Auto vs. Stick Shift

[windhound]

Inspired by the spa room thread..  where apparently everyone but me drives a stick

I drives an auto and am quite happy to do so
People 'round here will come within inches of your bumper at stoplights, even on hills, and I think I would have smashed in somone's hood with my trailer hitch by now if I had a stick...
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a few weeks ago I saw a honda civic and an old range rover at a traffic light.  the honda kept inching closer and closer to the bumper of the rover...  then..  crunch!  its hood buckled.  no damage to the rover ofcourse.  honda driver was a little upset

[Shadow]

Driving auto is boring. Stick gives you much more control while keeping it interesting.

[Arguia Zsah]

Seeing as how I drive a 'stick' (manual =P), I went for stick shift. Not many automatics over here, and I find manual easy (now... xD)

[kell]

How does driving "stick" make you edge closer to the car in front?

[wolf bite]

Boring is safer when driving. so much nicer to be able to look around, take a sip of coffee. etc. Had I ever had a race car, then stick would be fine so I could show all my friends the noise the thing makes.  But than for that little and rare fun, it is not worth having a pain the rest of the time.

Oh, and about the hills. when you are in a stick and parked going up hill, some fool always pulls up behind you. So if you are not fast enough into gear, you roll back and take them out. costly!


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[kell]

then you shouldnt be on the road, handbrakes are there for a reason

[wolf bite]

Assuming you want to replace your hand break. When you engage it on a hill, then start the car moving foreword, it weakens the break each time.


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[lonewolf1817]

MY 2002 STAGE 2 ROUSH VERT MANUAL OWNS!!!!!




Edit: reformats post. In order to bold, first highlight. Ah, and can you stop yelling. hehe. Lower case please. WB

[kell]

that's what it's there for replacing the handbrake is a lot cheaper the replacing the clutch and gearbox.
you fail your test here for not using your handbrake on any slope over here

[lonewolf1817]

true..... hands brake "own" almost as much as my car

[Aqualis]

Boring is safer when driving. so much nicer to be able to look around

I think looking around while driving would kind of override any safety gains from the automatic.

Kell: American driver "training" is complete crap. I just learned about using the handbrake on hills last month, so I've just had to be quick until now. Of course, my emergency brake is a foot pedal ...

[lonewolf1817]

stick shift is better.... u have more control of the car. + if u have the pacteince u can get better gas milage to. 

[Shadow]

My examiner did paperwork while i was doing my test. She didn't look up once, and I screwed up about 6 times. At the end she just gave me my license.

I'm a *bit* better at driving now though :-D

[Gen. Volkov]

I drive an automatic, though I can drive stick just fine.

[windhound]

People 'round here will come within inches of your bumper at stoplights, even on hills, and I think I would have smashed in somone's hood with my trailer hitch by now if I had a stick...

How does driving "stick" make you edge closer to the car in front?

assumed that the car behind you is on your bumper.  thus, when you're not engaged on a hill and roll back you squish them

Maybe yall dont live in congested areas?  Traffic jams would not be fun in a 'standard,' especially on hills...  moving forward by the foot, constant stop and go.

rather surprised really, I think close to 85% of cars on most car lots around here are automatic...