well wat would ya??
i have both.
Manual Mazda Rx-7 for fun and hills... also race at mallala when i can.
Auto TR magna for work n back and general driving nice and cruisey car to drive comfortable and stealthy..... no police attention 
each have their useage. and their benifits. pro's cons etc
my scooter will be auto drive..
lol niiice....i wanna get a pocket bike! rofl
wuld it be easier to learn in an auto then switch to a manual later on?... & iz it true that auto's are more fuel efficient?.... sum guys i kno just get manuals 2 look beta coz theyr tools & its tha only way they can look tuff... but then therz sum guys i kno who put it 2 good use & make it look H.O.T! and then therz a whole lot of others that i really CANNOT be stuffd writting about.. and i think i just managd to dig myself into a hole bcoz iv forgoten wat this was about again!!!
maunal all the way!!!!!!, i have had auto, and i was itching to get back in a manual
oh yeah, regarding the auto, wouldn't mind an auto and then manualising it, that would be fun to drive
i miss my manual suzuki
damn auto!
i originally learnt on a auto, never touched a manual. then about 6months after having p's i jumped into a manual and taught myself. (although i have been riding motorbikes since a kid, so that may of helped)
i learnt in an auto.. 6 months later ibought a manual from 50km away...i soon learn to drive manual on the way home.. or it was going to be a long walk....
Manuals to autos are no difference in speed. Chuck the same cars along side each other like a brand new commy, one manual one auto you would find that there is no real difference its just that manual feels quicker as you are changing the gears.
Getting into a high stall car with a shift kit is fun. Getting chirpys outa gears nice. Whne your drag racing you want a auto but when circut racing all the way manual.
I have a 4WD Turbo Nissan and she is manual (actuall 4X4) you need them for when your in the sand mud rocks etc. Just the other week i was stuck in a river at Lonsdale and needet to get ripped out. But its nice to just hop in a car lay back and cruise. Especially in peak hour traffic. Luckily i live 10 mins away from work and dont have that problem.
You cant push start autos, you can tow them at high speed if you break down as you will cook the clutchs in them. Only way to tow a auto say at 40+ is to take the tail shaft out. Autos are heavier due to the stall converter and taking so much oil.
Even tho i learnt in a auto I taught my self to drive a manual. I think the law should be like in W.A if you learn in a auto you should drive a auto but if you learn in a manual you can drive both. This been due to hills starts, stalling etc.... But if anyone who sez thay cant drive a manual well there not trying hard enough! Once you work out the clutch your fine. My mates wife had to learn in his 300Z V6 twin turbo with a real hard clutch and she picked it up in a day or two. I have mates that wont even try. Thay just need the confidence. Easy as!
Harley
manual all the way....you actually feel like you are driving rather than just pressing the go/stop pedal...and yeah, I agree with fo_sho_man....manuals keep you awake better!!!
maybe not necessarily keep you awake, just more focused on the job at hand!!!
I learnt how to drive in an auto, but about two years later learnt in a manual and I will never go back....
absolutely...in total agreeance with you there Harley! I meant that driving a manual keep you focused on the road, and all that is around you, more...I have a friend who drives autos, and she scares the hell out of me coz all she has to do is press the stop/go pedal which she seems to think frees her up for fiddling with the radio, smoking, talking to people in the back seat (head fully turned too), doing her makeup...scary Mary!!! But she won't get a manual coz it would be too hard for her..needless to say I don't/won't drive with her too much...white knuckle fever!!! ha ha
its nice to sit back and not have to worry about the left foot
yeah manuals are nice if you wanna burn fuel and be quick off the mark but i prefer to drive like my granny these days...aaah rancho relaxo
Jonesy has had two Magna's in his short driving career. One auto and one manual, the auto sucked more petrol by far.
mmmm... food for thought. i drive a magna
i am in my 4th manual vehicle since i started driving 12 years ago. i prefer manual myself, but i dont mind driving auto at all.
I just think auto's are suited to larger engine cars more than the smaller
i have always prefered manuals. but my 4w drive i have in canada is auto. im finding i also enjoy auto. especially cruise control love it!@
yeah cruise control is a good advantage! a well i spose if ur on an a highway the old brick on the pedal will do the job for manuals
yeah i think manual's rule....it's easier driving an auto sure but who cares it's funner driving a manual
Haha, cruise control...
Jonesy's first Magna was converted from Auto to Manual, it was an Elante edition Magna, so it had cruise control. When you set the cruise control and then hit the initiate button, didn't matter what gear it was in, it would rev the fuck out of it to 'get the car up to speed'...or so the car thought. Whoever did the conversion, didn't do the full job, it was funny having cruise control set to 100 and initiating it in 1st gear..vvvvrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrghghghghghghghh-bahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
that would've been a classic
love it!@ manual hands down... more control, can play with it more.. imo, if u want straight line speed... auto, plus if you're running turbo theres less lag... i dont like the way auto's kick back gears or the way they change forward either. The revs gimme the shits all the time... there's alot more to it but i CBF sexplaining it all so...
that would've been a classic yeah i agree. with auto's they rev out to the max b4 they decide to change....also if ya bored u can do more with a manual..
miney, do you have your license?
auto.. so i can eat / read / write / text / whatever while drinking
ahem.... while 'driving'........
but yes.. autos are convenient
manuals are FUN!
lucky i'm crossed eyed and can see book and road at same time!
auto all the way!
manual looks way 2 complicated for me... hehe
what can i say, i'm a lil lazy..
Manual all the way....I feel like I have more control of the car (not that I don't have conrol in an auto... but u know what I mean!)
Monice - I'm guessing you haven't learn to drive yet... my advice is learn in a manual
I learnt in an auto, and didn't drive a manual til I bought one. A couple of laps around the block and I had it sussed!
I really don't understand how people say they can't drive a manual... its really not hard!!!!
Manual's have generaly been more efficient over the years, but with more 5 speed autos on the market these days that might change
manual definately. how else r u gonna hear the turbo spooling up and down and that music 2 my ears PSSHHHTTTT between each gear. manual 4 sure :-)
i think its BMW that have the 7 speed auto.. or maybe Merc.. i'm sure the Maybach would tho
far out.. not long before they are trucks
volkswagen beatles have 5 speed autos...
we got two of them.. both convertables..... got full tiptronics in them can set em as auto or manual shift.. quite zippy.. but yes... nto my style of car... i was dissapointed we got rid of the Z3 and got beatles instead....
oh, the Z3, I like that car, especially how I had one for a weekend last year, I would happily own one..
yeah i woudlnt mind one... tho i got eaten alive by a WRX.... in the world of cars.. i reckon the Z3 is like a lil bulldog... heavy front end.. feels weighty and up front.. but a joy to drive.. i miss that car... nothing like cruising the bay in it in the middle of summer
bright red.. roof off... blackleather interior.... hmmmmm
Manual all the way.... mine's a manual, and that was a specific when i brought it.. i refused to give in and buy an automatic (they were cheaper!?!)
but i do have to drive the company cars sometimes and i always do the stupid thing of going to put my foot on the clutch and then realising there is no clutch!! or even going to change gears and hitting it into neutral!!
without a doubt manual.... have u ever seen kids sitting in their front yard on a chair pretending to drive and auto!!!!!!!!!!! no.... u have to have the gears...
funny considering i said id never buy a manual, and the only 2 cars i have had have been, and there is no way i would buy i auto..
once u have had stick....................lol
yeah.. i was always like.. I'm gonna pay the extra and get an auto!! but then i learnt to drive a manual (my dad is a great teacher) and now i wouldn't buy an auto for all the money in the world (well, maybe i would but you get what i mean!)
but give me any car and i can drive it... manual, auto, stick shift.
It really depends on what you do with your car? 
I drive a manual for running around in, but a few years ago when I had to drive from Adelaide to Sydney and back at least once a month, F@$K going without cruise control. and I have yet to see a manual with it.
Aaaand, I don't like the idea of towing a boat with a manual either (good to have family and mates that drive big boring auto's)
well... my car is a manual and it has cruise control!
not that i know how to use it, but at least i can say my car has it.
Ahh.. with the towing, my partners parents have a 4WD!
I dont drive, but have driven & i prefer Auto!
Auto in a big luxury cruiser.
Auto in 8 second drag car
Auto in a tow car
Manual in a rotor and anyother street, track car.
My B/F wants to convert our car to manual, but i say no!
He'll be getting sideways everywhere!!!!
....i have a '98 VT HSV manta, V8, 5sp (and cruise haha...) ....plates now read KNDEMD.
manual all the way, that way you dont get bored while driving and are forced to do other things instead (smoking grrrr ). You use less fuel aswell especially in the city.
....i have a '98 VT HSV manta, V8, 5sp (and cruise haha...) ....plates now read KNDEMD.im not that into cars, honestly if i could get it i would get an armchair with wheels
Manuals all the way for learning to drive... i think its better to learn the hardest first and then work out an easier way to do it...
i lovingly remember learning the manual...
first time in the old green bush basher on the farm, 12 years old... dad standing outside the window directing me on how to get into first gear and take off... stalling... dad returning and telling me how to get into first gear... dad steps away... i manage to get into first and take off... turning the wheel... dad's running up to the driver side door telling me to stop the ute... i stall... and wonder why he's freaking out... dad, while slightly out of breath, tells me i just did a giant slow donut in the field and we're going to have to go drive over it a few times or the big boss will freak out himself...
hahaahahahaahahhah classic! so that was 40c for 2 stalls and my first donut!
i think i ended up paying day a few dollars before i mastered the art of driving...
and now if i get into an auto, when i hear the engine get to the changing point im still determined to chage gears! but i do like driving auto in the city...
). You use less fuel aswell especially in the city.
i hate to feel the gear change and know im not doing it, some autos are real bad and jump when they change gears........
last nite we didnt have a choice now did we....lol....
nope! and you knew it when you slowed down and couldnt 'drop' gears to keep the acceleration going... now that i was bummed about!
was fun tho, im pretty sore but i have new friends.......
....i have a '98 VT HSV manta, V8, 5sp (and cruise haha...) ....plates now read KNDEMD. i'll have to say manual...and Hefty one of my mates had an EF Falcon 5spd with cruise before (factory fitted). So they are around...
yeah, I've driven a manual Z3 with cruise..
letmeteachyou's RAV4 is manual with cruise..
....i have a '98 VT HSV manta, V8, 5sp (and cruise haha...) ....plates now read KNDEMD. i'll have to say manual...and Hefty one of my mates had an EF Falcon 5spd with cruise before (factory fitted). So they are around...love the manuals, but i wouldnt mind driving the new BF falcon with the new 6 speed auto
I learnt on Auto, and have driven only that so far.
To be honest sometimes I muse with the idea of buying a manual car - it'd make driving more interesting while learning it, and there'd be a little more control over the power thats going to the wheels, etc.
I'm cool with auto - nice, lazy driving
Jutsin, I'm gonna move to auto soon as I'm too lazy to bother with manual, and to be honest, in peak hour, its more of a pain than a joy.. start and stopping is annoying. if I do find the car I want in manual, I wont walk away though, I'll just put up with peak hour manual driving for another 3 yrs..
its sooo much cheaper to maintain a manual too, no annual transmission fluid changes like on an auto..
manual ain't a pain in peak... it becomes second nature and u don't even think about doin it :|
My mate (raving ham)
has a pcket bike it is wicked but it keeps screwing up. U have to fix it after u use it!
and i prefer auto. Just because i havent learnt manual
manuals are so much better.....i learnt in an auto and then taught myself the manual......i wish i coulda seen me from a distance bunny hoppin round the suburbs lol but now its all second nature....dropping the clutch in a manual is awesome!!
manual is where its at always. auto is so boring. plus with manual you are so much in control of the car more. manual is faster too (unless you spend big $ on the auto an take use it for drags only), manual you can do better burnouts an sidewayz action too
i have a manual V8 commodore an wouldn't want it any other way
good taste given-to_fly!!!! manual......commo and a v8......my kinda wheels
em, so will i see simon driving a v8 commo ?
i can only hope foonji!!!! still gotta try and talk some sense into him and get him to come over to the sumpreme side and away from bloody ford shit!! hehe
i'm sure i've said this before, but just reiterating... MANUAL all the way!!
ppprriiiffff, holden crap, as i said b4 BF ford falcon Turbo 6, 6 speed man!!!!
bbbbahahahaha, ok enough said
as long as it creams all the fords out there who cares!!!! lol
i've only had manual cars and find it rather strange driving in an auto when there is that pause before the transmission kicks back a gear, especially when you need the power NOW not in 3 seconds. i like to drive my cars as i want to, not neccessarily as the auto trans wishes.
Manual is great, both my cars are manual, but my brothers auto R31 goes really hard.. so I dont really know what to think anymore.
I enjoy driving a manual, the exhaust note is much nicer as you gear down etc, and it gives you more to do then just steer/brake/accelerate.
People tend to think of automatic as the old technology.. slow acceleration, power loss, etc... auto transmissions have come a long way, but are still boring to drive.
Ive owned autos and I dont really want another one.
So my vote goes manual for more fun
I love my manual cars, especially my 4 cyl maual cars are so light and so much fun. Some people love the sound of a hot V8 and so do i bit i prefer to drive a 4cyl Turbo manual. There is nothing like the shove in tha back as your turbo spools up, your wheels break traction and away you go. Then change into 2nd blowoff valve BARSHHHHHH more wheelspin. Oh what fun it is to drive a single turbo fuel injected sleigh.
Autos do have their uses.
Like when you driving at about 3 kph (not stop / start, just very very slow all the time) north along the east side of Darling Harbour in Sydney heading up the long steep onramp onto the bridge.
In my manual rx8 with a heavy clutch, it was extremely hard going. An auto would have been nice there.
I like my auto's- then i just have to drive and change the music!!
Scott likes manuals- probably coz he know that means i wont drive hus car 
I can only drive auto... many a male has tried to teach me how to drive PROPERLY!!!
But as one young man will verify i suck.... at least my car doesnt squeak anymore
i have to say i love my auto love 2 be able 2 concentrate more on what tunes r on than what gear im in.
and they have other useful perks 2
i mean fellas how bout this?
ur driving along with a hot chik whos trying 2 giv ya head n u hav 2 keep stoppin 2 change gears???????
ANNOYING
concentrate on wat?? u don't even think about it... it comes naturally
agreed! it's like riding a bike, you never forget, and once you get the hang of it you don't even realise!
Agreed, you don't need to concentrate on gearing, your body just knows how to operate it.
i thought my car was automatic for months.. then i realised it was manual...
what a day that was!
looks like everyone else thinks auto sux too: methinks that the people who care enought to vote are all the ones that like to drive (and i mean DRIVE, not just get from a to 
.
we all have ahd to learn manual gears once upon a time, but i don't even think about it now, it's all just part of the experience, and most of us probably don't need to hear the engine to know when it's time to change, so crank the cun' up!
manual, all the way.
im a manual girl myself... i get bored driving auto...
manual, manual, manual...it's fun changing gears.....automatics are for lazy peeps!!!! haha...
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i used to have an auto until about 2 weeks ago, it was a VL commodore and it chugged the fuel. I now have a little manual mazda (keep stalling at main roads) lol, and i put $15 petrol in it 4 days ago, and still don't need to fill up....lovin it
Manual all the way...
I seriously can't understand people that can't/don't/won't drive a manual. So much more fun, and IMO, you have more control over the vehicle.
Auto's bore me.
I used to have a manual Mitsi Colt, fair thrash around car. It runs well in a carpark when u chuck 2 of those green sprinkler covers under tha back wheels and drive with the handbreak all the way up. I've never seen a car slide sideways so easily. (ah those were the days, fun times. lol )
But yeh manuals all the way, you have more control over the car.
uh depends on what the car is for......my day to day car has a manual trans in it (after I ripped the auto box out and replaced it with a 5 speed out of a R32) but I'd actually like to convert it back to an auto one day
.....as far as aural excitment a 4 speed strait cut crash box', no clutch on the way up, double clutch on the way down......
)I brought my car as an auto its a eb s2 ford falcon I had it changed over to a manual about a year and a half ago. in that time i have had to replace part of the fire wall because the clutch cable pulled throught it and left a big hole. The person i got to fix it Simax engininring put a plate ocer the hole so that my clutch cable was pulling through on a 45 degree angle. i just got the cable fixed when the clutch plate wore down to the pot riverts so i had a heavy duty extream race clutch put in in and havent had a problem since now it goes really well. so even with all the problems i prefer manuals just upgraded ones
I'd choose a manual by far....i have an auto at the moment but would love to change it to manual
personally i'd prefer a chauffer!!
don't recommend it...
preferance isn't always avaliable maule good auto have arrrrghh
maule good auto have arrrrghh
best to learn i an auto.. have your licence.. and go from there... (which what i did,... my amzing story.. below) but yes.. if your a fast learner... then get into the manual right at the start. but doing the P's test is a lot easier in an auto... esp starting on a hill, etc! hehe
My amazing driving story! hehe:
I got my learners first time... studied like hell.. so got full marks... aww.. damn.. me so so proud!!! hehe... the funny thing was tho... we didnt have a car... so i had to renew my L's once before i had saved up enough money for lessons!! so i took in as much as i could when i had my first lesson, which was in an auto!! hehe. My first lesson was scary as. i got behind the wheel.. drove off... and my teacher was like.. wow... how long you been driving?? i was like... um.. about a minute... this is my first time. so he was like.. oh yes.. lets go onto the main road.. whoch is bloody three lanes... on the verge of freaking out... i somejhow managed it... and drove without crashing into anyone... sigh... so so scared.. but hey... you dont get anywhere if you never take risks i guess
Two days later or sumthing... my next one hour lesson and he was like.. yes.. your progressing along nicely... in the meantime.. im shaking and toightly grasping the wheel!!! hehe. but yes.. the 4th lesson came along... and i was already starting to be a lot mmore confident... and got my first taste of speeding whilst driving down a hill. hehe... oops... 90km/hr in a 60 zone... hehe back in those days.. there wasnt 50 zones yet!! damn i feel old.
but yes.,.... on my 6th lesson.. he was like.. ok.. i;ll book you in for a test.. i was like... umjm... ive only had 6hours of driving in my life... umm.. help.... so i had the next four .. so only ten hours driving (10 lessons) in total.. went for the p's test and got it!! mid 90's range.. like 96% i think!! i was like wow... hehe.. then i never drove... or maybe once i drove... before i got my full lisence when i turned 19!! hehe... i remeber the day i got my full lisence... i went to work and told my work mates.. and they were like ...wow?? what did you have to do??? and i was like.. turn 19!! hehe!! poor peeps that have such a rigmoral to go thru to get their licence now-a-days!!!
I can drive properly now.. im no longer scared... been driving so many peeps cars.. manuals too... hehe.. friends get drunk.. i dont usu drink that much.. so drive em home!! w00t!! theres my story!!! long winded? i know.. dont have to read it! hehe
Mwahs to ya@!!!!
i learnt how to drive a tank. almost 5week course, 7 days a week... well that included gunnery, servicing and 2 weeks of actual driving.
don't recommend it...
maule good auto have arrrrghh unless i goin thru tight shit, where both hands are needed. Manual....
but i need an extra leg for the third pedal...
help..
M
the SS way....
i learnt in an auto, never having driven a manual before.
did my 6 hrs off driving tests passed everything, thent eh driving instructor said to me " sorry we didint get time ina manual but since u drive one all the time already i didint think we woudl need ot worry"
i owned an auto....
3 months later i bought a torana 50km away from where i lived. and taught myself how to drive on that 50km stretch of open highway...
luckily enuff im a competent driver, and pick things up very easily.
that and driving the odl auto family car since i was 12... so driving was never an issue.
doing my MR truck licence my instrcutor was suitably impressed enuff to make our 'final drive' not just round the regency area.. instead in morning traffic at 8am.. down thru north adelaide thru king william st out other side up free way off at eagle on the hill up free way up to my lofty and then back down old green hill road.
NOW THAT tested out the limits of control on a guy that had only really driven trucks for 4hrs....
PASSED with almost 100% in all areas..
now.. i race my car at mallala in the regularity class, and compete in motorkhanas when i get the chance to aswell.
Manual by choice for pure driving pleasure..
auto for work and city driving
and scooter.. auto bike.. fun
I just had an idea, next time somebody has a driving test, tell the instructor your dad works at the immigration department
100%
Manual by far... had an auto celica till recent events... stupid rain anyway.... just bought a manual 95 celica... so much better to drive
had driven manual a few times before in a way of a mazda van and ta22 celica... not the best... but now since im driving manual all the time im picking her up pretty damn quickly
didint know the white beast had come unstuck???
will have to ask a few questions next time i see ya nigell, hope no one hurt in the demise of the ST,
chuck up some pics in the " show us your dings" thread, and also "show us your car" of the latest ride
The first time I drove a manual I got thrown the keys to the work van (in my old job) and told to drive accross the city to make a delivery in half an hour. It was O.K I only had one accident and second gear syncro was never the same again.....lol.....
In my current job I had to do a lot of work in the art of Italian manual gearboxes (think Italian women...like dealing with my Girlfriend), crash boxes and gearboxes that never worked to start with :S
Still I wish I could convert my day to day car back to auto....*sigh*
auto for sure!! ive attempted to learn to drive a manual and while i did learn the basics it drove me crazy!!!
Cmon, manual for the win, of course, auto is good for ye olde people and mid city driving but everywhere else you can get away with a stick shift
im still trying to work out the
[Other]
option???
i have an auto magna..
a manual rx7
and an auto scooter..
soon a manual motor bike..
maybe it means foot powered - you have only two options
fast or slow
Tip tronic aka the new magnas and falcons?
and less on the transmision. plus im lazy and CBF chaning my car over from auto to manual 
