is a great tranny just needs a few simple cheap mods to keep it running cool and good. I would add a tranny cooler, and do the Jerry Mod which is a valve body mod to let more fluid flow threw the tranny to make it hold the bands harder and not slip as much on shifts so it shifts faster/firmer and thus makes it create less heat. Those are the 2 best cheap mods to do to the auto and both are very cheap to do. After that a converter is the way to go.

 

if i got an auto would i have to look out for anything that might wear out or break?? This car will be driven normal and not raced and what not.

 

I have a Auto in my 2004 DSG, and I have talked to some that do have manuals and in heavy traffic they wish they had the Auto aswell, since its killer on the back left leg w/ the clutch!

It doesnt have all the pickup right away as a manual, but if you get some small items done such as a tune, and a few of the other things done mentioned above it can be just as good!

 

well if your in stop and go traffic and its hot as **** outside you will cook your legs, well your right leg since the left leg will be freezing from the A/C. Thats how hot the auto runs, well at least mine does, i even have a decent sized cooler on it too (24K GVW). i dont really remember how my stock transmission ran and i only put 40-50k miles on it before i swapped it out. i swapped because once i supercharged the car she started missing shifts. if i had modded my stocker it may have lived longer even with the extra power. really, im pretty sick of my auto...i cant stand the fact that this ****** downshifts at 30 MPH and keeps me at 2500 rpms!!! takes forever for the converter to lock up under light load driving so my RPMS hover around 3k rpms. i dont think stock autos do this but this is what you could expect from a tune...i have wasted a lot of gas datalogging for tune adjustments...one thing gets fixed and another problem pops up. be a big boy and get a manual they arent that bad...i've driven my subaru in some of the worst traffic jams outside of stuttgart. while i was in the traffic i didnt even think things would be better with the auto because my leg would be drippin sweat!

good luck finding a mustang overseas for a practical price unless your american than they are cheap.

 

Getting the car from the states but i will have to pay customes which will suck but i really want a gt so i have to pay to play.

I havn't made up my mind yet as far as an auto or manual so far....i been looking for manuals not auto's but will see what happens. Thanks for all the inputs, anyone els?

 

ehhh VAT taxes are going to kill at a staggering 19%

obviously, you have some money so if i were you i would get a 2003-2004 cobra and call it a day. the GT's blow and will just leave you wanting more.

 

same here.

i would have preffered a manual, but i got what i got. IM not disappointed with the auto tranny at all. I wish i had done the j-mod though

 

I had an Auto in my v6 and the only thing I didn't really like about it was that people looked down on it becuase of the fact is is an auto. If you have congested traffic I would say get the auto and do the J-mod or atleast use a programmer to increase line pressure (not the best way), and add a cooler. There are times I've been in a traffic jam and wish I had an auto.

 

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Anymore inputs from the auto guys??

 

Dude my auto has never disappointed me. She seems somewhat confuses when about 1/2 throttle in the 3000+ range, but when i stop on it she hauls *** just fine.

the only part i miss is i feel less of a connection with the road without having the manual. Also, if somone revs at you and wants to hear you rev back, it is somewhat awkward to do.

I have 4:10's in mine, i think that is the best part of the auto is they go great with 4:10 gearing and you are not constanglt banging 1-2 then 2-3 within the first 20 feet of taking off.

as please as i am with my auto, i would still preffer a manual.

a lot of people underestimate automatic mustangs. The auto tranny is definatly not a granny tranny.

 

yup, i agree. mine has taken my pretty much stock stang to 13.4 seconds in the 1/4 mile