Automatic or Manual (driving poll)

[phoenixcager]

I've driven both, and I like manuals for non-rush hour driving and manuals for peak periods....for obvious reasons, of course.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Saras... car is to get me places. I'd rather have an automatic gear change for that. Keeps both my hands on the wheel.

[Asher]

I prefer an automatic when doing city driving.
Manual when doing 'fun' driving (racing, which I never do ) or a drive up into the mountains.

I learned on a manual, but both cars I drive are automatics right now.

[aaglo]

Re: Automatic or Manual (driving poll)

Originally posted by drake
So, to the people that drive, do you drive a vehicle with an automatic transmission or a manual?
Which is better? Why?

The options were:
1 Automatic
2 Manual
3 I don't drive
4 I don't have a license yet
5 Other

What bothers me is the third option. Are you trying to look for possible trolls?

And fourth option. Are you looking for criminals also?

My choise was obvious: MANUAL. I just can't get the sensation of driving with automatic - it's boooring (unless it is a PASI; armored transport)

[Sprayber]

I learned to drive with a manual and have always had manual veichles. It just feels right. I recently had to help teach my SO to drive a stick. Not a very pretty sight.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk
*Looks at auto tranny on truck*

*Notes the '2' and the '1' next to the 'D'*

Changing from 1 to 2 to D, kind of defeats the purpose of an automatic.

[aaglo]

In the manual gearstick:
1,2,3,4,5 and R for Rally

[drake]

Aaglo - I don't drive means, I don't drive. Some people don't own cars because they take public transportation to work (get it?)

And the "I don't have a license yet" is for the younger kids on the board

25 manual to 10 auto...good choice poly

[Eroberer]

I think the real world percentages for manual transmission usage is some 89% of cars in Europe, and only 16% in the US. I think those are early 90's numbers, too. It's so f*cked up here, that Lexus introduced the IS300 (225bhp) with no stick option, and Acura doesn't even have plans for a stick-shift for it's 3.2CL type-S (260-bhp), both of which are supposed to be BMW 3-series fighters. I don't know if that means much to anybody else, but it's bleeding ridiculus to me.

I want to know, do Europeans get top-tier Mercedes-Benz's with stick shift options? I am almost certain that if you ask, Mercedes will find a manual tranny to put in any model, but do Europeans see this on any window stickers?

[drake]

A supposed "sports car" without a stick shift is an abomination!

[MattHiggs]

The power band in my car is 6000-8000 revs and if I had an auto this would take out about 30% of my acceleration.

Can you tell I race cars

[The Mad Monk]

Originally posted by Big Crunch


Changing from 1 to 2 to D, kind of defeats the purpose of an automatic.

I like to think of it as 'enhancing the versitility without sacrificing the convenience'

[drake]

I don't race, but it doesnt take much driving to figure out you can't take off in an auto like you can in a manual

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk
I like to think of it as 'enhancing the versitility without sacrificing the convenience'

Are you a used car salesman by any chance?

[Garth Vader]

Accelerating fast is useless anyway. It just means you have to stop quickly for the next light