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Manual!

 
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i have to have a manual automatics suck theres no play with them... i have to have the fun with a manual

 
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i have an auto, i learned how to drive a stick, just to much distraction the road to text and ipod and all that stuff.. really would take either one if that wasn't a factor.

 
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manual! its just alot of fun! lol, and i have no problems with the distractions. i'd be smoking a cigarette and steering with one hand, talking on the cell phone with the other, yelling 'hold on!' once in a while to shift gears lol

 
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anyone, no matter how retarded can learn to drive a stick, if you can be willing to sacrifice your clutch life (among other things). my girlfriend however does not fit this mold, and however many times she could flawlessly operate my car at the end of a "training session." the times I'm drunk and need her to drive my car, she can NEVER FUkKING DO IT. So I will eat my words... or put my foot in my mouth, whichever you guys prefer?

 
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Manual FTW though guys.... come on an auto is for a girl, or a girly man. in the back of our minds all of us "stick" owners think this. if you're a girl and you do own one and think autos are not cool, well, you are probably smarter than most of us guys. Because, not only do you "get" why we like to drive a stick but you understand it. Even more so you relish why we love driving a 5 (or more) speed. Therefor, you should have your honorary set of *********. You probably already "own" your own set of ********* via your boyfriend, however.

 
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THERE IS NO NEED TO DOUBLE-CLUTCH... you guys have been watching way too much Fast and the Furious.... the only people who need to double clutch are Truckers driving 18 wheelers... they teach you that in trucking school... talking about double clutching with your civic makes me laugh and throw up at the same time...

 
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For my civic and sporty cars....i prefer a stick.... for a work truck , then an automatic would be better... depends on the car...

 
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Manual FTW!
I learned to drive on my auto 93 Camry and have been driving that ever since. wanted to learn how to drive stick so a friend taught me on my senior ditch day a couple years ago. Honestly, it's a a piece of cake to drive stick. His old Tercel didn't even have a tach, but if you've played any racing video game driving manual, you can always hear when to shift. Just bought my 04 Civic with the MT and I love it.

 
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for sure, i wanna learn someday too but i do like some features of having an auto.

 
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I like to drive the car not the car drive its-self, understandable in larger cities though. Hello to everyone as well (newbie to the forums)

 
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As well as the obvious lameness of an auto, there is a horsepower loss and higher maintenance costs associated with a lame auto (considering you know how to use a clutch properly). And furthermore, if you live in a mountainous region like i do, your brakes will need attention waaaaaaayyyyy more attention and we all know how well auto's like to climb hills....
With a manual, downshifting properly with a little bit of brakes will keep both clutch and brakes from wearing out prematurely.
Even girls should not use auto's. They should be ratified from existence.

 
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i'm in the minority: auto haha

 
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Manual trans way better than Auto trans.
Way cheaper replacement cost and easier maintenance

 
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i have a bunch of cars, and most of them are sticks-my current 'drivers (7), it's 3 sticks and 4 automatics. Our Civic is driven by my daughter, 2003 LX (her first car) and is an auto. she is 20 and can drive a stick-she drives my 88 daytona shelby and 98 jeep wrangler (not my GTO) but likes the ease of the automatic and is not into 'hotrodding' whatever she is driving. One of my drivers is a 96 Lincoln Mark VIII, and it has a shift kit , 24,000 GVW cooler and I have a tuner to firm up even more shifts-I can guarantee you that noone can shift as fast as that trans-automatics, when set up right, are much quicker.

 
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i have an auto, and i hate it. i wish i had a MT. its just so boring driving a AT i can drive a MT and i have...ie driving not so "capable" people home but i love to control, so im just trying to find someway to switch. ive heard its a little $$ and its not always "trustworthy" ive had friends that did it and they say its better to do a motor and tranny swap.....

 
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i have auto and its boring
i wish i had MT

 
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it depends on what your intentions are, if you are not one of those people that like to go trought all that troble of bulding a car and race from time to time stick to an auto, if you are the other type forgget about auto you will regreted belive me, i been througt that road before.

 
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^^^ what? lol

 
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My civic is a manual and thankfully, it was my first one. My parents all know how to drive manual or standard transmissions and when it came for me to drive, like when i was 15, they said learn stick or you don't drive.

SO i learned stick and I love it. Manual over auto any day.

 
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X2 I needed a car and found a nice civic the only thing was it was a auto. But I will say this when I get into traffic I love my auto other than that I want my manual.

 
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I will admit I beat my car to all h*** and have went threw a trans so I got a new one and I am a tad less harsh on it no more n dropping. I want a manual

 
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i used to drive a 96 manual but i drive a 2000 automatic now. my dad said that he wants to borrow my car from time to time and he's too lazy for a manual (city driving. the traffic hellish from where i came from).

at first, i was bummed about it. but when i learned to drive at 110 kph at d3, i learned to love it.

i wish i still have my manual though...

 
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Auto at the race track , manual on the road.

 
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Manual FTW!

 
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If i could help it I would never drive an auto again. Not just in a honda. Any auto car to me is boring.

 
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if you are going to go that far you shoul also think pure engine swap. other wise for he time and parts you would almsot be better off elling and buying a manual ex or lx if ya like your current engine

 
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ya exept if you slam the accelerator you are ahead for the first 20 feet haha

 
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manual civic = large gokart

 
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My first car was a manual Vw, I got my permint with it.. After that all my cars has been manual and thats all i drive.. But as u get older u going have that feeling for the auto, like the other night i took my dads 05 VP and its an auto, yea its slow but i love the way i can just chill and drive...