Manual or Automatic

omGoddard · **Posted:** Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:50 am

Meh, depends on what kind of driving I'm doing. If I'm creepin' round offroad, auto. Man, last time I drove a stick (sunfire!) I stalled the hell out of it on a hill. Which drove me insane, because I can take my motorcycle anywhere and be fine...hahaha oh well :oops:

timmyb457 · **Posted:** Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:30 am

manual in a sporty car like my GTP(manual converted

). but in the KJ definitely auto

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:56 pm

cluelessklewer wrote:

In general being the key phrase, manual. Trucks and suv's, auto. I wont own a car unless it's a manual.

Guess you won't have a Caddy or other luxury cars.

A real sports car, not the wanna-be's, always Manual.
Luxury car - Auto (that's the whole point of being luxury)
Pickup Truck - Manual
Off-road rock crawling - Auto
LA and DC driving and traffic jams- Auto

InCommando · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:39 am

Kids...

I spent hundreds of hours off-road in a CJ2a with a manual tranny, manual steering, manual brakes, & 32" tires ( 11-15 in old-speak .) The seats were like plywood. Several on here have done similar things. But now, if the 4x4 doesn't have a fountain drink dispenser on board and Grey Poupon holster it is too hard to drive... :lol:

And people wonder why manufacturers went to IFS and other street-oriented configurations...

Although your clutch may pay for it, you do not have to have stupid shock loads or any loss of smoothness with a stick. Does it take more practice/skill? Probably. But that is part of the fun. We are getting closer and closer to this:

1. stop at foot of hill
2. press "hill" button
3. remove hands from wheel & feet from pedals. Cross arms on chest, place feet flat on floor, and remain still.
4. Once at top of hill, return to user input mode.

Guest · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:42 am

Hey, turns out you weren't banned after all!

My Isuzu Trooper did that, dude.

Put in 1st gear, shift to 4 low. Let out clutch.

Get out of truck and walk beside it:D

HoppedUpOnGoofballs · **Joined:** Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:36 pm **Posts:** 203

Manual all the way.. I dont care what it is or what I am doing. The only way I would ever buy any vehicle with an auto would be if I already had a manual sitting in the shop to swap in.

Ive blown up too many autos (2, I think, one in a brand new car), and I have literally only put about 15000 (if that) total miles on automatic transmissions in my life. ..Compared to a few hundred thousand on stick with no failures.

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:43 am

HoppedUpOnGoofballs wrote:

Manual all the way.. I dont care what it is or what I am doing. The only way I would ever buy any vehicle with an auto would be if I already had a manual sitting in the shop to swap in.

Ive blown up too many autos (2, I think, one in a brand new car), and I have literally only put about 15000 (if that) total miles on automatic transmissions in my life. ..Compared to a few hundred thousand on stick with no failures.

On the flip side to your blowing up Autos, I have had more problems with manuals than autos.

A pickup and a sports car with manuals and went through more problems with them than the 5 auto vehicles I have owned, which includes my KJ.

HoppedUpOnGoofballs · **Joined:** Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:36 pm **Posts:** 203

Tokyojoe wrote:

HoppedUpOnGoofballs wrote:

Manual all the way.. I dont care what it is or what I am doing. The only way I would ever buy any vehicle with an auto would be if I already had a manual sitting in the shop to swap in.

Ive blown up too many autos (2, I think, one in a brand new car), and I have literally only put about 15000 (if that) total miles on automatic transmissions in my life. ..Compared to a few hundred thousand on stick with no failures.

On the flip side to your blowing up Autos, I have had more problems with manuals than autos.

A pickup and a sports car with manuals and went through more problems with them than the 5 auto vehicles I have owned, which includes my KJ.

Some people just cant handle a stick-shift as well as others..

..And then there are retards like me.

(Granted, I was also like 12 or 13 when I learned to drive a stick-shift)

InCommando · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:36 am

What the heck trannies did you keep killing? I don't think I could hurt my T18 with a sledgehammer or a 12 ga.

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:59 am

HoppedUpOnGoofballs wrote:

Tokyojoe wrote:

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..And then there are retards like me.

(Granted, I was also like 12 or 13 when I learned to drive a stick-shift)

Man you waited till you were old! I was put in a 54 International 2 ton flat bed at 7, asked my Dad what to do, and he said you have between here and the barn to fiqure out how to stop/start/shift gears and reach the pedals! At 11 or 12 I was hauling grain 13 miles to town to the feed store by myself in that old corn binder, never thought about a license or anything. :wink:

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:19 am

Oh! You were using one of those there steamer thingy's. A Stanley.
No such thing as gas-operated horseless carriages back then right?

:lol:

Fulltimer · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:58 am

Tokyojoe wrote:

Oh! You were using one of those there steamer thingy's. A Stanley.
No such thing as gas-operated horseless carriages back then right?

:lol:

Good one!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

Terry

HoppedUpOnGoofballs · **Joined:** Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:36 pm **Posts:** 203

tommudd wrote:

HoppedUpOnGoofballs wrote:

Tokyojoe wrote:

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..And then there are retards like me.

(Granted, I was also like 12 or 13 when I learned to drive a stick-shift)

Man you waited till you were old! I was put in a 54 International 2 ton flat bed at 7, asked my Dad what to do, and he said you have between here and the barn to fiqure out how to stop/start/shift gears and reach the pedals! At 11 or 12 I was hauling grain 13 miles to town to the feed store by myself in that old corn binder, never thought about a license or anything. :wink:

Us city-folk do things a little differently.. I did manage to bury a 2wd pickup nearly to the frame in mud, though.

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