smook

How do you guys/gals do it?

With the manual stick I can't enjoy my tea on the drive in.
I can't use drive-thru's, for fear of hitting the curb.
I can't use my cell phone for fear of crashing the car while needing to shift down or up.

In heavy stop-and-go traffic I'm in pain. Now driving my HONDA Pilot, I've got the tea/coffee thing going, phone no problem to answer. No shifting.

HOW DO YOU HANDLE THIS? Argh!
-Bill.

Boozman

I love ever minute of it

C6 Girl

I pick mine up on May 16th from NCM , I've already banned anybody (myself included) from drinking anything but water in my C6. And I have vowed to stay away from drive-thrus and my cell phone. I imagine I am going to be too damn excited while driving my car to eat or talk to anyone.

Dash Culpepper

I don't want too any more, thats why I got an Auto

crabman

Why would the stick make you hit a curb at a drive thru? If you like to talk on your cell alot while driving you owe it to the people that you will eventually run over to get a hands free kit. You dont have to have the tea/coffee in your hand every second do you? Im pretty hard core with my coffee but I do set that sucker down now and then.

Clutchplate

Bought a second car with automatic. Love my C6 Z51 6 speed on the weekends but it's not a good grocery store car.

gmcdougle

Just do it.

I've had mine for about 6 months and traffic is fairly light and you learn how to cope with the others.

MikeySoft

Exactly. F55 - Best of All Worlds.

Much as I LOVE Manuals, Phoenix Traffic Day to Day, the Auto is perfect.

lehew

I enjoy shifting through the gears. When I'm driving, for my own safety and that of others on the road, I try to concentrate on driving. I don't eat, drink, or make phone calls while I'm driving. I do go through drive-throughs sometimes -- no problems there.

69L79

Sounds like you have a pretty tough life. Maybe a tour of duty in the "real world" e.g., Iraq would make you understand/appreciate how very small your "problems" are.

DP Dave

I love every minute, stop and go or not!

Braced

I drive a Subaru to work!

Why waste miles on a vette just to sit in traffic? It's my fun car not my work car.

Vette_DD

NO EATING OR DRINKING IN MY C6, EVER.

I also don't use the cell phone while driving. I've had to dodge too many who did and almost had 2 wrecks trying to get out of their way, just since I got the C6.

Glad I traded my 6-spd for an auto - too much traffic in town.

MellowC6

Picked up my Vette yesterday. sat in traffic going home, sat in traffic on the way into work today - no issues and just loving it.

Shadakia

Had that problem with my C4... C6 is an auto...

Tropical'67

Unless you live out and away, you can't enjoy shifting and winding turns like in TV commercials. The real world for me is much different. I love shifting gears in the old Corvettes but my C6 is an automatic and I'm glad I made the decision not to get the 6 speed.

matty98ws6

I did the Toronto commute from Oakville last week in the C6. Although the clutch isn't as heavy as the WS6 used to be, it was still a pain in the ***. I will be stickin to my 330ci which is pu*sy stick (steptronic).

Vette Fan

Definitely takes some getting used too first, and then start with the cell phone or drinks.

Here's what I do....phone calls are very short and callers on the other end realize if I stop talking, it's because I have to shift gears which I love every minute of.

When taking a drink of water (I drink coffee, water, cokes etc. in mine) or whatever your fancy is, just make sure you're not about to reach a shift point. It's really not that difficult.

If the traffic is very heavy or in a particularly dangerous area I won't make or answer a call. PERIOD!

I am lucky enough to be able to plan my commutes so that I don't sit in alot of heavy traffic but when I do get caught and might as well make a call or two, then 2nd gear seems fine for take offs, so all I am doing is letting out and pushing in the clutch.
Not a Problemo

LDB

I'm in Houston, and fortunately, usually work at our suburban office. On those days I must go downtown, I either use flex hours to go early before rush hour, or take my wife's car. A 45 minute stop and go is no fun in any manual, let alone with a stiff clutch.

As to spills, just like parking lot dings, you get less paranoid as the car ages. And with all the engine torque that's available, you can skip a lot of gears to temporarily minimize shifting if necessary.

But like the other guy, I'm hard pressed to see the connection between 6-speed and drive-in windows.

mforman42

Hang up and drive!!! Sorry, couldn't resist..

Seriously, we had a road worker maimed this week by a driver eating in his car. I'd rather you didn't get in the same situation.