[LT2004ever]

Ok, so u were forced into driving a automatic civic?! regardless of year this is where we wanna hear your story.

Heres mine, So My senior year of HS or what not, my p's found a 01 Ex for me, and when i came home there is was in the garage. I was so happy, its was a car ya know. Then after my thorough looks over i saw that it was a auto... i still loved my car, and thanked my parents but yea, i had wanted a manual. eh oh well, beggars cant be choosers

[MotorWeb EM2]

member #6 here. well...my parenst bought me the car i wanted a manual. they said no because i need to focus on driving an if i have a manual that would be one more distraction because i always mess with cds and stuff while driving. and they said i would get sick of it. wow were they wrong. im sick of my auto.

[metalviper]

kinda the same here. my parents surprised me with an 05 civc lx.
they got it auto b/c i had never driven stick yet, love the car and everything but now that ive been driving my friends manual civic and its more fun to drive!

[bigainabuilt]

I bought my own auto lx because it was on sale and alot better on gas then my chevy was. I love it!

[MotorWeb EM2]

^ i think the point of this thread is for people who were forced to get an auto and really want a manual. not because u bought an auto and u love it.

[LT2004ever]

well, maybe we can look at the "for sale" part of it as in he got a good deal, so he was "forced" into the better deal.... ::stretch::

[TOEnail]

Originally Posted by LT2004ever

well, maybe we can look at the "for sale" part of it as in he got a good deal, so he was "forced" into the better deal.... ::stretch::

^^^

well...my '03 ex use to be my brothers and he was forced by my parents to get an auto when he started driving. now its handed down to me when he got a tC (manual).

[Alpha 5]

I was in negotiations with the dealer on a new 2002 EX Coupe manual. We had the deal all done and they where getting one from another dealer. So I drive down to McKinney to pick it up and do the paper work. They where like sorry about the car but it got hail damage on the way down here. We got this Sedan Auto if you want it. At first I was Pissed "I'm outa here" they where like wait wait wait. So they gave me a great deal and I got it. 2002 EX Sedan Auto NEW for $12500.00. I couldn't pass that up.

[Matteo]

Ya i have the same thing with the parents...They surprisd me with a 05 lx in the garage at 16 (11th grade), but hey i cant complain too much because its a car. Still want a manual though.

My friend has a volkswagon golf and same thing! lol and another friend has a 3251 bmw and had the car passed down to him auto : /

[Matteo]

But yeah, regardless that its a manual...that sure didnt (and isnt) going to stop me from modding it haha

U can look at most of my parts in my signature, but i have a few more..like the new mirrors i got w/led singals when i turn + they are painted mag. metallic too! lol

Yes my rents pretty much payed everything for the car (except i paid like the 1st payment)...but i worked my ass off to get money to pay for my car parts except for the koni shocks and mirrors (they were b-day and then christmas present)

[xcrxss]

Yeah, my mom got a BMW and she previously had the civic so I was handed it. I wanted a manual but what can you do? it just sucks because i always put my right hand on the stick. too bad i can't shift

[EXsmellsbetter]

I got an automatic because I thought I wouldn't be able to rip the bong and shift at the same time. So I guess it's kind of like automatic by force default? I quit smoking though, so now I'm like shite. Does that even count? Probably not.

[kLouD]

same as toenail. i was handed an 03 ex SEDAN from my brother to me because my mom bought my brother that car. my brother pleaded my mom to get a manual but she didnt cuz she would drive it as well. now he has a rsx-s. it was my dream car too. man was i jealous

[estebomb_ftw]

My brother had a piece of shit Hyndai, and it was handed down to me when I turned 16. The piece of shit didn't last long...so my mom wanted me to get a new car. She took me to the Mazda dealership...I refused to drive a Mazda...they are ugly imo, other than RX7. So, I had a price range to stay between so I was like...f*ck it, take me to Honda. We went to Honda and I was looking at the 05 si...I wanted it...I saw a 97 black on black used Integra there...I wanted it. Then, I saw 05 civic in tafetta white in standard. My parents said no to all of them becuase they didn't want me having a stick car. So, they bought me a 05 Civic EX SE in Mag Met...automatic. Anything was better than the Hyndai so whatever. I hated my car at first, now I love it. It's my baby haha, all my ex's used to get pissed because I put my car first. :]

[2k3civicSSM]

i got 05 coupe @ 16 told them i wanted manual was forced for auto. but im converting to manual in february and boosting