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Trick question. Stick is more fun, Auto is faster.

The thing about this age-old debate is that in almost all cases, low-powered cars are faster in stick form due to parasitic losses of the automatic. High powered cars can afford these losses (the rear tires/suspension usually become the limiting factor)

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Manual if more fun but in general auto is faster. If you've got a 500hp car, auto will definitely be faster, but like he said, if you've got a low-powered car, IE more like 300hp, the stick may in fact be faster because of the extra gearing is now worth the time spent shifting. All-in-all no matter what, manual trans is always more fun, but if you're chasing ET's, auto is the way to go.

As for manual valve body autos, I dunno, just something about that conceptually turns me off. I mean what's the point of shifting manually if you don't have a clutch pedal to play with? I thought that was the whole point...