Stick or Auto

[wa-loaf]

What do you drive? Oh, and automanuals (tiptronic) are still automatics.

Both our cars are sticks. Subaru and VW. Although we might have to move into a minivan soon and will be forced to go auto. We'll always keep one 5sp around.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I drive Automatic and I've always driven Automatic since I started driving 12 years ago. I've never learned stick and have no interest. I figure..why make driving more complicated. Plus I do alot of city driving and eat while I drive quite often..

 

[cbcbd]

Two guys: both handsome, with well paying jobs, loving, caring, etc...

One drives stick, the other auto.

Who would the girl pick?
The one with the stick.

I drive Automatic and I've always driven Automatic since I started driving 12 years ago. I've never learned stick and have no interest. I figure..why make driving more complicated. Plus I do alot of city driving and eat while I drive quite often..

Yeah, I find that driving stick gets in the way of my lunch eating, beard shaving, and cell phone talking. Instead it forces me to pay attention to driving... how very annoying.

 

[skiNEwhere]

Definitely stick, I feel like I have so much more control over my car, and it helps out alot in the mountains. I hate going uphill in an automatic and I have to practically floor it to get it to downshift and get any acceleration, yea, I realize you can manually downshift in an automatic, but it just doesn't feel right, ya know?

The only think I don't like about a stick is that there is always alot of traffic on I-5, esp. heading into L.A, and there is a lot of hills on it as well. But I think the advantages of a stick outweigh its disadvantages, and the advantages of an auto

 

[skiNEwhere]

I drive Automatic and I've always driven Automatic since I started driving 12 years ago. I've never learned stick and have no interest. I figure..why make driving more complicated. Plus I do alot of city driving and eat while I drive quite often..

Yea I forgot about that. it does suck to drive a stick if your trying to eat at the same time.

O yea you realize what this poll is called? View Poll Results: Sick or Auto

I chose to drive sick

 

[wa-loaf]

Definitely stick, I feel like I have so much more control over my car, and it helps out alot in the mountains. I hate going uphill in an automatic and I have to practically floor it to get it to downshift and get any acceleration, yea, I realize you can manually downshift in an automatic, but it just doesn't feel right, ya know?

The only think I don't like about a stick is that there is always alot of traffic on I-5, esp. heading into L.A, and there is a lot of hills on it as well. But I think the advantages of a stick outweigh its disadvantages, and the advantages of an auto

With your screen name I'd have been very suprised if you said auto. :smile:

 

[cbcbd]

With your screen name I'd have been very suprised if you said auto. :smile:

Lol...

...and don't get me started on auto Corvettes, Mustangs, or any car with muscle.

 

[skiNEwhere]

With your screen name I'd have been very suprised if you said auto. :smile:

Haha yeaaa, this screen name, I've had it since 6th grade, use it for EVERYTHING, so if you see this name somewhere else, chances are its me.

I'd still like to have a lambo, someday.........

 

[bvibert]

I chose stick, that's what I prefer. I own and drive both though for various reasons.

O yea you realize what this poll is called? View Poll Results: Sick or Auto

Fixed it...

 

[wa-loaf]

I chose stick, that's what I prefer. I own and drive both though for various reasons.



Fixed it...

Thanks, I had 2 out of three right!

 

[roark]

Never had an auto. They're nice for renting and driving around in strange cities though.

 

[ctenidae]

Hate driving automatics. Can't stand it.
Partly because I always stomp on the brake pedal with my left foot.

 

[2knees]

I've never owned an automatic. My wifes current car is one however. I almost talked her into buying the outback with a 5 speed but she doesnt have the interest in it anymore. She had a 5 speed integra when i met her, that was a fun car to drive. So for now, it'll be one 5pd (mine) and one auto from here on out.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

The cool thing about Auto is it's less work..but I drive for transportation..not for fun..

 

[klrskiah]

The cool thing about Auto is it's less work..but I drive for transportation..not for fun..

auto.. you can drive with your ski boots on and still eat breakfast on the way to the mountain.

never drove a stick before but it might be a good thing to learn

 

[Marc]

People who drive automatics do so for two reasons:

1) They drive a lot in city stop and go traffic
2) They don't know how to drive a manual

Reasons I drive a manual:

1) The potential for better gas mileage vs an automatic transmission in the same car
2) More control over my observed gas mileage
3) It's safer (assuming you know how to drive a manual properly)
4) I know far better what gear the car should be in than an automatic transmission does.
5) It keeps me more alert when I'm tired
6) Manuals are generally cheaper to repair and easier to work on, especially for the shade tree mechanic


I'll let everyone know if I think of any others

 

[Greg]

Automatic. We're into a 10 year rotation when we buy cars now and I just inherit my wife's 5 year old car and we buy a new one for her. The two Jeeps are both automatic. We both drove standards for years and I'm not really sure how/why we started buying autos. Makes no real difference to me though...

 

[wa-loaf]

Reasons I drive a manual:

1) The potential for better gas mileage vs an automatic transmission in the same car
2) More control over my observed gas mileage
3) It's safer (assuming you know how to drive a manual properly)
4) I know far better what gear the car should be in than an automatic transmission does.
5) It keeps me more alert when I'm tired
6) Manuals are generally cheaper to repair and easier to work on, especially for the shade tree mechanic

7) Push starts when the car stalls or the battery is dead.

 

[ctenidae]

8) Nothing's better than the sound of a well tuned engine hitting red line. Except maybe well tuned skis hitting fall line.

 

[Paul]

Lol...

...and don't get me started on auto Corvettes, Mustangs, or any car with muscle.

Watch it there, Killer.....

I drove nuttin' but stick, til I met my wife...

Now I've had nuttiin' but autos. Can't use her as a designated driver if she will only drive auto, and I have a stick.

'99 convertible Mustang GT. Auto. Still drive like a bat outta Hell. Although, it would be more fun with a manual.