stick shift vs automatic
96- Jane@CM
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I learned how to drive in a Firebird with 4 on the floor. LOVED IT! Now I just a regular old automatic.
97- manlypoetryman
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KCC Big Country wrote:
<~~female who only wants a stick shift!
I can't say anything...I'm a nice person!
1- Crackerssouth
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Stick shift for sure... got a place to hang your empty coffee cup... and who steals a standard ?
99- Mike Lickteig
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I took driver's education in the mid-1970's, and even by then it was considered unnecessary to teach us how to drive a stick-shift. And so I never learned. I wouldn't mind knowing how, but I've come this far and hopefully can escape the need to drive a stick unless I want to learn how. In the age of folks with a cigarette in one hand, a cup of coffee in another, and a cell phone next to their ear also, I'm for having my hands free as much as possible--in case I need to pull the wheel quickly to dodge someone who hadn't noticed me.
So, I guess it's an automatic for this old guy here....
89- B.C. BOUTIQUE
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I dont have a preference, as long as the vehicle runs, I can drive it
My truck is an automatic and I like it like that cause I drive to work in city traffic.
When I build my '70 Chevelle you can be assured that it will have a stick. Nothing like powering through a corner by dropping into a lower gear to slow the engine down, plus you get faster acceleration out of the corner doing this. You can't do that in an automatic.
93- Carmen Borthwick
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hinckles koma wrote:
ok im probably one of a few girls that like stick shift better. I got a new car recentley and its automatic. To me it just takes the fun out of driving if it is a sports car that is.
who is for stick who is for auto?
<topic moved - PLEASE categorize forum topics correctly!>definitely stick
92- Misha
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Dropping into lower gear to slow the engine down?
Wesley, you might want to get your facts straight.
Misha wrote:
Dropping into lower gear to slow the engine down?
Wesley, you might want to get your facts straight.You know what I mean dang it. I could rationalize this by stating the transmission slows the engine down when you down shift if that makes you happy.
92- rmcrayne
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I've been driving a stick since 1979. Unfortunately the knees are saying next car has to be automatic
87- aperturering
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wesleycox wrote:
My truck is an automatic and I like it like that cause I drive to work in city traffic.
I know what you mean. I love my standard, but I always borrow my wife's car, which is an automatic, if I have to drive into the city. The last time I took my car to Manhattan I got stuck in bridge traffic and my left leg was in so much pain from the stop and go traffic.
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- Misha
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wesleycox wrote:
Misha wrote:
Dropping into lower gear to slow the engine down?
Wesley, you might want to get your facts straight.You know what I mean dang it. I could rationalize this by stating the transmission slows the engine down when you down shift if that makes you happy.
Wesley, sorry, but when you shift down, the transmission does exact the opposite to the engine - it revs it up LOL.
86- bloodnlatex
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I learned to drive stick in a vintage Ferrari. There is just nothing better. Driving with a stick is what makes driving fun. Automatics put me to sleep.
94- sannyasinman
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Definitely automatic.
If you have TV with a remote control, why would you want to get up and change channels yourself?
88- Pollyannalana
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Automatic for sure! Cell phones, popping in dvds, screamimg at the kids, watching for school zones and the cops,why ask for something more!
89- aka-dj
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With ever increasing traffic on the roads, auto is looking much more attractive.
I'm seriously planning to buy one next time around.
That will be car no 33, is it. No, 34. Oh heck, I'll have to count them again.
I used to love driving a stick shift back when I drove a sporty car. When I moved to a mini van than an SUV it just didn't have the same appeal. I think I need to go back to the sports car!
87- Denno66
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Standard. I used to have a '94 Mustang, loved it. I liked that I controlled the car. Automatics, not so much.
96- Lisa HW
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I used to be "neither here or nor there", although I leaned toward thinking I liked having more control (on things like ice-covered hills) in a standard. Somewhere along the way I ended up with two automatics in a row, and I discovered that there are "subtle" little things you can to increase your control in a automatic. These days I don't really care, but I lean toward not having to be bothered shifting.
Definitely manual gears for me. You have more control over the car with manual. In England if you can only drive automatic then its considered that you don't know how to drive.
