Just curious as to what people prefer and why.. a manual car or an automatic one?
I prefer automatic's if i'm honest, for an everyday car they're brilliant, specially in traffic. i totally get manual gearbox's in sports cars/track day cars etc, i just can't see why the majority seem to prefer manual gearboxes in low powered run arounds. i know you don't have as much control of the engine/gearing with an automatic but does it really matter in an everyday run a round?
A car to me now is just to get me around, i don't care about going fast in a car anymore, i have a bike for that, saying that the punto is a manual.
the one thing manual's have going for them to me is they tend to be stronger gearboxes and do better MPG, although with modern automatics, it seems they're doing better than the manuals! (my mam's panda dual logic V my punto, 2mpg difference)
After being in Canada where 80/90% drive automatics it got me thinking, do people just prefer what the majority drive and know best? a lot of my mates think i'm daft for preferring automatics calling them terrible when next to none of them have even driven one
what's your thoughts?
I prefer automatic's if i'm honest, for an everyday car they're brilliant, specially in traffic. i totally get manual gearbox's in sports cars/track day cars etc, i just can't see why the majority seem to prefer manual gearboxes in low powered run arounds. i know you don't have as much control of the engine/gearing with an automatic but does it really matter in an everyday run a round?
A car to me now is just to get me around, i don't care about going fast in a car anymore, i have a bike for that, saying that the punto is a manual.
the one thing manual's have going for them to me is they tend to be stronger gearboxes and do better MPG, although with modern automatics, it seems they're doing better than the manuals! (my mam's panda dual logic V my punto, 2mpg difference)
After being in Canada where 80/90% drive automatics it got me thinking, do people just prefer what the majority drive and know best? a lot of my mates think i'm daft for preferring automatics calling them terrible when next to none of them have even driven one
what's your thoughts?
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