Automatic or manual?

I don't know how to drive an automatic. lol. My left foot gets antsy.
Nothin' but a stick for me.

all i've got right now is my work truck and that's an automatic (i was feeling lazy when i bought it) and after years of driving a stick the auto seems a boring drive. i'm looking for a small car right now (the v8 is eating me out of house and home) and it will definitely be a manual.

I am going to answer for LIP since he is banned....manual all the way..

gotta be manual, automatic just feels like I'm driving a golf cart or something.. and also cut down on my friends getting whiplash when i hit the clutch in a automatic (ohh that was the break huh?)

My Dad's old Toyota was a manual and I loved it to death....until me and that car met a light pole and a cement barrier at 80mph. He now has an automatic and I no longer have the same insurance as the rest of my family but one day me and a manual transmission will be reunited as soon as I get rid of my pos chevy s-10.

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Originally Posted by geonagual

I am going to answer for LIP since he is banned....manual all the way..

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Really?? :(:eek::jawdropper:

Really?... LIP got banned?! I'm assuming just a temporary

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Originally Posted by birdgirl73

I've known of a lot more people who've had to replace manual clutches than automatics, though. People who knew how to drive, not habitual clutch-offenders. It hasn't been my experience that all things manual hold up better.

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Both myself and hubby have diven automatics for years mostly Nissans and I have to agree we have never had the slightest problem with gearboxes, we have many friends however who have had countless problems with manual boxes it is quite difficult to abuse an automatic box but very easy to abuse a manual one but I suppose each to there own, we are just glad we are lucky enough to afford a car at all can't imagine life without one.

Abeona

When I was younger, mauals were the shit, but as you get older, you get tired of shifting. Plus, evenly matched engine wise, an automatic can beat a manual 99 percent of the time.

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Originally Posted by Old Stoner

When I was younger, mauals were the shit, but as you get older, you get tired of shifting. Plus, evenly matched engine wise, an automatic can beat a manual 99 percent of the time.

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Then why is it that virtualy *EVERY* form of motorsports use manual transmissions??

FWIW, I normally get 180,000 - 200,000 miles out of a clutch. (yes I keep vehicles that long). I normally keep a vehicle for about 300,000 miles before getting another one. I am on vehicle #5.