Automatic or Manual Car?

**~~SwordoftheVistula~~** · 12-17-2008, 06:15 AM

The soft drink thread reminded me of another reason I hate manual: nothing is more annoying than having a 48 oz soft drink (too big for cup holder) in one hand, a big sloppy sandwich that will fall apart if you release your grip on it in the other...and all of a sudden having to try and switch gears.

**Vulpix** · 12-17-2008, 07:30 AM

You're not supposed to eat big sloppy sandwiches while driving

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But yeah, sometimes I drink water while driving, and it happens I have to decide quickly where to put the bottle while I shift gears

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Originally Posted by SwordoftheVistula

The soft drink thread reminded me of another reason I hate manual: nothing is more annoying than having a 48 oz soft drink (too big for cup holder) in one hand, a big sloppy sandwich that will fall apart if you release your grip on it in the other...and all of a sudden having to try and switch gears.

LOL. I have to say in my experience there are plenty of shockingly lousy male drivers

! Lousy driver to me is slow and/or unpredictable

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Originally Posted by Oisín

Manual. Unless you're a woman or a terrible driver there is no excuse for driving an automatic

**HawkR** · 12-17-2008, 08:47 AM

Originally Posted by Arctic Fox

But yeah, sometimes I drink water while driving, and it happens I have to decide quickly where to put the bottle while I shift gears

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Between your legs? (Please don't misunderstand

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No, I like manual, and automatic, but mostly manual. It's the way you can control at least something made by Babylon

**Arrow Cross** · 12-17-2008, 01:59 PM

Manual. Being a lowlife that I am, the only time I ever drove a car was back then when I was a kid and when my father still had one. Good ole Wartburg.

**~~Treffie~~** · 12-26-2008, 03:26 AM

Manual, automatics are a rarity in the UK - hate them!

**Skandi** · 12-26-2008, 04:06 AM

Not many automatics here and I've only driven one and it was a 1985 Volvo 340 which meant it had a CVT drive, in other words it ran on two elastic bands. Giving it no separate gears as such but a variable transmission, did mean that it didn't creep in drive but I have to admit that it still felt like point and pray driving. I like my manual, much more control. Most of my driving is done in town and it really isn't a problem I don't even notice the gears or clutch anymore it's totally instinct (until you try to pull away in third and she complains

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**Vulpix** · 12-31-2008, 04:52 PM

I appreciate being able to choose the gear

. I like the "enhanced" control I have over the speed with a manual transmission, and being able to slow down by shifting down gears

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**Skandi** · 12-31-2008, 05:25 PM

Now slowing on the gears is great when...

There's some A hole climbing into your boot, because you suddenly slow withiout your breaklights coming on. It's so much fun seeing their faces. BTW I have an estate with a tow bar so it's not me thats going to get damanged!

Jägerstaffel · 01-04-2009, 12:26 AM

Manual. You're more in control of the vehicle.

Automatics make me forget I'm driving ... sometimes I think I could fall asleep behind the wheel of one.