Stick Shift or Automatic

[FrierTuck]

you know, cars, and i mean real and simulated, i just got done with a stick shift lesson from my dad and i realize i much prefer auto. EDIT: I forgot to put a poll in, oh well.

[Crimson_Lotus]

Stick for obvious reasons. More mileage and if your battery goes out all you need is a push. My Fiat X1/9 gets 35-40 mpg. It's not a fun thing to learn, but it is a must have just in case.

[FrierTuck]

i think i almoast blew up my dads VW Cabrio earlier lol, nowhere near crashing though w00t

[BL4Z3D247]

sticks better :D but i have an auto, but i love drivin' stick, its much more fun :)

[FrierTuck]

more complicated seems like a better word for me, i guess i need to be able to drive regularly (auto) first lol

[BL4Z3D247]

well if u learn stick now u can get it outta the way, cuz anyone can drive an automatic ;)

[Video_freak]

sticks better :D but i have an auto, but i love drivin' stick, its much more fun :)
Oh I love drivin' the stick if you know what I mean. ;)

[FrierTuck]

even a trained monkey, such as myself lol, but yah, i just tend to not let out on the clutch slow enough and not have enough gas at other times

[BrooksyX]

Sticks are funner, but autos are alot easier.

But sticks arnt that hard to learn. I learned about 5 months ago and it only took me 20 min to get it down.

[BoneyCork]

Stick because I'm British. Rarely see anybody driving an automatic over here...

[FrierTuck]

you guys drive on the left (right) side of the road, were on the right (wrong) side lol, oh boy, if i ever go traveliong im taking cabs anywhere cause i dont wanna be responsible for countless wrong side of the road related accidents

[Dull Blade]

I drive an 88 trans am, any ways go stick, auto's take al the fun out of driving. Sticks last longer, and if you learn to drive stick, then you can drive both. example if you go to europe, you'll be in hot water because automatics are almost unheard of. in my opinion stick shift is more desirable and probably a better resale value. it took a bit of finding to get a stick trans am

[FrierTuck]

proably very true, thats why i am in fact continueing my training in the ancient art of stick shift

[Hawq]

Stick because I'm British. Rarely see anybody driving an automatic over here...
Same here, plus I prefer the extra involvement in a manual, automatic just wouldnt feel right

[Shilo]

Personly I think that a Stick Shift is alot better. Automatics are alot easyer to drive (my 76 Chevy Nova is an auto) but I think that driving a stick is a lot more fun :) I have had years of practice driving in our field in my dad's truck (3spd with granny), so when I got my learners I was about to hop in and go :)

BTW My uncle would always say, "I don't know how to drive an automatic." LOL

[Video_freak]

Your Uncle's funny Shilo. I live in the US, so automatic is pretty much the only way to go. :)

[FrierTuck]

yah, id drive more auot if it wasnt for the fact that if dont learn to drive on my dads VW Cabrio (stick) ill have to learn on his Ford F150 (auto but a beast on the road) or my moms Ford Freestlye (also a beast) im driving the samll car because without the stick id be really easy to drive

[SSaxdude]

I drive automatic but my dad drives stick. What can I say I'm only 15! I'll probably get a cheap car with a manual transmittion when I'm out of college or something.

[ACID]

Oh I love drivin' the stick if you know what I mean. ;)
LOL that doesnt sound right if you know what i mean. LOL

[Video_freak]

LOL that doesnt sound right if you know what i mean. LOL
That's the joke...hehe.....
That reminds me.... ;)

[FrierTuck]

lol, thats almoast as bad as talking about how someone else was doing the stick shift for you lol again

[Hawq]

LOL that doesnt sound right if you know what i mean. LOL
It certainly doesnt if you've seen a certain video that floats around the interwub

[FrierTuck]

ok, this is getting out of hand (lol, another pun)

[AvengedSevenfold Fan]

i like stick, its more fun. (or it seems so) im not old enough to drive, but i drive a dirtbike, and u have to switch gears. its the same exact way u would with a car. so i can pretty much drive a stick, even though ive never dunit.

[stotheamuel]

**** driving... i dont want a car :P

[ACID]

**** driving... i dont want a car :P
What you dont want a car are you insane. Beats a bike thats for sure.

[stotheamuel]

(insert insanely high number here) dollars Cash-money!

and i have none to spare

[ACID]

Hey its life you have to work for what you want. It took me 5 months so be able to buy mi porche 911 turbo. Now thats a car

[M!ckeY]

whoa, that car is too expensive

[stotheamuel]

yeah... but i also am car-retarded so i dont want to learn

[ACID]

whoa, that car is too expensive
Not really only 93,000 usd:eek:

[stotheamuel]

so your saying that you'll buy me a ps3...what? lol

[ACID]

so your saying that you'll buy me a ps3...what? lol
Nope i ll buy mi kid one in your name. LOL
Hey it pays of spending 8 years to study a PHD dont you think.

[stotheamuel]

haha... yeah... money earned! sweat and blood...

I will definatly want to go into college for a while...i personally wont accept any colleges lower than harvord.. its my back-up.

[ACID]

haha... yeah... money earned! sweat and blood...

I will definitely want to go into college for a while...i personally wont accept any colleges lower than harvord.. its my back-up.
dame are you really that smart. I only went to PENN STATE & MIT. And mi spelling still stinks.:(

[TEAL DRAGON128]

What you dont want a car are you insane. Beats a bike thats for sure.

I agree.


It's good to learn Stick Shift.

You never know, you might need to drive your buddy's car if he passes out. lol

[M!ckeY]

i drive an automatic :)

[Kaiser]

You never know, you might need to drive your buddy's car if he passes out. lol

Definately :)

I Prefer stick. Keeps me awake when driving. Then again I don't drive often anyways...

[FrierTuck]

hmm, well the way it looks im going to have tolearn it if i want my dads car lol

[ßüboni¢ $oñic]

(insert insanely high number here) dollars Cash-money!

and i have none to spare
mine cost me 65 buckaroos.



What you dont want a car are you insane. Beats a bike thats for sure.
yeah. sure as hell beats getting caught in the rain when u rode to game crazy in the next town. it beats driving in the cold and it beats dtopping ur value tea and scraping yourself up. sure as hell beats being honked at and havin shit thrown on u by every redneck in town.

but my VW '87 Fox was a stick. I find it interesting alot of ppl on this site like sticks. I drive the stick because I like using my hand, and it m,akes me feel like a man and thats not a dumb euphenism either. of course the burnt out clutch is the reason my car stop on the road and the pigs had it towed. a 60 buck clutch vs an 85 buck tow. you can't believe how this felt.

[GobboFett]

I was first learning to drive a stick but I ended up buying an auto about a week after starting to learn. So after that point I got too used to my auto and didn't care about learning stick. I live in Australia and only got my P's a week ago, long live my Camira! :D

[Dull Blade]

I find it interesting alot of ppl on this site like sticks.

The main reason is because this is a british website (.co.uk is like englands .ca) and in england the auto tranny is almost unheard of. I drive stick for 2 reasons,
1) i'm originally fron england
2) My car is a Trans am and it just seems wrong to do an auto in a sports car.

[FrierTuck]

Good News i successfully drove to my friends house about 10 minutes away and didnt die, but it was with an auto so idk

[ßüboni¢ $oñic]

yea i forgot about the domain name thing and sumtimes i forget your redcoats and not Americans. sry.

[Darksaviour69]

co.uk = uk, not england .... and Automatic is for pussies ;)

[Shilo]

Automatic is for pussies ;)

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! True :D

[ACID]

co.uk = uk, not england .... and Automatic is for pussies ;)
I agree one million %:)

[Dull Blade]

Oh my wrong doing. co.uk = UK, I wasn't really thinking strait. Since Im English, i think england when i here UK.

[Skye]

I wish my mustang was a manual. I really need/want to do a manual conversion. That would be awesome.

[rokobungi]

Drove stick for 4 years on an automatic right now.. (only driven for 8) I swear they're engineered to keep the engine revs too high so you'll use more gas but they'll stay in the higher gear if I speed up just that extra bit and then back off (cruise controll is even worse it breaks with the engine to bleed off speed when it should just keep that bit of momentum)

I've pop started once that's tough with one person if you don't have an incline

[FrierTuck]

pop start? wth? i like popcorn, but putting iit in your gas tank may be a bad idea

[ACID]

I think he thinks its a back to the future car. LOL

[FrierTuck]

well, that was a zap start

[ßüboni¢ $oñic]

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