Stick-shift or Automatic?

[thirtyonebravo]

manual always!!

[General Lee]

once you drive a stick it just doesn't feel the same in an automatic...

[str8shooter]

I gotta have an automatic. With one foot clutching, and the other gassing or breaking, how am I going to use a knee to steer as I shave and text?

J/K - Too much traffic on my daily commute for my left knee to handle a clutch, but I'm looking for a heavy duty beater truck to use at my camp and that'll be a stick for sure.

[SteveXD]

I miss driving stick... my next car will be stick for sure!

[bogey1]

tooling around in my truck? auto.... out for a sunday dr in a sports\muscle car? manual...

[jtkratzer]

I have one of each, but both are rear wheel drive. Auto is nice sometimes to just get in the car and drive, especially long trips with friends when you're taking turns driving.

The Jeep XJ is stick and I love that thing. I've had three stick rwd BMWs and one stick FWD VW.

My wife's first car was stick, but it was a FWD civic.

[Atomic Dog]

I miss the manual.



The VW has the shift-tronic and I use it all the time because in auto mode it's funny. It always goes to the highest gear possible and downshifts 2 or 3 when needed, usually a second AFTER you needed the power. For windy back roads and moving through heavy traffic it's much safer to control the gear.


And if you leave it in Shift-tronic it will shift at redline so it's great for coming off the line in a hurry, even for a 1.8L

[4XLT]

i voted automatic, i drive truck for a living when i get in my own truck i dont want to have to shift, i have owned both tho

[DaveM55]

When I was younger I like the manual transmission.

Now I'm old, slow, and lazy, give me an automatic please.

[em2b96p]

depends...