automatic vs normal transmission?ive never drove a car with automatic transmission, ive heard many opinions that using it is gay, anyone here has one? whats the appeal of it? ive only heard that people, especially women or those who have no interest in cars but still want to get one pay more to drive with an automatic transmission on their driving test, but then they cannot legally drive normal cars
>AppealA child can drive it. No need to think about bite point, going up or down hills (just downshift), speedbumps, turns and whatever else. Manual allows you to have finer control over your car.Basically get an auto if you see cars as tools to get from point A to point B and not as a hobby.
If you're a cripple grandma then autotragic is totally fine.
hmmm somehow i feel like youve already made up your mind about this
>>28765235>drive with an automatic transmission on their driving test, but then they cannot legally drive normal carsStop living in a cuck state that thinks manual transmission is hard.
>>28765235Autos are gay as fuck and I'm pretty sure the original design was just to enable more women and invalids to drive
>>28765235Autos are just plain comfy, can literally control the entire car with just one hand and one foot. Super chill.I'd prefer a manual on a spirited drive along a twisty country road, you can do cool shit like heel-and-toe downshifts, but in any other scenario auto is just better.
>>28765235Manual transmissions are outdated. Nobody even makes them anymore, besides a few poorfag "enthusiast cars". Manuals are slower and worse on gas than a good automatic now. So what is the usecase? It's just a stimulation source for autists.
>>28766513>So what is the usecase?You get to actually drive the car instead of being a passenger lol, ricer
>>28766181there's nothing wrong with being proudly, openly gay
Manuals are better for long drives, because they are more active and thus less boring to drive.Automatics are better for driving inna city.
>>28765235Automatics are good now, the only people who shill manuals are turd worlders and wannabe race car drivers, your shitbox isn’t a race car btw. Also you can easily destroy your manual transmission, with autos you really have to try.
>>28766545>so glad I have a manual to mentally stimulate myself, driving would be so much more boring if I didn't have to fondle this stick occasionally If you're bored driving you put on music or a podcast, retard
>>28766551>Automatics are good nowthey could be bettermaybe there are better transmissions out there now that don't do this but mine downshifts for fuel economy and you can't turn that off and it does so sort of randomlysometimes it gets that you want a higher gear for a hill or a curve but sometimes it doesn't and puts you in too high a gear for a winding road and I have to run it in manual mode
>>28765235Im so glad manuals are rare in the US so we can laught at the americans here who think they're the biggest coolest macho men on earth for being able to do somenthing any teenage girl outside of the US can do
>>28765235even in the EU where manuals are more common it doesn't make too much sense to prefer them anymore. almost all new cars are automatic and like 80% of used cars online are also autos. most listings for used manual cars are for some 15 year old rusted out shitbox with 300,000km
>>28766551Destroying a manual transmission is on the "you really have to try to accomplish that" listDestroying your engine with a money shift is the more likely outcomeAlso a manual will outlast an automatic, an automatic is basically a mini engine in terms of maintenance
>>28765235i miss my manual. man that was fun.depending on how long i keep my current car, i think i'll just be a paypig and get someone to fab up the gearbox mount and pedal box for a manual swap.
>>28765235Only sissies and womanoids drive an autotragic. You're not a sissy, right anon?
>>28765235Work commute? Automatic. Everything else? Manual.
>>28766551race cars unironically use automatics by and large.
>>28765235Finally bought my first auto after driving manuals for 20 years. Never going back.
>>28766551Race cars use flappy paddles because it's faster actually
>>28765235>what’s the appeal?it’s super gay. (fags love that)
>>28766551if u have automatic aston martin u can go to factory and get it swapped to manual . There are rumors that amg and bmw m cars could get same option . Swapping automatic cars to manual is big business . But hey u keep driving your autotragic cuckover .
>>28765235Automiatic transmission is more complicated and more expansive to repair.
>>28767800being gay is ok
There’s a time and a place. You wouldn’t want a manual S Class Mercedes but you wouldn’t want an automatic Caterham
>>28765235Both my cars are manual but who gives a fuck really. Of course on some cars it makes a lot more sense to have a manual (sports cars) but only autists and Americans seem to care if someone drives manual or auto>>28766545>Manuals are better for long drives, because they are more active and thus less boring to drive.>get on freeway>be on sixth gear the whole timenot really any difference
>>28765235>automatic vs automatic transmissionWhat did tranon mean by this?
>>28765240Skill issue
>>28765235Manual is more engaging. I have to stare at my speedo in an automatic because everything about the experience makes me disconnected from what the car is doing and disengaged from road.
>>28766558That's going to make you zone out even worse.
>>28765235You know that automatics are the new manual right? Almost no one makes a real automatic anymore except mazda, the rest have gone CVT or dual clutch.
>>28765235Manuals are more engaging while automatics are just plain easy, you don't need to be sapient to use one. A new automatic's usually more efficient and are a blessing in stop-and-go traffic.>>28766551Christ, it's this loser again. Stop projecting your distaste for driving onto a auto enthusiast board.
