Automatic or Manual?

[xospec1alk]

Im looking to pick up a new car, and i want to know manual or automatic? i've driven a manual maybe twice in my life, and i would have to train myself to drive it. and it would be a new car, so y'all think that mite be a bad idea and i should just stick to auto? and tips on driving a manual?

edit: i do think it would be kind of fun to get a manual....im just worried about how practical that is...

edit2: Mazda 3 in NYC

 

[Heisenberg]

What kind of car, and where will you be driving it? A lot of people on here think manual's are the be all and end all of existence, but there are advantages and disadvantages to each.

 

[CPA]

Get a Mazda6 or 3 and you'll have both. Well, sorta.

 

[xospec1alk]

oh. mazda3 hatchback in nyc

 

[xospec1alk]

Originally posted by: CPA
Get a Mazda6 or 3 and you'll have both. Well, sorta.

whattaya mean?

 

[Gibson486]

If you are just a point A to point B driver, just get an auto.

 

[MazerRackham]

Manual tranny or perish!

 

[ElFenix]

manual is a bitch in heavy traffic.

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: xospec1alk
oh. mazda3 hatchback in nyc

Auto.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Manual.

And this question gets asked like every week...

 

[Vortex22]

Originally posted by: xospec1alk
nyc

NYC = AUTO or prepare to suffer

 

[Harvey]

Stick it, baby!

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
manual is a bitch in heavy traffic.

Only if you're trying to apply makeup whilst you're in that traffic

 

[WobbleWobble]

Mazda3 automatic has the tiptronic. Heavy city driving? Auto.

 

[Gibson486]

Yeah man, manual is awful in heavy traffic. My friend was trying to tell me to not get an auto for my next car. He just stells me "Manaul will keep you more alert while driving". My response was "You have not dealt with Boston rush hour traffic".

 

[Quixfire]

Pick the type you will feel most comfortable with.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
manual is a bitch in heavy traffic.

oh bullsh!t. I've been driving manual in ann arbor for over 2 yeras now. No problems at all.

People who say that stick is difficult in heavy traffic probably never owned one...

 

[Kipper]

So true...driving stick in DC was a nightmare, especially around the Key Bridge/Georgetown...go 2 feet, pop back into neutral. Two feet, into neutral, etc.

I'd still drive stick over anything else, though...regardless of the irritation it might cause in traffic.

 

[Czesia]

I'm personally fond of the manual tranny, myself, but automatic is getting better all the time, so really it's just a matter of preference.

 

[Tom]

A manual in NYC ??

No way. Not if you are gonna drive very much.

 

[PillowBiter]

Manual. There just to much fun to pass up.

 

[Tom]

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: ElFenix
manual is a bitch in heavy traffic.

oh bullsh!t. I've been driving manual in ann arbor for over 2 yeras now. No problems at all.

People who say that stick is difficult in heavy traffic probably never owned one...

It's not difficult, but unless you're getting paid to drive a manual (semi-retired truck driver here) it's tiresome day to day.

 

[StageLeft]

Havent had this poll before.

 

[Mermaidman]

AUTO! It'll make driving less stressful and you will get fewer traffic tickets. Save the manual for your second/weekend car.

 

[cchen]

I live in NYC too and I drive occasionally around the city. It really depends on where you are and where you go. On the UWS up around Harlem there isn't that much traffic so driving stick around here would be ok, but around midtown I would imagine it to be quite a hassle.