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07-31-2009, 04:46 AM #1Senior Member
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MANUAL or AUTO? which one floats your boat!
Saw in another thread a couple of people get excited about manual vehicles. My wife and I personally won,t drive anything else. We will admit it can be a bit of a drag in peak hour traffic, but other than that a manual keeps your mind on the job at hand and makes driving fun.
So which one excites you?
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07-31-2009, 05:02 AM #2Does the barber shave himself...?
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Manual! More control, more power (no power lost through a torque converter), more fun, forces you to focus on driving. My next vehicle will be a stick for sure.
Driving is for driving--not texting, watching youTube, eating etc!
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07-31-2009, 05:21 AM #3The only straight man in Thailand
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I say manual. You wouldn't want to ride an automatic motorbike. Unless you were somehow mentally deficient.
But my wife can not drive a manual car, so our car is auto.
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07-31-2009, 05:32 AM #4
my boat has sails...
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07-31-2009, 05:33 AM #5Senior Member
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Manual all the way. I hate not being able to feel what the car's doing.
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07-31-2009, 06:41 AM #6
Manual, as God intended it.
Til shade is gone, til water is gone, Into the shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath.
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07-31-2009, 06:47 AM #7Beard growth challenged
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Manual, no servo. Never had anything else.
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07-31-2009, 06:59 AM #8Junior Member
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I'm all about the joy of driving. Getting behind the wheel and feeling the feedback. So I'm going with manual. My dream car is a 1966 Shelby Cobra and you know that's manual.
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07-31-2009, 07:19 AM #9Senior Member
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Well I'm in the UK where automatics are pretty rare. Don't know why that is really.
My late father had an auto back in the early 70s that I drove occasionally. Last time I tried an auto I nearly caused a crash by hitting the big brake pedal with both feet, depressing the non existent clutch as well as the brake!
Don't know about over the pond but here in the UK, if you take your driving test on an auto, you can only drive an auto. Take on a manual and you can drive either.
As mentioned above, the only time I could see an auto being useful is in heavy, stop start traffic.
Gareth
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07-31-2009, 07:28 AM #10
Same here.
Originally Posted by Galopede
Til shade is gone, til water is gone, Into the shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath.
To spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day
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