Followup thread; is your primary vehicle a stick or automatic?

[StageLeft]

My primary vehicle is a car

 

[InverseOfNeo]

My auto is an Auto.

 

[SupaDupaCheez]

95 Civic DX Manual (My Car)
99 Civic EX Automatic (wifes Car)
'70 Chevelle 'Transgendered' (I am putting the finishing touches on a tranny swap....automatic to 4 speed Muncie Manual (M22))


SDC

 

[Lithium381]

89 Toyota 4runner, stick
82 Honda accord, stick
84 Toyota 4runner, stick(oops, i totalled that one)
89 Honda accord, auto

 

[StattlichPassat]

Yes, I'm a real man. I drive stick and only stick. Glad to see the results on here!

 

[StattlichPassat]

Originally posted by: Cerebus451
My daily driver is an Audi A6 with a 6 speed manual. It had been over 10 years since I had last driven a stick with any regularity, so it is taking some time getting used to driving one again.

Whoa! Sweet car- what year? What color? PICS??

For the record, I forgot to add my car in my post above:

Learned on: 1982 Jeep CJ-7; still have it in the family
Currently a: 1986 Volkswagen GTI
Next year, a: 2001 Volkswagen Passat turbo

...yes, all stick.

 

[StattlichPassat]

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: Haircut
Manual.

I've never driven an automatic, so driving a manual doesn't bother me at all. Most of my time driving is spend in traffic, but I've always done it in a manual.

Yep. If anything, its something to do while sitting in traffic.

That's the way I see it. Anyone who whines about a manual in traffic just simply is a whiny non-auto enthusiast.

 

[StattlichPassat]

Originally posted by: cherrytwist
'02 VW GTI 1.8T

5-spd manual

ROCK ON! :Q

 

[jjones]

All of our cars are manual, even my wife prefers manual over auto. I'm not sure I understand opinions about preferring an automatic in heavy traffic. Having lived in L.A. for 20 years, I always preferred a manual over an auto because a manual will creep through traffic slower than what an automatic will. Bumper to bumper on the freeways, I'd put it in first and just creep along. Never could do that with an auto the same as you can with a manual; any automatic I drove could never creep as slowly as a manual could.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: NightFlyerGTI
Yes, I'm a real man. I drive stick and only stick. Glad to see the results on here!

So if you don't drive a manual, you're not a "real" man...BS

 

[Imported]

Auto for now, stick with my next car purchase.. which will be in a few years.

 

[Harvey]

Strongly prefer a stick.

 

[vi edit]

Glad to see the results on here!

The results on this board are not indicative of the real world. This is a board of enthusiasts. On this board you are not the norm if you have never overclocked your processor. On this board you are shunned if you don't build your own PC. On this board, people complile linux kernels for fun. On this board you have people who have more computers in their house than they've had dates with women.

It's not exactly a "normal" population sample.

 

[PsychoAndy]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: NightFlyerGTI
Yes, I'm a real man. I drive stick and only stick. Glad to see the results on here!

So if you don't drive a manual, you're not a "real" man...BS

Apparently. I think their right arms were excercised quite regularly BEFORE they learned how to drive, so they got used to it.

88 integra auto. it works and i dont complain.

-PAB

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Glad to see the results on here!

The results on this board are not indicative of the real world. This is a board of enthusiasts. On this board you are not the norm if you have never overclocked your processor. On this board you are shunned if you don't build your own PC. On this board, people complile linux kernels for fun. On this board you have people who have more computers in their house than they've had dates with women.

It's not exactly a "normal" population sample.

True...in the real "American" world, 82 - 83% of vehicles sold are automatics.

 

[N8Magic]

'02 VW Golf GLS TDI -- 5-speed manual

Out of the 3 cars i've owned, 2 have been 5-speed, one was an auto. I'll never buy an auto again. :disgust:

 

[SpongeBob]

Auto trans here.

 

[Cerebus451]

Originally posted by: NightFlyerGTI

Originally posted by: Cerebus451
My daily driver is an Audi A6 with a 6 speed manual. It had been over 10 years since I had last driven a stick with any regularity, so it is taking some time getting used to driving one again.

Whoa! Sweet car- what year? What color? PICS??

It's a 2002, only had it a couple of weeks so far. Haven't had a chance to snap any pics of it yet (my camera was on loan to my sister), but it is a silver 2.7T. Definitely the best ride I've ever owned.

 

[bUnMaNGo]

Manual. Learned on a 1981 Subaru DL Stationwagon. Cable clutch + no power steering = mass fun trying to parallel park ;P These are my current rides. The one on the left is a 1997 Acura Integra GSR, and I guess the one on the right can be considered a stickshift

 

[ObiDon]

I like to stick it!

 

[StattlichPassat]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: NightFlyerGTI
Yes, I'm a real man. I drive stick and only stick. Glad to see the results on here!

So if you don't drive a manual, you're not a "real" man...BS

Kidding, dude

 

[StattlichPassat]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Glad to see the results on here!

The results on this board are not indicative of the real world. This is a board of enthusiasts. On this board you are not the norm if you have never overclocked your processor. On this board you are shunned if you don't build your own PC. On this board, people complile linux kernels for fun. On this board you have people who have more computers in their house than they've had dates with women.

It's not exactly a "normal" population sample.

This is true.

 

[StattlichPassat]

Originally posted by: Cerebus451

Originally posted by: NightFlyerGTI

Originally posted by: Cerebus451
My daily driver is an Audi A6 with a 6 speed manual. It had been over 10 years since I had last driven a stick with any regularity, so it is taking some time getting used to driving one again.

Whoa! Sweet car- what year? What color? PICS??

It's a 2002, only had it a couple of weeks so far. Haven't had a chance to snap any pics of it yet (my camera was on loan to my sister), but it is a silver 2.7T. Definitely the best ride I've ever owned.

Very very nice. :Q

 

[poopaskoopa]

Stick.

 

[danchler]

'02 VW GTI 1.8T, manual, 100% man here even if some of you mistakenly think I drive a pussy's car.

Also, I love to sit in Houston traffic with it.