Current Events > Driving automatic first time today, and I dont like it.

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At work.

Boring and I feel much less in control.
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Switch job with the mailman and you will love it.
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I drive at my job home to ppl etc, I dont care. Manual feel better
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You dont care about the poor mailman?
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I mean I want manual.
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RedWhiteBlue posted...

Manual is more work and boring as fuck.

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On the track, manual is obviously the way to go. Just driving around the city, however, I don't really see how it would be anything other than a nuisance.
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byron posted...

Azardea posted...

RedWhiteBlue posted...

Manual is more work and boring as fuck.

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UnholyMudcrab posted...

On the track, manual is obviously the way to go. Just driving around the city, however, I don't really see how it would be anything other than a nuisance.

I dunno, I like manual in the city
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I couldn't live without the engine braking that a manual offers

treewojima posted...

I couldn't live without the engine braking that a manual offers

Ya thats true as well. I do that plenty
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Automatics get better mpg and are easier to use. Unless you've been modding your car, you'll never experience the real benefits of a manual car
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Automatic lets you deed and drive

I drive both on a regular basis and don't really care anymore. It all comes down to the car. If I'm driving a bigass truck/van/land boat, I really don't care how much "control" I have over the engine/gearbox. If I'm driving a Miata, it had better be manual or else it's worthless because control is about all you get in one of those.
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i drive a toyota 4runner

i like automatic
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you as a human are far less efficient than a automatic car can ever be. you driving a manual gives you less control by default
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I only drive cars where you have to physically hand crank the engine to get it to start. I like being in more control over my automobile.
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UnholyMudcrab posted...

On the track, manual is obviously the way to go. Just driving around the city, however, I don't really see how it would be anything other than a nuisance.

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RoboLaserGandhi posted...

Automatic lets you deed and drive

Manual works well in the highway
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YookaLaylee posted...

Automatics get better mpg

No they don't. At least they didn't until they came out with 8+ speed transmissions, might be different now
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Do a daily commute that involves sitting in traffic stopping and starting every 30 seconds so that you can spend 20 minutes trying to travel 3kms. That's why people like automatics.
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I've driven manual for ages, it has lost it's novelty and I am counting down the days until my first automatic. Being stuck in heavy traffic in a manual is reason enough for me to switch to automatic, even if it hardly ever happens.
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moose_knuckle posted...

YookaLaylee posted...

Automatics get better mpg

No they don't. At least they didn't until they came out with 8+ speed transmissions, might be different now

Yeah it's way different now dude. The biggest difference now is that people with manuals force out more acceleration when getting up to speed.

I like manuals but I do miss having an auto for that grind.
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Manual brings out your masculinity and pulls more betches
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yoshirulezz1 posted...

Manual brings out your masculinity and pulls more betches

I can guarantee no one cares about your stick shift ability
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YonicBoom posted...

I drive both on a regular basis and don't really care anymore. It all comes down to the car. If I'm driving a bigass truck/van/land boat, I really don't care how much "control" I have over the engine/gearbox. If I'm driving a Miata, it had better be manual or else it's worthless because control is about all you get in one of those.

This, basically. Depends on why I'm driving.

treewojima posted...

YonicBoom posted...

I drive both on a regular basis and don't really care anymore. It all comes down to the car. If I'm driving a bigass truck/van/land boat, I really don't care how much "control" I have over the engine/gearbox. If I'm driving a Miata, it had better be manual or else it's worthless because control is about all you get in one of those.

This, basically. Depends on why I'm driving.

Yeah that's a fair point

Those little 1.2 litre engines fucking suck in an automatic. Foot to the floor just trying to get up to highway speed.
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My car is automatic, but I can throw the transmission into sport mode and/or use the paddle shifters if I want more control. Not as genuine as a manual, but honestly who cares in 2017 when even supercars have ditched them.
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If for whatever reason you want to be in second when you should be in third, you could always put your automatic transmission into second. That's what the numbers below the P, N and R are for.

You're only limited if you want to put it in secobd when you should be in first.
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Automatic is faster.

GregShmedley posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

you as a human are far less efficient than a automatic car can ever be. you driving a manual gives you less control by default

This is simply not true.

ok, prove to me a human can change gears more efficiently than an auto
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Rika_Furude posted...

GregShmedley posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

you as a human are far less efficient than a automatic car can ever be. you driving a manual gives you less control by default

This is simply not true.

ok, prove to me a human can change gears more efficiently than an auto

you can shift with most automatic cars nowadays too btw.
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ALIEN_WORK2HOP posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

GregShmedley posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

you as a human are far less efficient than a automatic car can ever be. you driving a manual gives you less control by default

This is simply not true.

ok, prove to me a human can change gears more efficiently than an auto

you can shift with most automatic cars nowadays too btw.

Yes. My auto car allows it. Doesnt mean humans are better than machine
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Driving a manual = walking
Driving an automatic = riding an electric wheelchair
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I know what you mean TC, I drove a car with a floor for the first time this weekend and it's like, wtf am I even supposed to do with my feet
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eston posted...

I know what you mean TC, I drove a car with a floor for the first time this weekend and it's like, wtf am I even supposed to do with my feet

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I only like automatic with flappy paddles or the cheaper buttons like in the Mercedes. I like to be able to choose which gear to be in.

I mainly prefer manual because it feels good to accelerate and go through the gears. Or shift down to overtake.

But its a pain in the ass driving in the city stuck in long ass traffic having to clutch down everytime you come to a stop. It kills your left foot. I live in the rural so my left foot aint trained for it.

Automatic takes that problem away.

Its hard to decide. If I was rich enough, I would definitely get an automatic luxury car like Mercedes. But own a second car in manual. Or at least with flappy paddles where u can choose your gears
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Rika_Furude posted...

ALIEN_WORK2HOP posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

GregShmedley posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

you as a human are far less efficient than a automatic car can ever be. you driving a manual gives you less control by default

This is simply not true.

ok, prove to me a human can change gears more efficiently than an auto

you can shift with most automatic cars nowadays too btw.

Yes. My auto car allows it. Doesnt mean humans are better than machine

yeah I wasn't arguing that
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FF_Redux posted...

UnholyMudcrab posted...

On the track, manual is obviously the way to go. Just driving around the city, however, I don't really see how it would be anything other than a nuisance.

I dunno, I like manual in the city

With today's transmissions manual are pointless unless it is a work truck or race car.
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Rika_Furude posted...

you as a human are far less efficient than a automatic car can ever be. you driving a manual gives you less control by default

You have no idea what you're talking about. Engine braking is a world of difference alone if you live somewhere with a lot of inclined roads.
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I wouldn't trust driving an automatic, is it really that much harder to just control the gears yourself and have more control?
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I always wondered what "more control" entails.

You know, practically. If you just like being able to drive recklessly that really shouldn't count.
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I prefer manual
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I have two manual cars

Fiesta ST
Camaro Z28
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DevsBro posted...

I always wondered what "more control" entails.

You know, practically. If you just like being able to drive recklessly that really shouldn't count.

Yeah I never got that either. What crazy shit are these people doing that requires more control than going, stopping, and steering
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eston posted...

DevsBro posted...

I always wondered what "more control" entails.

You know, practically. If you just like being able to drive recklessly that really shouldn't count.

Yeah I never got that either. What crazy shit are these people doing that requires more control than going, stopping, and steering

So you're basically just ignorant on the subject then.
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eston posted...

DevsBro posted...

I always wondered what "more control" entails.

You know, practically. If you just like being able to drive recklessly that really shouldn't count.

Yeah I never got that either. What crazy shit are these people doing that requires more control than going, stopping, and steering

It is for stuff like if you need power for getting through snow or mud or something. But that was more for back when automatic transmissions were not as good as they are now.
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