POLL: did you learn to drive in an automatic or manual?

[JDub02]

Originally posted by: LAUST

Originally posted by: Xionide
I have run into people who like wont drive a manual. They just dont get it. I think that if they dont have the brain power to be able to drive an automatic then they shouldnt be allowed to drive.

Fine then you don't deserve a hamburger unless you know how to kill a cow, gut pile it and butcher it

I can do that.

Well, I've done it with a deer, anyway. Can't be much different.

 

[LAUST]

Okay so you get to eat and everyone else gets to starve see what I'm getting at.

 

[Lifer]

Originally posted by: gururu
learned on an auto. switched to manual. a lot more enjoyable for sure, particularly with a lot of horsepower.

it makes cars with low horsepower more enjoyable too.
no more power robbing tq converter.

 

[boyRacer]

learned in a manual... but now im stuck with autos...

 

[petery83]

Auto, '95 Toyota Avalon

 

[FoBoT]

3 on the tree , 1976 Plymouth Duster

 

[Xionide]

Originally posted by: LAUST

Originally posted by: Xionide
I have run into people who like wont drive a manual. They just dont get it. I think that if they dont have the brain power to be able to drive an automatic then they shouldnt be allowed to drive.

Fine then you don't deserve a hamburger unless you know how to kill a cow, gut pile it and butcher it

My point is if they cant handle counting from 1-5 with a little stick while using a whole extra pedal then they shouldnt be in control of a rolling death contraption.

 

[Lithium381]

learned in a manual....now it's 2nd nature, feels "empty" to drive an auto

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

Learned with an auto. Been driving RWD auto in winter Canada for 7yrs accident free. Only recently have I made my first automobile purchase that's a manual. No regrets at all. Only 3 months into it, and still stall on rare occasion. Totally different driving experience.

With a manual, you can maximize the power potential of the vehicle and have immediate control over the entire power band of where you want it to be. It's like a slider bar between fuel efficiency and power. You choose.

Better off to start off learning to get a licence with an auto. Less to worry about.

 

[xSauronx]

learned in automatic

my dad later tried to teach me how to drive a stick, but he sucks at instructing people so i suck at it

 

Originally posted by: Lithium381
learned in a manual....now it's 2nd nature, feels "empty" to drive an auto

^what he said

 

[Snapster]

Manual, with no power steering to boot. Oh the horror! :Q