Do you prefer manual or automatic ?

Manual or Automatic transmission?

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On this forum, I get the feelings that manual transmissions are for super Chads and automatics are sissies who can't handle the power. Lol! šŸ¤£

Seriously though, they will say that having a manual gives you more control over your vehicle, but you can put automatics into manual mode to control your gearing.

They will also say that having a manual has one less computer to break on your vehicle, but unless you're driving a very old car or truck, most things on your engine are controlled by computers anyhow.

What do you guys thinks?
 
Any manual forever, especially with the hundreds of miles of country road around here.
 
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Automatic. I havent driven a manual in like 15 years, i'm sure i forgot how to drive one. If i decide to do any local racing i would definitely choose manual.
 
I love a manual on the open road. In the city not so much, especially here where there are so many hills. I'll take an automatic for my daily driver, but a manual on the weekend is nice.
 
Plies said:
Heimdall, you might drive automatic, but did you know that you automatically drive me crazy?
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Manual all the way. Alas, in the states at least it really limits your car options. If they could somehow make a fake manual/clutch system for an EV, I might actually consider one.
 
Manual trannies haven't been in newly produced cars for decades now, excepting a few companies who cater to the tiny group of people who still want to shift gears themselves in their niche sports cars like Miatas and GT86's

I believe Porsche no longer offers a standard manual tranny option on the 911, because the cars have gotten so fast that no human can shift the gears fast enough. They might still offer one on the Cayman and Boxster, I'm not sure about that
 
Unknown Soldier said:
Manual trannies haven't been in newly produced cars for decades now, excepting a few companies who cater to the tiny group of people who still want to shift gears themselves in their niche sports cars like Miatas and GT86's

I believe Porsche no longer offers a standard manual tranny option on the 911, because the cars have gotten so fast that no human can shift the gears fast enough. They might still offer one on the Cayman and Boxster, I'm not sure about that
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I'd like a Civic Type R that's automatic even thought most enthusiasts would say that's blasphemy.
 
poppabk said:
Oh its just that little tease where you think maybe traffic is gonna start moving again, you get in to 3rd for 1 second and then nope.
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Bonus for the bottlenecks that EVERY SINGLE TIME GO AWAY ON THEIR OWN. I was just standing for 20 minutes, I pass the bottleneck:
1. No accident
2. No lane closures

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Well, I drive automatic daily, but I want to learn manual for casual joyride in curvy road with MX-5 if I can... if that's as fun as enthusiasts say.
 
I plan to learn manual eventually, but for now I drive automatic. My first car was sitting around so long, the transmission had a bump between 1st and 2nd gear. I had to let off the gas to shift it like a manual
 
There's no way on earth id drive an auto.

You have no idea how hard it was to get a manual in Mauritius. Every bugger out there drove an auto, Cyprus was a pain in the arse too.

Good damn bumper car drivers everywhere.
 
I used manual for most of my life. Now I love automatic. It's just safer, in dangerous situations you don't have to think which gear you have to put in. One thing less to distract you. And if you still want to shift, there's still the possibility to do so (although limited).

For off-road or fun I can understand it. But for 99% of every day challenges? Hell yeah, get automatic.
 
I have a semi automatic. I very rarely change gear myself, mostly when I hit 75-80 on a dual carriageway or motorway and it's still in 6th or 7th I'll pop it into 8th before I put cruise control on. That said, I drove manual for 20 years and have no problem switching back and forth.
 
I learned on a manual and it's what I'm used to, so I'll stick with that. Learning on an automatic is probably easier. But because I'm used to manual shifting gears just feels natural to me and I do it without thinking. So it's not like it's a chore. I think I'd also miss the control manual gives you.
 
Automatic gearbox is less fuel efficient more complex more expensive to repair and less fun around country lanes. Sure if all you do is cruise on the freeway.
 
Manual. It's more masculine than the sissies who use automatics. 'Oh no, I have to shift all the time, my gamer arm hurts.' Screw that. Be a man.

I'm planning to buy an automatic, so forget everything I just said.
 
jason10mm said:
Manual all the way. Alas, in the states at least it really limits your car options. If they could somehow make a fake manual/clutch system for an EV, I might actually consider one.
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It's damn near impossible to get a manual shift unless you are gonna spend big bucks on a fancy sports car.
I'd love to have a manual again. Hell give me crank windows while you're at it. With skyrocketing costs everywhere you'd think there would be a big market for a bare bones auto without all the fancy computer and automated bullshit.
 
Automatic, i don't need to show my masculinity by changing gears in a fucking car and my city is always full choke of traffic, fuck that :lollipop_squinting:
 
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Once you learn that you have to press the brake to start the engine automatic is really easy first time I drove a automatic it took me half an hour to work the brake thing out
 
In traffic heavy areas like big cities, MT sucks ass, but everywhere else it allows for levels of control and enjoyment that can't be beat.

I had one of those cars with an AT and that "bump" shifting mode, where you can tap a lever/button to go up and down gears, that was a reasonably nice concession, but I don't see many new cars with that feature.
 
Proud owner of i30 Fastback 2024.
It's a mild hybrid with a double clutch automatic transmission which also has shifting pedals if you want to play around.

I'd take automatic over manual any hour of the day.

I did test drive also with CHR and i didn't like CVT that much.
 
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Manual, because it's standard here (Netherlands). But no doubt in the future everything will turn to automatic with electric vehicles and stuff.


AHAHAHAHAHA AUTOMATIC, Y'ALL PLAY YOUR GAMES ON AUTOMATIC TOO?
 
Started with manual. Which is/was pretty normal here in Holland/Europe. Owned 7 cars with stick shift. Im now at 8 automatics and cant go back.
 
I've heard that in the US automatic is the shit, but I like manual as it gives me more control overall. Though if I have to drive a long way I prefer automatic as it's so comfortable to just hit the gas and not bother with anything else.
 
sono said:
Automatic gearbox is less fuel efficient more complex more expensive to repair and less fun around country lanes. Sure if all you do is cruise on the freeway.
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If I'm not mistaken I think modern automatics are more fuel efficient these days.
 
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I drove a 5 speed Honda Prelude for 12 years and loved it. I had to get rid of it when my kids were little for a sedan. Now that they're teenagers, I picked up an Infinity Q60S that's 6 speed. It's glorious being back to manual.
 
Being from the UK, it was a manual or nothing (baring a few options) for most of my early driving.

Got a semi auto BMW 3 series nowadays (8 speed auto with paddles) and I wouldn't go back if given the choice.

Motorbike wise tho, you could take my license if they got rid of manual shifting entirely.
 
Unknown Soldier said:
Manual trannies haven't been in newly produced cars for decades now, excepting a few companies who cater to the tiny group of people who still want to shift gears themselves in their niche sports cars like Miatas and GT86's

I believe Porsche no longer offers a standard manual tranny option on the 911, because the cars have gotten so fast that no human can shift the gears fast enough. They might still offer one on the Cayman and Boxster, I'm not sure about that
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I worked on and drove cars at a factory with cars going all over the world (900 cars manufactured a day). Half the cars were still manual when I left 5yrs ago and apparently it's now approaching a third manual and two thirds auto.

US, Canada & Australia were around 20:1, JP about 10:1 and everywhere else ranged from 2:1 to 1:2. UK still favoured manual and Nordic countries especially favoured manual.

Tests for manual driving licenses are still the norm here in the UK and much of Europe, even if you intend to get an auto as a run around. Unless you're disabled, if you only have an automatic license in the UK folks will poke fun at you.
 
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Unknown Soldier said:
I believe Porsche no longer offers a standard manual tranny option on the 911, because the cars have gotten so fast that no human can shift the gears fast enough. They might still offer one on the Cayman and Boxster, I'm not sure about that
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Umm, so I guess you haven't heard. The Cayman and Boxster are switching to all electric. I believe they're only making the gas one for a couple more months.
 
Zathalus said:
If I'm not mistaken I think modern automatics are more fuel efficient these days.
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They tend to be. I mean it helps that lock-up torque converters are pretty much the norm today. (It also doesn't help if you think you're going to save gas in a manual but you shift as though you're driving a race car. IE shift late and keep the RPMs too high.)
 
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