What do you drive?

What do you drive?

  • Automatic

    Votes: 43 75.4%

  • Manual

    Votes: 13 22.8%

  • I do not drive

    Votes: 1 1.8%
  • Total voters
    57
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Automatic. I had a F-150 for a little under 5 years. I had to replace the clutch and later the transmission.

:chained:
 
I used to love standards, but after commuting in stop-n-go traffic into Chicago for a year, my left leg began to give me some probs, so I switched to auto.

Standards are great as long as you don't have to deal with traffic.
 
All the vehicles I have owned have been standard. This is no problem when it comes to older cars but if you want to buy a brand new one... it becomes more difficult.
 
2001 Hyundai Elantra, manual. 115,000 miles so far on the original clutch and transmission.
 
I grew up with a stick shift. (Manual) I hate changing clutches. It is a really dirty job. I grew up working on Race Cars. Love Racing. I am all for the automatic transmission. The stick is more fun but the automatic is easier and lasts longer.
 
Having driven truck for too long (9, 13, & 18 speed manuals), I am a devoted automatic driver when not OTR. Wassup with you guys actually enjoying all that unnecessary work shifting a personal vehicle? Pretending to be Speed Racer? Vroom vroom!

'95 4WD F-150 w/ladder racks & auto. (work)
'89 Jeep Wagoneer 4WD auto. (personal)
'00 Chrysler Town & Country AWD auto (family)
 
Brad said:
Wassup with you guys actually enjoying all that unnecessary work shifting a personal vehicle? Pretending to be Speed Racer? Vroom vroom!
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Yep - my 2001 Hyundai Elantra gives me delusions of being a NASCAR driver. :p

I have had more trouble with automatics - I have had to rebuild 3 with only 70-80K each. Manuals are cheaper to buy, less expensive to fix and give better gas mileage. Though automatics are catching up on the later.

And as a bonus my kids don't drive it :D
 
I voted "Automatic" because my car does not have a manual transmission. In fact, in the conventional sense, it doesn't even have a transmission!

Narnian said:
I have had more trouble with automatics - I have had to rebuild 3 with only 70-80K each. Manuals are cheaper to buy, less expensive to fix and give better gas mileage. Though automatics are catching up on the later.
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Oh, and it gets better gas mileage than your manual.:D
 
jfschultz said:
Getting 47+ MPG in the city makes it a safe bet.
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Fair enough - mine is 32 MPG. But what are you driving? A hybrid? I doubt it is the transmission that is giving such gas mileage.

Even now for most cars manuals still give better mileage. A friend with a similar Hyundai Elantra (2003) gets around 4 MPG less than I do.
 
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