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Poll

Manual or Automatic

Manual50%50% - 69
Automatic26%26% - 37
Prefer manual but because of traffic i use an auto13%13% - 19
Fuck cars, i use a bike, SMG ftw9%9% - 13
Total: 138
2006-10-15 18:49:59
ts-pulsar
Member
+54|6759

Stingray24 wrote:

Gawwad wrote:

Automatic is great for long trips and getting drom A to B with out really doing anything. Manual makes you actaully drive the car

For every day life, I'd go for automatic. Manual is for fun.

They should make a car with full manual and full automatic gears!
Agree, auto is just easier in the Midwest with snow and bad road conditions in the winter.  Let's me keep both hands on the wheel for better control.
I find I prefer manual in the snow.  Gives me a lot more control over how much power I'm putting down to the road/snow.  Makes it a lot easier to keep my tires from spinning. 

Which brings up another point, to me a triptronic gearbox is more of a compromise than getting hte best of both worlds.  Half the reason I like a manual transmission is because of the clutch.  I gain significant control over the ammount of power that gets to the wheels.  I've done a lot of offroading in my day, and I'm always having to pull my friends out of the mud cause they've got automatics and wind up just spinning the tires
2006-10-15 19:34:18
kr@cker
Bringin' Sexy Back!
+581|6805|Southeastern USA

jsnipy wrote:

Volatile_Squirrel wrote:

All big hauling riggs are manual, right?
they actually make automatics for big rigs
can't remember who it was, think maybe international, made one that can supposedly handle the torque/weight, but they've only been out a few years, if they're gonna be problematic alot of fleet owners are gonna find out in about 2 more years, most of the biggest (80,000# or so) trucks still have 15 to 21 speed sticks
2006-10-15 20:18:04
AlbertWesker[RE]
Not Human Anymore
+144|6900|Seattle, WA

CameronPoe wrote:

joemah wrote:

Auto gives you a free hand to do stuff.
I'm not big on masturbation whilst driving....
Pervert, who said anything about that, he was talking about eating foo.
2006-10-16 03:47:18
Coolbeano
Level 13.5 BF2S Ninja Penguin Sensei
+378|7019

KtotheIMMY wrote:

I can drive both. I'm just not licensed to drive yet...... and I'm 22.
The first post I see from you in quite a while... and its about your ability to use a stick or not.
2006-10-16 03:49:16
Paco_the_Insane
Phorum Phantom
+244|6901|Ohio
ya, i can barely drive an automatic.
2006-10-16 03:50:09
Adams_BJ
Russian warship, go fuck yourself
+2,054|6878|Little Bentcock
Manual
2006-10-16 11:48:49
DocZ
Member
+13|6944|Belgium
I got a manual shifter in my 1337 vehicle, but I prefer an auto, because it just makes driving more fun and easy, plus it's more fuel economic then manual.....
2006-10-16 12:57:13
=OBS= EstebanRey
Member
+256|6806|Oxford, England, UK, EU, Earth
In the UK very few people have an automatic, usually the disabled
2006-10-16 13:19:05
Agent_Dung_Bomb
Member
+302|6992|Salt Lake City

DocZ wrote:

I got a manual shifter in my 1337 vehicle, but I prefer an auto, because it just makes driving more fun and easy, plus it's more fuel economic then manual.....
Huh?  You better look again.  I have yet to see a vehicle with an automatic that gets better gas mileage than one with a manual.
2006-10-16 13:21:56
Agent_Dung_Bomb
Member
+302|6992|Salt Lake City

As for me, if the car has a small engine with minimal HP or a sports car, then the manual.  If the car is more of a luxury ride and has the power, the automatic all the way.

To anyone that says manuals last longer, that isn't true any more.  If you keep the automatics serviced like your supposed to, they can last as long as the car, where at some point you will have to replace the clutch in a manual trans.
2006-10-16 13:23:10
Dressed In Decay
Member
+14|6793
Manual ftw, that's what my dad made me learn to drive on, so that's probably what I'll drive for the duration.
2006-10-16 17:21:17
ts-pulsar
Member
+54|6759

Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:

As for me, if the car has a small engine with minimal HP or a sports car, then the manual.  If the car is more of a luxury ride and has the power, the automatic all the way.

To anyone that says manuals last longer, that isn't true any more.  If you keep the automatics serviced like your supposed to, they can last as long as the car, where at some point you will have to replace the clutch in a manual trans.
Needing to replace the clutch really depends on how the vehicle was driven.  If your nice to the clutch, it'll last for ever.  But if your drag racing all the time it's not gonna last.  And of course the same thing can be said for an automatic.  If your easy on the throttle during acceleration it will last longer.
2006-10-16 17:24:05
kr@cker
Bringin' Sexy Back!
+581|6805|Southeastern USA
been pricing gts lately, the auto's about $980 more too
2006-10-16 17:24:21
Inspect@hDeck
Member
+23|6682|Browntown
My dads care which the one I drive now, because I'm16, has SMG which is way better then manual, and signifcantly better than auto.
2006-10-17 03:12:23
Gawwad
My way or Haddaway!
+212|6941|Espoo, Finland

ts-pulsar wrote:

Stingray24 wrote:

Gawwad wrote:

Automatic is great for long trips and getting drom A to B with out really doing anything. Manual makes you actaully drive the car

For every day life, I'd go for automatic. Manual is for fun.

They should make a car with full manual and full automatic gears!
Agree, auto is just easier in the Midwest with snow and bad road conditions in the winter.  Let's me keep both hands on the wheel for better control.
I find I prefer manual in the snow.  Gives me a lot more control over how much power I'm putting down to the road/snow.  Makes it a lot easier to keep my tires from spinning. 

Which brings up another point, to me a triptronic gearbox is more of a compromise than getting hte best of both worlds.  Half the reason I like a manual transmission is because of the clutch.  I gain significant control over the ammount of power that gets to the wheels.  I've done a lot of offroading in my day, and I'm always having to pull my friends out of the mud cause they've got automatics and wind up just spinning the tires
For example Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) gets rid of that problem on automatic transmission.

I drive a BMW530D and I can't get the tires to spin if I have DSC on. Works a bit like ABS brakes, the computer makes sure that no wheel is spinning and reduces power going to the wheels that are about to spin.
2006-10-17 03:25:40
Deadman
Member
+34|6698|England

PRiMACORD wrote:

Kurazoo wrote:

I have a tiptronic gearbox which means no clutch but still has a gearstick
Tiptronic is still an automatic. You might be telling the car when to shift but you're not the one who does it and as a result, there is a significant shift delay.

The technology is getting a lot better tho, prime examples are the 7 speed autos on mercs and the ZF trannies on bimmers.
There is no delay whatsoever on my Audi S8, lightning fast change.

Also, autos really suit bigger torqier (real word?) engines and thats why they are popular in the US and not so in the UK.
A clutch will be a thing of the past before long, no modern race cars even have a clutch and as always, technology filters down.
2006-10-17 10:31:49
Jenkinsbball
Banned
+149|6804|USA bitches!
Manual all the way. Automatics are for women, pussies, and the disabled. Real men drive manuals.
2006-10-17 10:33:26
h_w_s_b
Member
+6|6673

CameronPoe wrote:

joemah wrote:

Auto gives you a free hand to do stuff.
I'm not big on masturbation whilst driving....
he meant packin a bowl
2006-10-17 11:00:07
Agent_Dung_Bomb
Member
+302|6992|Salt Lake City

Jenkinsbball wrote:

Manual all the way. Automatics are for women, pussies, and the disabled. Real men drive manuals.
Or people who are insecure and trying to compensate for other deficiencies? 
2006-10-17 11:02:48
unnamednewbie13
Moderator
+2,053|7028|PNW

The whole argument of ego-boosting through drive-types is utterly pointless...but somehow I could picture it back in the days of horseback travel: YOUR FRIESAN SUCKS COMPARED TO HORSEZILLA! But of course, real men walked.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2006-10-17 11:04:25)

2006-10-17 11:07:12
jsnipy
...
+3,277|6778|...

Some cars drag faster in an auto ...

anyway .. the car i drive everyday is a manual ... One day coming home from work ... the lights were perfect and I only needed to touch my brake once ...

Last edited by jsnipy (2006-10-17 11:31:37)

2006-10-17 11:25:18
PRiMACORD
Member
+190|6881|Home of the Escalade Herds

Deadman wrote:

There is no delay whatsoever on my Audi S8, lightning fast change.

Also, autos really suit bigger torqier (real word?) engines and thats why they are popular in the US and not so in the UK.
A clutch will be a thing of the past before long, no modern race cars even have a clutch and as always, technology filters down.
Yeah well, it's an S8

Autos do not suit vehicles with more torque, manuals do. It's why big rigs are still manual. It's difficult for automatic transmisions to handle high loads of torque through the torque converter.
2006-10-17 11:31:28
Gawwad
My way or Haddaway!
+212|6941|Espoo, Finland

Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:

Jenkinsbball wrote:

Manual all the way. Automatics are for women, pussies, and the disabled. Real men drive manuals.
Or people who are insecure and trying to compensate for other deficiencies? 
So true
2006-10-17 17:46:51
ts-pulsar
Member
+54|6759

Gawwad wrote:

ts-pulsar wrote:

Stingray24 wrote:


Agree, auto is just easier in the Midwest with snow and bad road conditions in the winter.  Let's me keep both hands on the wheel for better control.
I find I prefer manual in the snow.  Gives me a lot more control over how much power I'm putting down to the road/snow.  Makes it a lot easier to keep my tires from spinning. 

Which brings up another point, to me a triptronic gearbox is more of a compromise than getting hte best of both worlds.  Half the reason I like a manual transmission is because of the clutch.  I gain significant control over the ammount of power that gets to the wheels.  I've done a lot of offroading in my day, and I'm always having to pull my friends out of the mud cause they've got automatics and wind up just spinning the tires
For example Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) gets rid of that problem on automatic transmission.

I drive a BMW530D and I can't get the tires to spin if I have DSC on. Works a bit like ABS brakes, the computer makes sure that no wheel is spinning and reduces power going to the wheels that are about to spin.
I'm just not a big fan of stability control, it's mainly cause I used to do autocross and I just learned how to make a car do what ever the hell I want it to do, and I just look at that computer as trying to hinder me.  But that's personal preference.

I'll still say manual for the simple fact that it keeps the driver more aware of the vehicle.

jsnipy wrote:

Some cars drag faster in an auto ...
Actually all high end drag racing vehicles are automatic.  They are very specialized transmissions though, and usually only have two gears (well 3 if you count reverse).  It's mainly because it allows for far faster shifting, which counts for a lot in a sport where tenths of a second can mean the difference between a win and a loss.
2006-10-17 17:49:13
Burks
Member
+2|6899

KILLSWITCH wrote:

I'm assuming most of the people who posted this are from America, because I was surprised at how many people say they use autos.  Are automatics fairly popular in the States??  Just over here in the UK you get hardly any automatcis.  Anyhoo Manual for me.
Automatics are really common. I searched for almost two years for a car I liked that was manual. People here like to eat, smoke, drink, and drive at the same time. They also have this crazy idea that driving a manual in a city is like living in hell. Basically, we're lazy! Manuals are normally found only on the super cheap cars and sports cars in America. Even on a Trans Am they are really hard to find.

Also a lot of drag cars are simply too difficult to drive using a manual. The slightly slip will cause you to stall or blow the tires off the car. Some cars are pretty fucking fast using an auto too. Hell, a lot of people dragging LS1 Trans Ams use an auto and part for part are normally faster.

Last edited by Burks (2006-10-17 17:51:29)

 

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