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Automatic of Manual Transmission?

12K views 62 replies 48 participants last post by  TheKoreanSaab 
#1 ·
Automatic of Manual Transmission?



 
#52 ·
robs02elantra said:
I just think that with something as potentially dangerous as driving (or as my dad calls it, piloting a 2 tonne bomb) I don't think it is wise to make it so people have less to do.
I don't have a problem with preferring a manual over an auto, but that statement is just total B.S. You may not think it's wise, but unless you can show some evidence that indicates manual transmission cars are safer than autos, you're just so much hot air.
 
#53 · (Edited)
Well, I am sorry that I did not present my case well enough. I just think that if we could get some people who think they can drive, and talk on phones at the same time, or other things like that in an automatic, to then go and do something else with the other hand and leg...we might have more people concentrating on the task at hand.

Anyway, like I said, sorry for not giving my opinion in a better way. Here's hoping that I don't fail my words again in the future.

(no sarcasm at all, honest!)
 
#56 ·
LOL I talk on the phone sometimes while i shift gears :)

Anyways... Here's what I think: driving is a PRIVILEGE, not a right. You have to earn it. Some people like (don't get me wrong here) handicaps, or normal people just drive like idiots, or 89 year olds that parasite our streets with their bad vision and 15 kph driving speeds, well, they should be using common transportation.

A car is no joke. You are driving a man killing weapon. If you aren't able to drive stick, your reflexes aren't good enough. You don't have good eye/hand coordination. You shouldn't drive at all.

End of rant :D



 
#57 ·
automatic, because it was my only choice for the money i had, along with the horrible champagne color
 
#60 ·
st_anger5532 said:
and i cant drive an atomactic when ever i try i always tend to slam on the brake cause i want to push in the non existant clutch.
Buy a car with an AT and you'll cure yourself of that pretty quickly. When I was driving a 5-spd Ford Aspire and my wife and an AT Escort, I did the clutch-foot-on-the-brake panic stop several times!
 
#62 ·
i did the clutch foot on brake pedal as doohickie calls it once and my brother hit the dashboard lol it was great i couldnt' stop laughing... even before i had my car i would get into my mom's crappy ford contour and try to hit the clutch to start it... it was weird especially since i had only driven a stick a couple times
 
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