View Poll Results: Automatic or manual?
Only real men drive manuals!
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20.00%
Manuals are more fun to drive!
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44.00%
It's 2013; I don't need no stinkin manual!
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4.00%
Shifting is a pain in the rear; buy an automatic.
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32.00%
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Old 04-18-2013, 10:52 PM
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Automatic or manual?

 
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Old 04-19-2013, 12:46 AM
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You should have made it multiple choice.

No vote, I just prefer a manual.
 
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Old 04-20-2013, 04:45 PM
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My clutch days are over with. Auto all the way.
 
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Old 04-24-2013, 10:20 AM
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I have an automatic solely because in my town there is a lot of city driving and a manual is not fun in stop & go... Nothing like a manual though. (I voted auto)
 
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Old 04-25-2013, 03:11 PM
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Sign my up for a stick shift.
 
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Old 04-25-2013, 05:01 PM
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Manuals are more fun for sports cars and more practical for towing rigs, but for the rest of vehicles that are daily drivers, it's just preference. I voted manual though!
 
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Old 04-25-2013, 08:25 PM
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Manual all the way....
 

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Old 04-30-2013, 12:23 PM
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I have owned my first automatic now for the past 5 years. I have been legally driving now for 32 years. There are days that I miss it, but very few.
 
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Old 05-01-2013, 11:26 AM
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I used to prefer a manual but the older I get the more my knee doesn't like working the clutch. I gave up rowing gears years ago and I really don't miss it at all.
 
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Old 05-08-2013, 12:14 PM
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Definitely a manual for a sports car but for trucks or daily drivers I like autos.
 
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Old 05-10-2013, 10:12 AM
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I have both!....just depends on the rig and what im using it for
 
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Old 05-10-2013, 04:26 PM
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I voted they are more fun to drive. I would never have a manual in my truck but I'm looking at buying a mustang and it must be manual.

No computer can down shift into second exactly when you want it when your screaming around a turn. Or smoke the tires if you wanted to drift around a turn say (well they can but not as easily as you could). Just gives you a whole other realm of control on a sports vehicle.
 
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Old 05-23-2013, 01:32 PM
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Do you find it strange than a lot of the Automatics now offer a manual shift mode? I still use a clutch. The company I drive for has manuals. Got rid of the autos.
 



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