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View Poll Results: choose wisely...Auto or Manual? | |||
Auto | 5 | 10.00% | |
Manual | 45 | 90.00% | |
Voters: 50. You may not vote on this poll |
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I drove a manual in London for years with no problems. It's pretty much the same as driving an automatic in traffic except you use the clutch for crawling instead of the brake pedal.
You really can't beat an Auto in a big V8 MB. People who drive Corrolla's and Civic's with autos must be miserable though.
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I have a medium size (300E) MB with a manual and I wouldn't want one any other way. In Europe, even S class cars with manuals are common. I had the pleasure of driving a 126 gasser with a five speed and it was WONDERFUL!
Either you're a stick shift lover or you're not. A true stick shift lover wants a stick in anything and everything he drives. That's me. As for hills, I normally drive on relatively flat roads, but I have indeed driven a stick a good little bit in San Francisco. My only regret was that I could only go DOWN Lombard Street, not up. Starting from a Stop sign or red light on the steepest of hills I can start well without rolling back AT ALL! Again, practice makes perfect. |
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I was born the year The US Agriculture Department tried making ketchup a school lunch vegetable. Also when BMW develops the first in car computer to measure engine performance.
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Classic!
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I don't have any technical difficulties - I'm just lazy. I don't see why cars don't just drive themselves. In fact if I were rich enough I'd still fix my own cars (and I'd have more than Jay Leno) but I'd have a driver! |
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Great conversation dropnosky and LarryBible!
I have a theory about the speed at which people learn clutch control:- I think it is due to hills. I learnt to drive in East Anglia where it is flat. Within two months of passing my test I moved to Devon where it is hilly. For the first week I struggled! However, after that I picked up clutch control and now shift smoother than most automatics... I'm now living in the Netherlands where they say that the driving test is harder than the one I took in the UK (but they would wouldn't they). However, having seen how most people drive here they have no understanding what so ever about clutch control - here it is flatter than flat. For example for the first day of snow here you are better off staying at home. It is not uncommon to see people shifting through the gears trying to get traction. Once I refused to help to push one chap in a BMW who was doing an indicated 100kph whilst standing still. It would have helped the traffic flow - but really what a total %%%^^%%% head. By the way automatic gearbox drivers do you know how to get traction in snow or on slippy surfaces to stop the same effect? |
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Quite an honest post. Very few people in the US are willing to admit that their desire for an automatic is out of laziness. |
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One of the things I love about Europe is all the stick shift cars. I was in a small town near Zurich one time about ten years ago sitting at a second story window killing time and looking out at an intersection where numerous cars were stopping, waiting for traffic to clear before turning left. I must have observed every car for about fifteen minutes during rush hour. During that whole time, I never saw a car with an automatic. My kind of automotive world. Also about that time I went to the old Mercedes Museum in Stuttgart when it was next door to a tall MB office building. Parked in front of the museum were the executives cars. Plenty of big AMG's and other apparantly one off vehicles. Almost every one had a stick shift. My kind of automotive world. |
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HAH they should restrict it further, if you can't drive a stick you shouldnt be allowed to drive at all. I followed some dip**** home for 20 miles last night with his brake lights on most of the time.
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I also finally learned how to effectively use my parking brake along with the clutch to help application on really steep areas and no room.
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That's part of the UK test!
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Another thing that should be taught - which requires an additional test here in the Netherlands - is driving and reversing with a trailer. My (Dutch) neighbour has this down to a fine art with his caravan - it is almost magic to see him reverse round a 90 degree bend with his caravan in one go - he has a clearance of about 3 inches on either side (and uses his caravan twice a year if that). I wish I could do that. |
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Yes - we don't have many autos...
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http://www.zeppelin-museum.de/ Not only is it great for the Zeppelins but it has a REAL Maybach in the front lobby - now that's my kind of automotive world! |
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Here if you can make or buy them up to an enormous length, you just have to register them and start driving! I made a whole bunch of small trailers for my car for various applications. I thought I was good reversing and parking them perfectly with a benz in tight quarters, but one day, I tried to back one in behind a panel truck and I suddenly realized that the only time I could see the trailer at all was when it was within 1 foot of jackknifing into the truck. My opinion is that the hardest trailer combination to maneuver is large vehicle and small trailer. For a test they should make you tow a jet ski around and back it down a boat ramp while driving a full size van. With big double and triple axle trailers, they don't jack knife so easily and you can at least see them. All these things should be on a drivers test. Unfortunately, testing seems to be a little lax here. My younger cousin was not even required to back into a space, she just had to pull in straight.
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I'd take a manual over an autmatic anyday. Manual transmission make you a better driver because you have to be more cordinated. I drove in NYC traffic for many years with a manual (while eating a burger and softdrink) and it has become second nature for me.
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