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Tom, >> BTW mine is a 1993 Hunter green Convert. with a tan top and tan leather int… << Sounds like a great car. For the record the analogy of an automatic Corvette was not a slight and as you pointed out it has its advantages. You obviously get great performance out of your Vette. I suppose one question would be if it didn't provide greater performance in the 1/4 mile, would you still own an automatic? Then again maybe you just like automatics. If you're happy with it who cares? I'm happy with my (snicker snicker) four banger Fiero; it has a five speed, runs quick, corners like a go-cart on rails (lowered an 1 1/2", short comp springs, adjustable Konis, comp sway bars; front and rear, Comp T/A's and Enkie rims) and gets great gas mileage when I'm not jamming it. As an added touch I added matching blue leather Recarros so I wouldn't slide around. Nothing like being strapped in. I occasionally spook 911's et al.; they underestimate the Fiero's ability to corner and as a result hit the curves too hard. No biggee, they blow me away on the straights. But at least a little rattled from slamming their brakes. Something I enjoy, especially when I see that smug look in the rear view mirror, only to see it evaporate in horror as they realise they've over shot the turn; a character defect of mine no doubt. <g> (Actually come to think of it, the same kind of thrill I get from blowing away an Animator working with Alias. <BG>) But to clarify from the original topic, if I was getting top performance out of the P90, its automatic bios would suit me just fine. After all who wants to mess with a manual bios if you don't have to. However, I don't think the P90 motherboard was optimized for speed but for stability in a worse case scenario, and the bios does sit in the middle of the E frame; just like the bumpers on the 74+ 911 which were added to meet US safety regulations, stuck there ad hoc. However, safety makes sense even if unaesthetic, and from an environmental viewpoint, an automatic in a Vette is the only way you can get it here in California because of smog regs. I don't see the same kind of justification for the "flash bios", let alone being placed in the E frame. I would just as soon have the manual option. The rest was just fooling around, as I originally thought you were. Enjoy the speed, I'll enjoy the corners; I'll be sure to wave if I see that Mean Green Corvette Machine; just wait till the straights to pass me. <g>