A few things - firstly there's no such thing as a 2.7 "s". That car with the tiptronic is a base model with painted calliper's and an 's' badge. Secondly the 2.7 base with the 5 speed box is a very capable everyday and motorway cruiser. At 70mph its doing 3000 rpm, and pulls extremely well beyond that. Another thing about the 5 speed manual versus the 6 speed is the 5 speed doesn't suffer with the 6 speeds well documented problem of jumping out of 2nd gear, which requires a gearbox rebuild.
Not yet properly run in at 55000 mileage? Come on … also if you don’t notice a difference between a Gen 1 with a tiptronic at over 7 seconds to 60 mph vs. a Gen 2 manual with under 6 seconds then I really don’t know what you’re doing.
A few things - firstly there's no such thing as a 2.7 "s". That car with the tiptronic is a base model with painted calliper's and an 's' badge. Secondly the 2.7 base with the 5 speed box is a very capable everyday and motorway cruiser. At 70mph its doing 3000 rpm, and pulls extremely well beyond that. Another thing about the 5 speed manual versus the 6 speed is the 5 speed doesn't suffer with the 6 speeds well documented problem of jumping out of 2nd gear, which requires a gearbox rebuild.
You are correct, the S refers to the tiptronic S gearbox.
The problem is we only see you and not enough the car !!
Apologies, will do better on the next one
Not yet properly run in at 55000 mileage? Come on … also if you don’t notice a difference between a Gen 1 with a tiptronic at over 7 seconds to 60 mph vs. a Gen 2 manual with under 6 seconds then I really don’t know what you’re doing.
It wasn’t meant in literal sense, more so if they are well maintained they go for well over 100k easy