Auto vs Manual - You Decide!

[Clunesymate]

G'day all, do you prefer 4 speed auto or 6 speed manual?
Cheers.

 

[Sandman]

Manual all day every day. Especially in the V6, between the slushbox and the fly by wire the auto is laggy as.

 

[EYY]

Between those two, they're about the same imo. The manual's a nice smooth box but tend to go through 3rd gear syncros if you're a bit rough. The 4 speed auto's are strong boxes but aren't as smooth as a lot of the newer boxes.

I'd buy a falcon with the 6 speed auto (if I had to choose a car based purely on the transmission)

 

[Drawnnite]

Manual all day every day.
just enjoy it more and it feels weird not changing gears

although there are times when an Auto would be nice as a daily for ease of driving

 

[Capsule]

I'd love to drive a manual with no traffic and open roads all day long but hey, for everyday use, auto 200%, even tho the 4 speed doesn't do justice to the auto world.
6 speed auto is better, but nothing beats a double clutch auto, not even a manual.

 

[timmy201]

I bought a V6 wagon, so I had no choice... it's also supposed to be a daily driver/dog carrier/tow car/windsurfing car and not a sports car so I don't mind having an auto. Then again, if I bought a VY SS Wagon it definitely would have to be manual.

Having read reviews of the car when they were new, and supposedly how clunky the gearboxes were, I was surprised how smooth the changes are the majority of the time (although I drive pretty slow most of the time).

I have a 6 speed manual gearbox in my Mazda3 which shifts very nicely. I never use 5th gear though, which kind of ruins the point of having a 6 speed...

 

[Tonner Matt]

My old VS ute & the missus VX sedan were both autos. Both of them were our daily drivers too. In daily traffic to and from work I actually preferred them over a manual car

My 1 Tonner is not my daily driver, it's manual and I wouldn't have it any other way, I prefer to be choosing what gear I am in at any given time when driving it.
It may sound kinda strange to some, but I just feel like I am more in synch with the vehicle

 

[C B]

Manuals FTW!!! I pretty sure you can't drift an automatic car haha