Is this combonation possible?

[ninetynine]

Yeah a manny swapped drop top is nice, but too costly. For that kind of money you could easily pick up a used Mustang, or Eclipse...(Which are drop top manual cars)

Just my 2 cents; I'd suggest an S2K if you're going for a very capable out of the box convertible. I'm a little biased though. GL bro!

[funboy102]

Gated stick shifts are a dying breed! In fact they're so far gone I'd be shocked you can find one in a junk yard, let alone a Solara type. BMW's got this confusing i-drive, other sport cars have automatics that give faster times than their manuals and everybody else is putting in the "cop-out" sport shift automatics that I have in my Solara. On top of that, the rare car manufacturers that do offer a gated stick shift want you to pay a premium.

Those "automatics" are actually "automated shifting and clutch" manual-transmission because they still use a clutch as oppose to a torque converter... aka slush box. There's no way a true automatic can beat a manual in terms of maintaing power through drivetrain loss. Those "sport shift automatic" are nothing special, cars been having that features for years... remember P R N D (OD-off) 2 L? That's your standard 4-speed automatic. You can pick any gears you like.

(this is probably off-topic, sorry to the OP)