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Custom88 wrote:Beautiful car. The biggest thing I love about the STS-V VS the CTS-V is that the STS has an auto tranny. The CTS-V isn't available with an auto.

They Shouldn't be available with an auto!

You would be VERY suprised at how the 6L80 performs (Nice complimentary 2nd's and sometimes a 3rd) -- probably one of GM's best transmissions thus far in terms of its clutch to clutch operation, smoothness, and a 32 bit electro-hydraulic controller .. and still gets good fuel economy. It *could* stand to be a bit firmer which can be dealt with after I get 15-20k miles on it and get it tuned -- and the manual gear selection needs to be a tad quicker (at least on the silver one I test drove -- I was all over the 6700 RPM rev limiter manually shifting..)

But -- considering if I still get that urge to cuss a clutch in traffic ;-) I'll take the TA for a spin...

Put up a couple new pics.. hopefully be finished with it soon

Great cars. I was always afraid of the STS-V Awesome cars and Awesome motors. It is just that I am always afraid of the day I need to do any work to a north star motor.

silverws6ta wrote:You would be VERY suprised at how the 6L80 performs (Nice complimentary 2nd's and sometimes a 3rd) -- probably one of GM's best transmissions thus far in terms of its clutch to clutch operation, smoothness, and a 32 bit electro-hydraulic controller .. and still gets good fuel economy. It *could* stand to be a bit firmer which can be dealt with after I get 15-20k miles on it and get it tuned -- and the manual gear selection needs to be a tad quicker (at least on the silver one I test drove -- I was all over the 6700 RPM rev limiter manually shifting..)

But -- considering if I still get that urge to cuss a clutch in traffic ;-) I'll take the TA for a spin...

They're nicer than the old 4 speeds yes, but... I think i'll keep my 6 speed with two clutches... Still is a great car though.