Manual v Automatic

toots · **Posted:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:54 pm

only a small fraction of the vehicles i've driven for work or personal use in the history of my driving record have been automatic

there is something "neat" and "cool" and "masculine" about it, sure

plus, being good at it opens up a whole world of freight-hauling career choices

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:02 pm

I took my driver's test at 16 in a manual transmission. I don't have one now though, because I really don't give a shit about cars, much less how they work.

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

this is a good thread to play the obner cliches drinking game.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:55 pm

Lil' bit of everything.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:58 pm

Including the cliche of bitching about people expressing an opinion.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:09 pm

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

I feel like we should be making a list.

e-stone · **Posted:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:24 pm

my subaru is manual, and i'm not even sure they make an automatic for the wrx anyways.

my wife's toyota is an automatic, and i'm not sure they make a manual for the sequoia anyways.

manual kicks ass for mountain driving. but the sequoia is such a beast that it doesn't skip a beat going up the passes.

duckyboy · **Posted:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:48 pm

I drove a manual for about 6 years until it died. Currently drive an automatic. Manual is definitely more fun and I do miss it, but I also really hated traffic in a manual.

Aural Fixation · **Posted:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:03 pm

I tell ya, when my 4-Runner was alive, I loved driving the shit out of it while in the desert and mountains. Bouncing and shifting around in that 4x4 was some of the best time spent behind a wheel.

I miss that truck...*wiping tear*

two guns holla · **Posted:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 6:15 pm

I miss driving a manual, but I currently drive an automatic since the car I bought out of college was auto.

robotboy · **Posted:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 6:27 pm

what kind of nancyboy cant drive stick DUMPJACK

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

i've never had an automatic until my current car (dont think they make it in a manual) and its fine. i really dont care about this.

Dalen · **Posted:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 6:36 pm

rparis74 Wrote:

i've never had an automatic until my current car (dont think they make it in a manual) and its fine. i really dont care about this.

u homo.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

i'll raise a midori sour to that

DumpJack · **Posted:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 6:41 pm

robotboy Wrote:

what kind of nancyboy cant drive stick DUMPJACK

I can use a manual transmission.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

DumpJack Wrote:

robotboy Wrote:

what kind of nancyboy cant drive stick DUMPJACK

I can use a manual transmission.

need a hand free to hold down your "dates"

Aural Fixation · **Posted:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 6:51 pm

I didn't know testosterone would be tested by creating this thread.

Dalen · **Posted:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:02 pm

rparis74 Wrote:

i'll raise a midori sour to that

DumpJack · **Posted:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:10 pm

Aural Fixation Wrote:

I didn't know testosterone would be tested by creating this thread.

You sadly underestimated your kingdom.

Now let's discuss the toasters I brought up.

shiv · **Posted:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:14 pm

first car i owned was a manual. kind of taught myself after a few mistakes.

since then it's been auto, manual, auto, manual, auto.

prefer to drive an auto since it's mostly city driving i do.

wenchlette · **Posted:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:22 pm

More people around here drive manuals over automatics, but I think it's starting to even out.

My mother always had automatics and my father switched from manual to an automatic before I learned to drive, so I've never learned on a manual. A friend tried to teach me once, but she got bored after about 10 minutes and we never tried again.

Stop Breathin' · **Posted:** Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:09 am

I live in third world USA and drive an automatic. I learned on a manual, but why the fuck would you want that?

Fuckall.

seafoam · **Posted:** Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:26 am

Radcliffe Wrote:

I prefer it for a number of reasons, but the main reason is with a stick you actually have to THINK about driving while you drive. Traffic would move a lot smoother with a lot less accidents if even 3/4 of the brain-dead dumbfucks on the road would just PAY ATTENTION to the fact that they're driving a car. I know a stick will cut into your texting time, but, for one trip at a time, why not just try thinking about something outside of your precious self?

agree, so does the wife for the same reasons

mugwump67 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:35 am

I learned on a stick shift and drove them exclusively until I moved to Chicago and had to deal with stop and go traffic for an hour and a half each day. Got an automatic around then and haven't looked back since. Never understood it until then.

If I had a sports car, it'd be a manual.

Thee Incident · **Posted:** Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:48 am

While I've read/heard about folks in wheelchairs with hand controls who have had manual transmission hand controls installed, I can't see any case where it's sensible or worth it.

Between one left-side stick for gas and brake (which always requires a hand in play) and a hand clutch and hand shifter, that's too much time with no hands on the goddamn steering wheel.

No thanks. You people and your legs.

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