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Originally posted by Lek Autos are great, but the breaks squeak when they're released.
dude that has nothing to do with it being auto those are jus cuz honda didn't make the brakes fit right so when u brake...jus b4 the limit to stopping it slides forward..squeeking
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yea i'd have to say manual... especially when its a girl cuz that really does make her 10 times hotter seriously. Plus with manual, u have all the fun you want in the snow. burnouts and e brake drifting in the snow make it all worth driving a manual.
Manual, never going back to auto.
It's not so much the lack of control that pisses me off as it is the LAG.
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Originally posted by biohazard Okay, side note:
One of the hottest things I can imagine is a woman who knows how to drive manual, and drive well. Dude.....
That woman earns BIG points with me...
I met a chick once who drove a Type-R....stick.....on tracks.....in heels
i would honestly murder myself if I drove an auto. I learned on my dad's explorer (auto) and now when I drive it I literally fall asleep I'm so bored...you cant have any fun in an auto.
I was gonna get an auto but the dealer kinda talked me out of it, he said get the manual its way more fun and its like a grand cheaper so i was like yeah I probably would regret getting the auto down the road so I got some lessons from my dad and when my car was delivered to the dealership I got some lessons from the sales guy and Im happy as hell I didnt get auto, so basically I went in never driving a manual drove out in my new 5spd.
that sucks. Luckily my mom is a HUGE fan of sticks...she learned on one, and every single car she's ever had has been one. She thinks "they're safer, because you have more control over the car." THat's true, because on an automatic, I FRIGGIN FALL ASLEEP! Anyways, I got lucky. Got lucky with a civic too
I had an auto lx 01 civic coupe. Was fun to mob around in but when its time to get serious I alwase got left in the dust Only reason why I got an auto was because my parents didnt want me to. Well, about a year and a half later, i made the decision that since i pay for my car I should decide what it should be. So I practiced stick on various cars that my friends loaned me for about an hour of lessons all together and picked up a type s the next week . Was pretty rough the first week considering ive never driven stick before other than the lessons but after getting broken in by traffic I was okay. You learn to drive really quickly in stop and go traffic.
Is it hard to learn a manual? Cause for right now I'm driving my mom 04 4runner v8 auto. I'm afraid of stalling or misshifting and crash or something...Is it hard to learn?
no, its really easy. You'll go out a few times in like a parking lot and learn...and you'll be like "i'll never learn this damn thing!" and then the next time you go out it just clicks, and you learned. Thats how it happened with me anyways.
however, when you're in a manual, be careful when its raining and your tires are bald and you're stopped going up a steel hill with some ignorant jack@ss 2 inches behined you..yeah that happened to me yesterday, it sucked. My wheels slipped for like 10 seconds.
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I have a 5 speed used to have an auto..I love the 5 speed but sometimes you get bored of it and just wanna go and not have to worry about shifting..but I don't regret getting the 5 speed..It's fun..There isn't a major difference between the two either..at least none that I've found a major difference..5 speed could get the auto off the line but it just depends what you have..
I drive manual. I like to be able to control my shift points. Plus, driving in the snow and on ice sometimes it helps to have that engine compression to slow your car down with. I don't have to do that much thick heavy traffic city driving, but I have been through downtown Chicago and it sucked more ass than a leech on a donkey. My sister lives in Chicago and actually had to have surgery because of scar tissue in her heel caused by excessive use of the clutch. Now she happily drives an automatic. So...I guess it depends on driving conditions to determine which one is better. I'll always drive manual cuz it's mo funner...plus I have a reason that my girlfriend can't borrow my car.
my 2001 civic was an auto and although at first it was nice (it was my first car and i only had like a year of driving experience) it quickly became quite boring. Well as luck or bad luck would have it someone rear ended me really bad and my car got totalled, so upon looking for a new car i decided to get a 2002 civic manual. i pick it up this tuesday
