Should I go AT or MT?

[richie incognito]

Originally Posted by Darkone

Well if I drove the car as a daily driver... I would have opted for an automatic. Shifting during rush hour traffic in traffic jams is no fun...

daily driving a manual is a piece of cake. Rush hour or not. I live, work and drive downtown; every car I have ever owned is a manual. If you are good at it, you won't have any issues.

And the starting from a stop on an incline is another poor reason. Learn to drive your car and you will have no issues. I daily drive a 2011 STi, which comes with hill assist. dumbest thing around; i turned it off within a day. Once you have a feel for your clutch's engagement point, no hill, mountain or slope should give you trouble.

ultimately, it comes down to this: do you want to drive a manual car or do you not care. "driving it in traffic" is not a con, that is the whole thing. If you do not like to drive your manual car when other cars are around you do not like to drive a manual car. The only person you need to satisfy is yourself.

[Twrx2013]

I learned to drive manual nd it's the best, so much fun

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[Raven34]

Ups and downs with both, if I had it to do over again even with my bad knees I would still but the manual.

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[jmidiri]

dont forget manual car is safer ull be to occupied with right hand shifting that u wont be able to text and then u wont die. thumbs up for manual

[anodic]

Originally Posted by jmidiri

dont forget manual car is safer ull be to occupied with right hand shifting that u wont be able to text and then u wont die. thumbs up for manual

lol you're kidding me right?

I can smoke, text, eat and drink something while I drive with an mt.

[JoshMonster]

Originally Posted by anodic

lol you're kidding me right?

I can smoke, text, eat and drink something while I drive with an mt.

Aaaaaand you're the reason I have road rage..

[new2subaru]

The OP left the building less than 2 hours after starting this thread.

[YW-Slayer]

Originally Posted by arrow34

I just give you props for driving in Hk. Downtown central is crazy and I have never driven in hk... Frankly afraid to! The bus drivers alone are pin-point drivers.

Hey man, thanks, but tons of people do it. I generally avoid congested areas and I also prefer to drive in England...

[Twrx2013]

I text and drive stick all the time lool

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[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Da Brz

One pro for an auto is that you're resale is probably a couple grand better when you try to trade or dump it.

My experience has been quite the opposite looking at sports cars over the years. The auto models are much less expensive.

[darthpnoy1984]

Sure the auto is not as fast since you cant dump the clutch but shifts damn fast for a slush old school box at 200 ms.

I'll be nice if Aisin or ZF would put an 8 speed on the next generation.

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[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by new2subaru

The OP left the building less than 2 hours after starting this thread.

That's awesome. Might be the best part of this thread.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

That's awesome. Might be the best part of this thread.

I like to think they went with MT and grew insane with their newfound pleasure of driving it.

[Da Brz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

My experience has been quite the opposite looking at sports cars over the years. The auto models are much less expensive.

I've taken my car to a lot of local dealers and the most I've ever been offered was $19k. My car was $29k MSRP. I can't imagine an auto having worse resale than that, lol.