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I'm still pretty new to manual so maybe I can't speak accurately but on my civic it's okay. 2005 LX-G sedan.

Maybe my foot is still a little heavy but I find myself clutching on 2nd as well. Things don't start going until 3rd. 5th does highway (120km/h) at about 3000 rpm which isn't bad but considering how it feels in comparison to slower speeds it would be nice to have a sixth gear or at least change the first two.

I would really like to see some more consistency with how the engine feels as I can't feel it at all when idling. Maybe the body is too light which is why I get that.

Overall though, you can't beat the price and despite having (what I would say is) gears set for grandmas who drive on the highway at exactly 100km/h it is still kind of fun to drive. I'm actually learning a lot on this civic and I'm glad I bought it.

Now when I get a GT2 I'll be ready for it. :P

 
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My first car was a honda coupe, and it was a manual, I learned in this car and will never own an auto sedan or coupe.

 
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Manual here, love every minute of driving it!
I can feel the road, I'm in total control of the car
I can downshift to slow down/double clutch/heel-toe.
And it just gives me something to do while I'm driving, I'd get soo bored if I had an Auto. I have nothin against them, but I just have a lot more fun driving a manual
Yea I get caught up in traffic sometimes but those reason above totally outweigh the traffic.
Manual till I can't work a clutch anymore!

 
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I wanted to get a manual but decided to go with automatic transmission, there is too much stops and reg lights where I live, like this.. I can drive like a pensioner/retired

 
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Manual for me started out on an auto an will never go back to that

 
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with the way autos are outperforming manuals and coming with 7-speed paddle shifting, idk. eventually i think autos will keep improving and take over even on cheap cars. they are not the crappy slushbox versions that came on our civics anymore. and now autos are getting better mpg too while robbing less hp and shifting faster than any human.

 
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Ferraris and Lambos don't come with manuals anymore because "no human could match the speed and percision of their new automatic double clutch transmissions" Straight from the horses mouth.

 
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I'm auto.

Mostly becuase of where I live. If anyone has been to Seattle you will know that there are hills out the *** here. Its like they built the city on nothing but hills. I was with a friend who has a scion and its a stick and he has been driving stick all his life but he stalls out sometimes on these hills we got here......So yeah..I"m loving my auto...

 
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Wow... after two years, a ten year old post has been revived! Live! LIIIIIIIIIVE!!!!!!!!!
Manual ftw because seriously, what are you going to do with your non-driving hand?

 
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Holy *****. Look at the last post date before you post Stan.

 
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Learned to drive on my dad's automatic domestic, then bought a manual civic when I started working. Took some time to learn it though, the stop-and-go traffic actually helped me with learning how to drive a stick.

It is quite fun to shift from 2nd to 3rd gear while going at 60km/hr, you can feel the car giving immediate anticipation as the engine roars like a beast. Or downshifting to 3rd at 60km/hr and feel this reactive force on the car and your body. It feels different than braking, more internal if you may.

Another perk is that girls seems to be more interested in manuals than autos. Maybe cuz their dads have been driving them around in an auto and a manual is something new. I tried to drive and have a friend in the passenger seat to shift gears for me, it was quite scary, instead of 3rd she put it in 5th. Almost stalled cuz I had to slow down for a speed bump.

Autos definitely feel smoother though. Less jerky, perfect if you have a full mug of coffee, I'd spilled many times while driving this manual civic. But I'd rather wanna have the car to react to my shifts however, maybe cuz I'm a guy and I want control.

Would I go back to auto, probably not, or not until I get old enough and can't work the clutch anymore.