Manual or automatic - what do you drive/prefer?

[Abacus]

Auto. I mainly drive in city traffic. The car's a 5.0L. Manual doesn't make sense.

I have to say I'm amused by the number of people who say they "prefer" a manual but drive an automatic. Put your foot where your mouth is people, or else it's BS to me.

[TATT2]

Either is fine with me.....

[Dmax]

I just got rid of the C4 in my coupe and wacked in a toploader. Now I feel like i'm really driving a muscle car, not just steering it.

[16wantsI6]

^^^ Dmax knows the talk, even if they are slower in some cases i have alot more fun driving a manual than auto any day. if my 302 pano was an auto it would just be such a boring drive, whereas the 4 spd just makes it feel like a cars' car.

[punkin]

I love the new 6 speed auto. Our previous F6 was a manual.

The punkin is manual.

[Outbackjack]

I looked all over Australia to get a manual BF XR8. But I live away from all city BS on the roads. There are no traffic lights between my house and where I work (about a 25K drive). From the time I leave home to the time I park at work I dont stop at all. But if I lived in a city (god forbid) I would consider a auto. For me there is a fun factor in a manual that a auto will never match.

Cheers all.

[JD86]

i drive an auto, which is good for every day driving, cant be bothered with manual

but when i get a tough project car i think ill go manual, or maybe a fully worked auto, im undecided really

[BPXR6T]

All my cars are auto mostly because I can't be bothered living with a manual in daily traffic. I sometimes wish my BA XR8 was manual. But I bought the XR8 as a tow vehicle/daily driver and the towing capacity of the manual was significantly less.

But my next car, an LS1 Holden Monaro of all things will be a manual. Damn I wish ford would release a falcon coupe.

[xr8man83]

i got me a auto and i like it but ilike manual cars as well you can get a auto to go quiet quick with the rite tricks but having a manual behind a thundering v8 is a awsome feeling that you just dont get with a auto.

[GREGXR8]

both my cars are auto, drive trucks (18 speed) the last thing i want is to get in the car and change gears

[lowriding]

i hate driving manuals in traffic but i put up with it because i get bored with autos longterm. As for auto in "manual mode" - joke .i really don't know why they all bother .

[TS50]

Originally Posted by lowriding

i hate driving manuals in traffic but i put up with it because i get bored with autos longterm. As for auto in "manual mode" - joke .i really don't know why they all bother .

I so agree, i have driven the autos in manual mode, i cant see why you would bother, give me my manuals any day. I just got to remember if i am in the 5 spd TS50 or the 6 spd Tornado

[Pouki]

i prefer driving manual get more of a feeling for driving and the car but auto with manual shifting is just as good.. i also hate manuals in traffic as everyone else has commented on

[uranium_death]

Since I share the car in the family, I drive auto.

And frankly, I'm too lazy to drive manual.

I can hardly even be bothered typing.

Come to think of it, even this "breathing" business requires too much effort.

[Boss 290]

manual....its a machine and we are man and we should be telling it what to do...besides people who ask always grin when i say its a 6 speed manual....its more fun too. i love dropping to second and then thrashing it out of the bend

[rushing on acid]

gimme a toploader anyday!!! city or highway driving i love it!!! who cares how much power how heavy the clutch is I LOVE A MANUAL!

[ThoR_]

My VC Commodore has the best box in the world. The Trimatic! :P Tell you what you know when you have it flat to the floor and hit 2nd it chirps and throws you into the steering wheel. LOL

[83fairmont]

Always a manual. I bought my XE as an auto, thought I would get used to the auto. Wrong.. 3 years later I thought its either the gearbox or the car, it was the gearbox and I fitted a manual and I am happy, that was 9 years ago and there wasn't a thing wrong with the auto box that came out. Nothing like the response of a manual, the choice of gears, the feel of the clutch, the overall control of the car you have in a manual in most situations is far better. Auto's do have their place for some people but for me it's got to have 3 pedels.

[SileNceR]

Started auto in the EA, converted to manual

T5z in the EA
5speed in the TX3
6 Speed in the MX5

and all the work cars are manual (2x barinavan, 1x focus, 1x corolla)

so practically everything I drive these days is manual

[Mongo #650]

It took me ages to find my XR6 in a manual, theres not many on the 2nd hand scene. Every time I get into an auto the first thing I do is go for the clutch. I hate when driving up hills how autos 'hunt' for gears. On hills you just should knock it down a peg and get into it.
Give me a manual anyday!!

[99FalconS]

I have an auto currently but prefer a manual as you have more control over the car but i am also lazy so the auto is the winner (for now).

[Schmick76]

I've had two manauls and 2 autos all of them were 4 speed for that matter

I'd prefere manual everytime, I agree its a b**ch in traffic but otherwise
its feels like my auto's never in the right gear when i spontaneously decide
to give it a burn.

The BA auto i drove did however feel great in both modes

[XRchic]

I think I have posted in this thread a year ago or something. But anyway, manuals rock and autos are for girls. *with the possible exception of drag racing*

And yes, I spend 2 hours a day to and from work (at least) in peak hour traffic and I have a broken left foot which has never healed.

[Captain Stubing]

I've always had manuals, until it was time to have a two car family, then mine was manual, and the wife had the Falcon auto. Last year, I changed my car to an auto 4wd (I didn't like the manual box in that model!) so we had two autos!

Even though I prefer manual, I tore the ligaments in my wrists 3 months ago (camira driver pulling in front of my motorbike), There's no way I could drive a manual, even now!

[stevodude]

I own both, so I can't vote.

[madxfspac]

go the manual box i dont trust autos they always seem to blow on me

[9lives]

manual any day alot more fun/
got an auto though only xh xr8 ute came in manual not falcon ute :yeees: with 302 option oh well

[normxb]

Originally Posted by XRchic

But anyway, manuals rock and autos are for girls. *with the possible exception of drag racing

Mmm , can be really dangerous for guys driving really fast in ladies dresses , :nutsycuck

(sorry , couldn't resist : )

[penrith_panther]

how much would it cost to change an EBII Auto to manual? I'm on my green P's and want to learn how to drive manual

[Smoke Pursuit]

Ive got an AUTO - Territory and the last 2 were Autos aswell.

I prefer Autos over manual, for the sheer fact that Manual boxes can be all over the place when it comes to quality and feel. Some cars have brillant boxes / clutch setups but for me theres always people whinging about the Fords, specially in the days of the T5. I dont regret having autos, they never give me any trouble and are pretty smooth, if i was buy a smaller car with less power id definately buy a manual, but with the torque the fords have you really dont need the gears to get you going. My next will probarly be a six speed Territory Ghia Turbo, so i guess ill probarly never get a manual the rate im going (I have a HR licence so i can drive manual btw).