What do you prefer Manual or Automatic transmission?
I was at the Pub the other day with some mates and we got on to the discussion of what kind of transmissions we prefer to drive. I used to drive manual trucks and vans for a living before I got my office job and bought my Commodore back in 2006. Now I've been driving an auto over the past few years I doubt I will ever go back. What about you guys I curious to know?
Couldn't be without my Commodore
Mucca Mad Boys
there are probably 3000 polls in the poll section on this already lol, first car, vl, was manual, ive got a vs 5 litre calais atm, its auto, work trucks and cars are all manual, i prefer manual, but auto is good in traffic sometimes when you just cbf
Well I personally prefer manual, i drove for 2 1/2 years manual and 1 yr auto..
I'm so over auto lol.
Sure traffic is going to suck, but i hate how you drive with the brake on autos, doesn't know what gear it likes to be in, less fun etc..
But cons of manual i suppose you can't be lazy when you wanna be (like if i go dirt bike riding for 4 days and then have a 4 hour drive back home).
I still prefer manual at the end of the day.
How hard can it be?
I prefer the Active Select/Manumatic whatever you want to call it transmission. Best of both worlds, with the traffic my Dad and I know encounter on our respective drives to work make manual infeasible.
At days end, he prefers manual and I prefer automatic - however I must say I have never owned nor really driven a manual beyond a few paddy bashers and a couple of runs around town in mates cars.
The New Ride - The Class 2 Shuttle Craft (VE)
I'll be he comes to get you, some shopping trolley kind of thing, that gets you where your going nice and slow... Well off you go that's fine, the pleasure's all mine.
When I light the nitro on my HQ 454 Monroe!
Depends what i'm doing.
I drive for a living so for a work car I would prefer a manual as it keeps me stimulated during the day and makes the drive more fun and enjoyable.
If its my weekend cruiser then I would probably go an auto to just kick back and relax.
If its a track or performance car then back to manual again. (unless its the drags, then I would prefer a high stall auto)
Give me a manual any day. Can't stand driving autos i get so bored.
I personally can't understand why People buy ss or clubsports that are auto.
You buy those cars to drive not steer. That's just my opinion tho.
Obviously Unsensible
i always prefer a manual. i do not feel like im involved in the driving process in an auto.
it makes me feel like im in more control when driving a manual.
using the gears and not always on the brakes.
if i have a choice i will always get a manual. just because if other people get lazy and do not learn how to drive them. no one (family/friend) but me will be able to drive my car.
only problem with a manual. i keep running out of gears!
if i had 7 gears in my vs it would be perfect for cruising with great fuel economy =P
how about we make the pedals out of sticky rubber and the shoes with steel spikes. at least my shins would like thatOriginally Posted by Jonesy484
The VS would be stupid if it had a 7 speed?
I couldn't imagine a 3.8 or a 5.0 running very well with that many gears that they weren't designed for
Yet Another VS Ute Owner
Manual Manual Manual, is there even a choice....
You feel like you're actually driving, not just pressing stop and go. In auto I feel like I turn into robot mode, in manual I feel as if I'm enjoying my drive.
For those who say waa waa and have a cry about not being able to drive manual in traffic, grow some balls, it's not really that difficult to do...
http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/...first-car.html My VS Ute, 99', S Pac, 5 Speed.
PARTY AND BULLSHIT!
hahaha i did that in my brother in laws VS ute, went to move to a 6th gear, there wasn't one lol
but i'd rather the auto on a daily basis, manual its being pushed aside now more for work or leisure.
full on, they did a study about it and shit!
EDIT: i don't have a manual license (shut up lol) but a manual commodore cost faaark loads more than an auto (really why is that?!).
more fun, you feel like your apart of the machine, its more fuel economical and gives you more power, but when you can't be ####ed driving one, (like quite alot of the world) you buy an auto.
which is pretty much what happened to the manual transmission.
Obviously Unsensible
ok well i wish i had atleast 6 in the ute.
wish the car would be just above idle at 100-110 kph.
i feel like right now when driving on the freeway im using excessive rpm for no reason.
only reason i would get an auto would be if i was given one for work.
even then the work cars are all manual (well 99% are)
how about we make the pedals out of sticky rubber and the shoes with steel spikes. at least my shins would like that
Ecotec just kicked in yo
Depends - for around town, auto. Driving a manual in traffic is a pain in the ass.
For country/highway driving however, manual all the way. Much, much more fun than an auto.
Ive got an auto Clubsport, it's a great car but Im selling it to buy a Manual, probably in the same car.
Almost all my cars have been manual except my LX hatch which had a fully manualized Turbo 350 and the SV6 that i have now which is the 5 speed auto. I prefer manual but for driving to work and back the Auto is convenient. My next car will be a manual though
Auto for daily, manual for a thrasher.
Aint no family cruiser!!!
Cars cost too much.
Most of you young blokes would prefer a manual. Us older blokes have gotten(mostly) over the gear changing thing, and just want to sit back, and take it easy.
With the manual/autos of today, it makes it a bit of both worlds.
And when you have driven a turbo auto on full boost, then come back and say manuals are the best(not)
Banned
Manual's all the way. Bloody auto gives ya the fricken shits!
OEM+
Auto for a daily.
Manual for a weekender.
Had a 93 camry for a bit it should have been an auto, was so boring even as a manual. But a nice car should be a manual so you can drive it in the way they are supposed to be driven. Flat out. How ever our work ute is an auto and it's brilliant in traffic, i hate the city. It's just an xf falcon so even when it was a 5 speed it wouldn't spin the wheels in the wet.
Great White Cranberry
Love driving the manual
traffic or not its the way to drive, but i unfortyunattely cannot drive them no more due to a dead left arm (crash caused permanant injury)
so now I gotta drive auto
Torana Addict
My brother got done for driving a manual on an auto licence a few years ago. Unlucky hahaStill gotta get my manual licence though.. But I drive a manual almost daily...
Less of them built, more sought after.
Change your diff ratio
I half agree about the autos in traffic, but it never really bothered me when I was regularly driving a manual. But if forced to choose, I'd take the manual everytime.
My first 5 or 6 cars were all manual. Now I've somehow ended up with all autos. Until I get my Toranas back on the road anyway.
Aint no family cruiser!!!
im curious to know, all the people that say that autos bore them, are you just driving around a standard slushbox or have you actually driven a built, stalled and shift kitted auto? because theyre far from boring
Going where no late model stato/caprice has gone before.... GAME ON!!
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