View Poll Results: Manual vs Auto
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Manual vs Auto
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Originally Posted by xxnoshelterxx
drive your auto off a cliff, charge admission and buy a car with a manual transmission
it isnt all the bad but i would have bought the manual if it came as an option on my r/t but since it didnt im stuck with a 4 speed auto unless/until i swap in a 5 or 6 speed
a/t aren't that bad.....i just got my car from jmo(they installed a torque converter) and seems that i have a 2300 stall now......it has more power to the ground now and comparing it to the 7th gen i work w/ at the shop...it is very impressive if you know what not and what to do w/ an a/t
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Rep Power: 290 I look at it like this... U never see strip racing With a manual, always with an automatic. U can Make a auto faster than a Manual... why?? because U can upgrade more stuff In an auto Than a manual. Plus on top of that a Turbo works better ( you don't get that much Turbo lag), and so doesn;t Nitrous( You don't loose time shifting the Gears) 
In other words... while U slip up On a gear you will be checkin my Vic go blowin past u in a Storm...lol
In other words... while U slip up On a gear you will be checkin my Vic go blowin past u in a Storm...lol 
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didnt know how to drive a stick when I bought my car, I was going to buy a 02 SI, my mother said I should, and that if I bought the SI, she'd drive it until I learned and I was was like hell no your not driving my brand new car, but I learned 2 months later and regret it like hell
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Rep Power: 0 I definitely love my manual '01 EX coupe. I don't think I will go back to auto after having driven this car, and even though there are times when I wish I did have an auto, just for a little while, it is never worth it. Too much fun with standard!
Plus, if you get an exhaust, you can make a lot more racket with a manual by holding it at a high rev, rather than auto where you really have no control over it. I don't have an exhaust on mine, but yeah, some day... When I have cash.
One of my friends is on his second manual car, a 6th gen Celica, and he already trained his girlfriend to drive stick so she could drive him home when he's **** drunk. Now that's good thinking.
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There's more to the story! I had learned some manual driving techniques from friends over the years (my first car was auto but I had a yearning). My ex-girlfriend had a standard Prism and I drove that, and one of my other buddies from back in high school had a beater Protege that he let me drive, but I had never driven on the street in a manual car.
Until the day I bought mine. I walked in, test-drove it, and bought it the next day. I drove home, my second time driving on public roads with a manual tranny, through Hartford (capital of Connecticut for those of you who failed Geography), in rush hour traffic. Now that's baptism by fire ladies and gentlemen. I dare say I'm better at it now than I was then! Didn't stall, though! Phew.
Plus, if you get an exhaust, you can make a lot more racket with a manual by holding it at a high rev, rather than auto where you really have no control over it. I don't have an exhaust on mine, but yeah, some day... When I have cash.
One of my friends is on his second manual car, a 6th gen Celica, and he already trained his girlfriend to drive stick so she could drive him home when he's **** drunk. Now that's good thinking.
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There's more to the story! I had learned some manual driving techniques from friends over the years (my first car was auto but I had a yearning). My ex-girlfriend had a standard Prism and I drove that, and one of my other buddies from back in high school had a beater Protege that he let me drive, but I had never driven on the street in a manual car.
Until the day I bought mine. I walked in, test-drove it, and bought it the next day. I drove home, my second time driving on public roads with a manual tranny, through Hartford (capital of Connecticut for those of you who failed Geography), in rush hour traffic. Now that's baptism by fire ladies and gentlemen. I dare say I'm better at it now than I was then! Didn't stall, though! Phew.
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Rep Power: 268 i used to drive an auto... i hated everyday of it... each day i drove it, i dreamed of driving a stick some day. i mean it was cool when i was eating, smoking bud, or getting freaky with my GF, but ever since i got a MT i've been loving it every minute of it! MT all the waaaaaaaaaaaaaay!! i would never go back to auto! even if one of my legs happen to fall off... *knocks on wood* 
the score is now 446-240 in favor of manual. I guarantee there are not 446 people on here with manual, maybe who wish they could drive manual or who wish they had purchased manual instead of automatic.
in terms of production cars, for all makers in 2004, 10% of all cars made were a true manual. 12% had triptronic (which is a form of automatic)...a fraction of exotics had paddleshifting, a form of manual.
for me, it's manual ONLY. it costs less up front (I've seen 2k+ charges for the automatic tranny), it gets better gas mileage when driven well, does less wear to transmission and brakes when driven properly, and you always have a backup when your brakes fail...downshift you can get it down to 5-10 mph
the only reason I would ever justify an automatic is with a drag car with 1000+ horsepower...at that point no human on earth could shift that fast
in terms of production cars, for all makers in 2004, 10% of all cars made were a true manual. 12% had triptronic (which is a form of automatic)...a fraction of exotics had paddleshifting, a form of manual.
for me, it's manual ONLY. it costs less up front (I've seen 2k+ charges for the automatic tranny), it gets better gas mileage when driven well, does less wear to transmission and brakes when driven properly, and you always have a backup when your brakes fail...downshift you can get it down to 5-10 mph
the only reason I would ever justify an automatic is with a drag car with 1000+ horsepower...at that point no human on earth could shift that fast
^^ I would think you would want the manual. I agree where I live it's annoying to shift all the time, but shifting is all the fun of driving. I'm in NJ so I'm getting hit by gas like you are...I'd think you'd want the better economy?
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i had a manual 93 civic, and when i bought my new car i was actually looking at accords. somehow i ended up going with a civic again, some kind of love-hate relationship, but this time it was a auto. i think they get decent response though, steptronic tranny gives me the old downshift back if i'm in a hurry and press the gas pedal hard enough, and really you can control the gears quite well with this steptronic, i was pretty impressed, because you kind of develop that feel for going through the gears on a manual, but its still there on the auto. still, you don't have complete control. which sucks. i think auto's aren't as far away from manuals now that the tranny's are a bit smarter.
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Originally Posted by DodgeNeonSRT-4
the score is now 446-240 in favor of manual. I guarantee there are not 446 people on here with manual, maybe who wish they could drive manual or who wish they had purchased manual instead of automatic.
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Originally Posted by DodgeNeonSRT-4
the score is now 446-240 in favor of manual. I guarantee there are not 446 people on here with manual, maybe who wish they could drive manual or who wish they had purchased manual instead of automatic.
When I went to the dealer, they said nearly 1/3 of the civic he sold where manuals. The automatic number you quoted for the over all production of manuals is skewed by cars like the Tuarus and Intrepid which are only offered in autos.
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Rep Power: 0 I'd have to say manuals kick azz. I hate seeing nice street cars parked in a parking lot somewhere and walking up to the window to peek inside only to find that it is an auto. Sure, if you are just looking for a car to get you around an auto civic is a good choice, but if you are into creating a car that you people will be like Damnnn... when they see you drive by, you have to go with a stick, plus exhaust is very uncool on an automatic IMO.
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Originally Posted by Quijano187
Wont some lock this damn thread already.. It a never ending disscussion.
....and all you that disagree with me can't post, cuz if you do, I'M RIGHT haha
it just depends. had an auto....it was boring...but i did like the car. have a manual now and love it. i dont want to switch back to auto....but i think i might have to one day. if i ever become a family man(hopefully never).
I feel ya man. 
Last time I had this much fun some furniture got broken!
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Rep Power: 360 why is it that everyone here with a manual is such a homo about it. all i hear is auto sucks and autos are gay bla bla bla. 
not everyone wants to shift, especially with an annoying clutch. hell if i had everything my way my civic would have the new ferrari F430 tranny (F1 style semi-auto aka paddle shifting). id like to see you perform a COMPLETE shift in 150 ms.
there are ups and downs to everything so please stop this thread already. its already a nuisance, along with every other thread with the exact same content.
not everyone wants to shift, especially with an annoying clutch. hell if i had everything my way my civic would have the new ferrari F430 tranny (F1 style semi-auto aka paddle shifting). id like to see you perform a COMPLETE shift in 150 ms.
there are ups and downs to everything so please stop this thread already. its already a nuisance, along with every other thread with the exact same content.
