Manual or Auto?

teamgeorge · **November 03, 2008, 23:20:20**

Man for the win!

camerooney · **Reply #1: November 03, 2008, 23:58:59**

Definitely manual

Reason: More fun to drive.

teamgeorge · **Reply #2: November 04, 2008, 01:51:05**

its more fuel efficient too (somtimes)

middy · **Reply #3: November 04, 2008, 02:16:18**

Manual. I like to drive my cars, not be driven.

camerooney · **Reply #4: November 04, 2008, 06:48:07**

Hehe...
Feel the same way Middy

eye30 · **Reply #5: November 04, 2008, 08:05:32**

Manual

ozsnowman · **Reply #6: November 04, 2008, 09:13:55**

Manual as the auto wasnt available when I ordered mine lol, besides I couldnt afford auto

**Reply #7: November 04, 2008, 10:33:14**

Manual, so the wife can't drive it

EymaTeapot · **Reply #8: November 04, 2008, 10:52:17**

I chose the Manual.
The auto wasnt available at the time, but would have gone manual regardless.
That said, I have driven the Auto and it is very impressive.

Diva · **Reply #9: November 04, 2008, 10:54:27**

Auto as im lazy

bdennis · **Reply #10: November 04, 2008, 11:23:47**

I would have chosen Manual but the wife wanted Auto.. So Auto it is..

GURKHA17 · **Reply #11: November 04, 2008, 17:12:36**

MANUal

eye30 · **Reply #12: November 04, 2008, 22:39:27**

Quote from: "bez10y"

Manual, so the wife can't drive it :o

**Reply #13: November 05, 2008, 03:03:04**

Quote from: "eye30"

Quote from: "bez10y"
Manual, so the wife can't drive it :o
She can only drive an auto and though I have tried to teach her to drive a manual she'd rather not bother. Personally though I prefer being able to control the car better through a manual gearbox than an auto.

Hemmi · **Reply #14: November 05, 2008, 23:21:25**

Manual

**Reply #15: November 07, 2008, 07:39:37**

Auto. Wanted manual, but got outvoted by the wife (which I suppose is reasonable as the car is for her).

far2asian · **Reply #16: November 08, 2008, 02:42:49**

Manual all the way

jay · **Reply #17: December 29, 2008, 12:26:13**

Auto.
I guess I'm not really a car person

I've always been into automation - At work (computers) I'll script anything that makes my job easier.
I just dont see the point of doing extra things manually!

Shambles · **Reply #18: December 29, 2008, 12:33:17**

Manual = 29
Auto = 4
Total = 30

Poll is a strange one indeed

jay · **Reply #19: December 29, 2008, 13:40:47**

haha.. didn't notice that.
It also didn't let me vote till just now.

Rubix · **Reply #20: December 30, 2008, 04:29:08**

Also lazy. Ditto about scripting. I spend a lot of time trying to simplify things - even though it often ends up being a brain strain to work out how to simplify it in the first place.

misswicket · **Reply #21: February 12, 2009, 13:40:02**

Quote from: middy on November 04, 2008, 02:16:18

Manual. I like to drive my cars, not be driven.

I feel the same way. No one in my family drives an auto.
I will even (embarrassingly) admit that when I drove my first auto, a hire car, I had to ask my dad how to drive it

I30Racer · **Reply #22: February 12, 2009, 16:39:52**

Surely Man.

More fun,more Vmax!

dani · **Reply #23: February 12, 2009, 18:42:32**

Manual.
But when they put a 5 gear box or 6 for Auto, i'll buy Auto

Duckman · **Reply #24: February 13, 2009, 05:24:12**

Real men drive manuals. (That's why I have driven an auto to this point in my life

)

ivana · **Reply #25: June 25, 2009, 23:52:19**

any idiot can drive an auto...

takes a little skill and co ordination to drive a real car... he he he he

Dazzler · **Reply #26: June 26, 2009, 15:06:54**

I voted manual but would like to try an Auto Diesel one day (just out of interest)

hayseed · **Reply #27: June 30, 2009, 09:21:09**

I chose auto!

While I know how to drive a manual in theory.. practice doesn't quite keep up.

I also just like to be able to plant my foot on the brake if I have to stop suddenly without thinking what else I need to do.

iThurT · **Reply #28: June 30, 2009, 12:04:00**

Manuals outsell autos by far here in the UK and yet it appears that our antipodean opposites much prefer the autos. Yanks like autos too so maybe it's a 'distance' thing only I'd think the auto advantage would be more in urban areas. With the UK population density far higher than either you'd think we'd go for the autos more.

Dazzler · **Reply #29: June 30, 2009, 12:12:59**

Quote from: iThurT on June 30, 2009, 12:04:00

Manuals outsell autos by far here in the UK and yet it appears that our antipodean opposites much prefer the autos.

I think the % of Aussies who opted for the manual i30 is much higher than this particular thread would indicate.

Traditionally Aussies go for Autos in 6cyl and V8's less so in 4 cylinder smaller cars...

The Auto seemed to be very lightly represented in the first 6 months or so the site was going but has increased a bit in more recent times (for some strange reason?)

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