FAF's Transmission of Choice?
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Antonin Scalia
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Torrijos-sama
The Artist Formerly Known as Jesusfish
Manual for cars.
Manual for scooters.
Manual for motorcycles (Yes, automatic bikes exist).
It gives you a greater feeling of control, has slightly better fuel economy, makes engine braking a whole lot easier...
Learned with four on the floor...
Manual for scooters.
Manual for motorcycles (Yes, automatic bikes exist).
It gives you a greater feeling of control, has slightly better fuel economy, makes engine braking a whole lot easier...
Learned with four on the floor...
Greyscale
New Member
I can't do that, the truck weighs too damn much and doesn't have enough power.
Take your pick, you can have either one.
Practice, practice, practice...
That's odd... In America/California, transmission has no effect on insurance rates, far as I know. It's more a matter of how old you are, and the value of your car/truck (or perhaps just the number of cylinders in your engine). When I first started driving, it cost me $150 a month (and that was almost thirty years ago). Now, I'm paying fifty and change (just made some changes that dropped my monthly bill twelve bucks).
Nowadays, it's getting so the autos either match or exceed manuals in mpgs. As for engine braking, I have no problem doing that in my auto four-speed... I just drop out of overdrive into third, and coast down hills without the need for brakes, not to mention using that trick when coming up on a stop. Works perfectly fine.
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Tycho
Guest
can't even drive a goddamn stick without shredding the clutch, fuck that. Automatic. Less fussing with doohickeys, more paying attention to the road.
Sai_Wolf
Member
Even having said that, you must acknowledge that automatics give you less to do. Yeah, nine hours driving a stick might be more work; but it's a welcome sort of work; versus just keeping your foot on the pedal and trying to entertain yourself with passing trees.
(Though to be fair, a lot of interstate traffic is just putting it in 5th and cruising, from what I'm told.)
ObsidianLaughter
HI GUYYYYYYYYYYYS
Once you go stick and master it, you don't go back. My baby is a stick and I wouldn't have it any other way.
I mean I understand some of the people who are learning it have reason to flip out. I was pretty scared shitless the first couple times I was on a hill, but once you get the hang of it, its so much more comfortable, and fun. Plus it teaches you to STAY THE HELL OFF YOUR CELL PHONE, since noone would be brainless enough to attempt to drive stick while on a phone.
I mean I understand some of the people who are learning it have reason to flip out. I was pretty scared shitless the first couple times I was on a hill, but once you get the hang of it, its so much more comfortable, and fun. Plus it teaches you to STAY THE HELL OFF YOUR CELL PHONE, since noone would be brainless enough to attempt to drive stick while on a phone.
FlynnCoyote
Takin it slow.
Auto. So I can hold my drink/sandwich/cock/coffee in my other hand.
Priorities people. :v
Priorities people. :v
Ames
it smells like dust and moon light
Nope. Getting the hang of driving a stick is easier than you'd think, and after a while it sort of becomes second nature.
I literally learned in about two hours. 30 minutes of practicing starting from stops in a parking lot (hardest part) along with parking and backing up, an hour of driving local, and 30 minutes on the highway.
It really just takes a little patience, which those naysayers you've met obviously lack. Take it slow. Yes, at first, you WILL STALL more times than you would like to admit. Yes, impatient jerks will honk at you and you will be embarrassed as hell. Which will only lead to more goof-ups and stalling. But that's all part of the learning process. If you've ever heard that somebody's only stalled three times in their entire life or some shit that person is a fucking liar.
The_Mask
Sly Cooper be sexy
I can stall an automatic. Talent.
asdfKBSmASH
New Member
I PICK MY GEARS BECAUSE IM SO COOL... zzz
Automatics will always slam you on the quarter unless you're right on top of your shit. They're generally lazy shifting, but they'll come out of the gates like a crazy mofo and they're smart enough to shift around peak output, besides, decent ones are snappy as fuck between gears.
There's benefits with manuals, but driving from point A to B, it's annoying as fuck to gloat over the collective hours you took to understand how to come off a fucking clutch...
Automatics will always slam you on the quarter unless you're right on top of your shit. They're generally lazy shifting, but they'll come out of the gates like a crazy mofo and they're smart enough to shift around peak output, besides, decent ones are snappy as fuck between gears.
There's benefits with manuals, but driving from point A to B, it's annoying as fuck to gloat over the collective hours you took to understand how to come off a fucking clutch...
Aden
Play from your ****ing HEART
There seems to be this general sentiment that expressing you like doing something that some others haven't learned how to do automatically equates to gloating, and it's really weird. Why are you so angry
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LizardKing
Guest
What about starting on a hill? That's always fun.
OH GOD NO YOU'RE GOING BACKWARDS WHAT ARE YOU DOING STOP STOP
ObsidianLaughter
HI GUYYYYYYYYYYYS
My dad trolled me with that. I wasn't able to work on hills for a period of time after that one.
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Tycho
Guest
I think a "semi" automatic is one of those that is basically an automatic but you can put it in a "manual mode" where you can opt to do the shifting yourself. Not actual stick shift shifting, more like shift-up shift-down pseudo-F1 shit.
wheelieotter
Everything works if you let it
For pleasure driving, I prefer a manual. It feels good to be in control of everything. I've been thinking of getting a little 2-seater, like an MGB to restore.
For my daily driver / commuting in traffic, I have an automatic. Just less hassle.
Yes, motorcycles with automatic gearboxes exist, I've worked on one once (Moto Guzzi V1000 Convert). No thanks, I'll keep my 4 speed.
For my daily driver / commuting in traffic, I have an automatic. Just less hassle.
Yes, motorcycles with automatic gearboxes exist, I've worked on one once (Moto Guzzi V1000 Convert). No thanks, I'll keep my 4 speed.
This is a "semi-automatic" gearbox: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVWP7TYhP0c
More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-automatic_transmission
Shaui
Coffeecoon
Semi-automatic is probably most likened to having Siri trying to pick up chicks for you, well, driving a ferrari with one of these paddle shifter thingies would be fun REGARDLESS of being semi-auto.
And for the record, I drive manual. Both parents do and I had to learn. It's easier than you think!
And for the record, I drive manual. Both parents do and I had to learn. It's easier than you think!
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Llamapotamus
Member
Depends on the situation, really. I have a manual, and it's really fun to go joyriding in, but rush hour is a BITCH.
brandot
Husky love.
Well my daily driver, a 1967 volkswagen beetle is Obviously a stick. As is the 66 VW beetle we have
Our 1961 thunderbird is an automatic. The beetle feels right to be driving a stick. If the thunderbird was a stick I would think "what idiot would make this a stick??" Its a completely different kind of ride. Smooth luxury power, not supposed to be a stick.
Thats how I feel. SUVs and trucks, Automatics feel right.
A mustang? MG? GTI? 1949 ford sedan? Stick all the way.
Our 1961 thunderbird is an automatic. The beetle feels right to be driving a stick. If the thunderbird was a stick I would think "what idiot would make this a stick??" Its a completely different kind of ride. Smooth luxury power, not supposed to be a stick.
Thats how I feel. SUVs and trucks, Automatics feel right.
A mustang? MG? GTI? 1949 ford sedan? Stick all the way.