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08-04-2006, 09:42 AM | #1 | ||
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Just got my new demo car its a Fiesta LX 3dr Auto in Moondust Silver, now i would have loved the manual (the GF has one and its loads of fun) but i must admit that the auto is a good one and the car can still be enjoyed. Now i've driven plenty of Fiesta's but when you start to drive it everyday you get to know it and learn the best way to drive. Overall im very impressed and no longer think that an auto on a small engine is useless.
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08-04-2006, 10:04 AM | #2 | ||
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I had an LX 3dr auto for 2 weeks while waiting for my Zetec. It's fine if you just want to bimble around but it certainly didn't have the get up & go of a manual. A couple of times it wouldn't change up when it should have & not changing down when I wanted. But I just hate autos anyway for that reason.
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08-04-2006, 10:06 AM | #3 | ||
Da Shifty One
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THANK GOD. At least someone agrees with me. I do agree the auto is something not to be shamed about anymore, especially in the fez. The one thing i love more than driving it everyday is when you go down a hill and just tap the brake, it automatically downshifts and holds the car back, then punch it and ur off.
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08-04-2006, 10:46 AM | #4 | |||
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They reckon the ONLY problem is is that it's too expensive (a $2000 option). But yes, it downshifts, and holds gears, and adapts to the driver. |
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08-04-2006, 10:55 AM | #5 | |||
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08-04-2006, 10:58 AM | #6 | ||
Death B4 Decaf
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It might be one of the best, but a manual in a small car will always be better. I'm too impatient for autos.
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08-04-2006, 12:56 PM | #7 | |||
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08-04-2006, 01:26 PM | #8 | ||
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for me i'd love a fiesta zetec manual, but i was suprised at the auto in my fez, its said to be the best in its class. On a XR5 drive day some fellas in a XR5 were struggling to keep up with the driving instructor in a Fiesta LX 5dr Auto, at first i suspected that he migth of had a Fiesta/mondeo ST 2ltr under the bonnet but now i understand that if you really let it rev, the auto is still great up high. Can't double clutch or heel and tow tho, so i do miss that from a manual.
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08-04-2006, 02:03 PM | #9 | |||
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Unless the driving instructor was an Awesome friver and the guys in the XR5 were chumps. |
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08-04-2006, 03:11 PM | #10 | ||
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well mate i saw it with my own eyes. of course the instructor was a good driver but the other blokes were experianced salesmen and could steer, i was amazed as was the other bloke sitting next to me. We all had a chat about it and the instructor proved (lifted the bonnet) that it was a stock fiesta.
i know it sounds far fetched, the XR5 is fast but what we saw idicated with the right driving the stock Fiesta can be a little rocket. |
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08-04-2006, 12:29 PM | #11 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Lol, way too many threads these days are turning into auto vs. manual battles, the kind of battle where there is only ever one real winner, manual
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08-04-2006, 06:32 PM | #12 | ||
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I also find that hard to believe. ANY motor magazine can not get sub 10s for 0-100 in a Fiesta, let alone an auto... no matter how hard you try. Now, considering the XR5T is 6.9s... either something was wrong with the XR5T or the driver was absolutely crap. I have a car that the XR5T can beat, yet I know for CERTAIN that I can beat a Fiesta Auto.
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09-04-2006, 09:27 AM | #13 | |||
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10-04-2006, 08:24 PM | #14 | |||
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Your saying it was quicker WITH traction control? : And Helder - he didn't buy an Auto... he sells them! :
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08-04-2006, 09:15 PM | #15 | ||
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He didn't say it was a 10km long drag did he, Why does 0-100time matter?
If the circuit was tight and narrow the instructor can easily have beaten the xr5T simply becuase he had more confidence of what the car can do and how to handle it thus was much faster.
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09-04-2006, 09:58 AM | #16 | ||
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I got my Fez in Oct last year, I ended up going with a manual to save a bit of cash. The only thing was, I'd never actually driven a manual in my life!
My girlfriend actually had to drive the car home from the dealership! How embarrasing... Anyway's, for about 2 weeks every night, I took the car out by myself at about 1 in the morning so nobody would be around. And after 2 weeks I couldn't believe I'd ever driven an auto! I will say though that manual's suck when sitting in heavy traffic. The first time I was in a traffic jam in my Fez, I got a cramp in my left leg! |
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09-04-2006, 11:30 AM | #17 | |||
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my brother is visiting from perth, and i took him up to bathurst and he was just amazed at how much easier it was to drive than anything else. |
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11-04-2006, 08:08 AM | #18 | |||
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10-04-2006, 08:14 PM | #19 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Welcome to the Auto family! (:
and yes I don't know how to drive manual but I still love the auto! |
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10-04-2006, 11:37 PM | #20 | ||
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AhAAHh i got owned there XD
I just read the "Just got my new demo car its a Fiesta LX 3dr Auto in Moondust Silve" XD |
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