Manual Or Automatic?

[luol_deng]

i like driving both but automatic for me...i drive mostly around inner city or city areas and theres alot of start-stopping and a manual is just too tiring esp if i finish work late and i just wanna cruise home.

 

With newer cars there isnt much difference between fuel economy now as both have roughly the same figures, i do love driving semi-automatics where i can choose to manually shift my own gears using the +/- gear stick or the F1 style behind the steering.

 

Plus if you got a chick your shift hand can do some other shifting hehe

[campocarne]

was looking for car reviews & napadpad ako dito. Anyway, i agree with you guys. For long trips, nothing beats manual trans but for city driving, iba talaga ang matic. I have to admit also that when you text while driving (di dapat pero you can't avoid it at times), it helps pag naka-matic. Tnx & happy motoring!

[rtd326]

for me pag 4/6/10/18 wheeler manual clutch

pag 2 wheeler syempre semi auto matic para walang hirap sa pag drive lusot traffic

[tGaS-u10]

manual..... automatics are for ladies and lazy...

nothing can beat the power and the style of drivin sa manual :cool:

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Which is the reason why I don't like mercedes, even their sports cars are automatics.

[shawnlemon]

manual! cguro im used to it but i tried driving automatic one thing i observed parang hinatak ka...

[pitbull69]

matic since badtrip traffic dito satin. I don't race on the streets naman so I don't need a manual tranny car. Tamad kse ako magdrive eh!

[Guest buru_tus]

manual for driving enjoyment, practicality and easy repair.

 

for driving in the city, i like automatics, BUT you have to set aside money for towing and ALWAYS bring jumper cables, just in case hehe.

 

has anyone tried SMG (Sequential Manual Gearbox)? its an automatic transmission that lets you shift manually through buttons or paddles, like f1. i think its a monstrously expensive system in a car. any feedback from users?

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The Just Recently released 8th Generation HONDA Civic has this option on the 2.0L variant

[meltrob]

manual for provincial drive

matic for city driving

[dakila7]

sa totoo lang, i prefer manual kasi nakakaantok ang matic... but with the current traffic in the metropolis, sarap na mag matic.

[frithjoanne]

matic for me

[kchris2]

Manual. Better response, I hear it saves more on gas than A/T, plus its good to know that you're always in control

[agxo3]

has anyone tried SMG (Sequential Manual Gearbox)? its an automatic transmission that lets you shift manually through buttons or paddles, like f1. i think its a monstrously expensive system in a car. any feedback from users?

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both my '99 land rover discovery and my '04 mini cooper let me work my way through the gears if i want to, or drive in full automatic, which is what my wife does. in fact, most new cars i see have this feature. porsche had this feature (they call it tiptronic) starting way back in the late '80s.

 

i have automatics in all my cars, even the land rover. turns out it's much, much easier to control when climbing over rocks and tree stumps and the like and not having to think about the clutch lets you think about more important stuff, like choosing the best path through the muck and mire, boulders and trees. and for commuting, it's much less work, much less tiring and much less stressful.

[Guest lacey_thong]

automatic for me

[hottlipss]

automatic...don't trust myself with manual...it seems so daunting for me to be shifting gears

and I wanna be able to do other things while driving...like putting make-up on and other things..hehehehe

Edited April 7, 2006 by hottlipss

[pfeffer]

Automatics just get better and better. Tiptronic comes close to emulating manual transmission and given just a little bit more time there shouldn't be a difference.