actually he does...too bad hes slow :lolsign:

manual doesn't give any more control (you actually have less since a human can't be as precise)

Just something about driving a manual thats more "fun" for me than simply pressing on the gas and going.. Living in Arizona its also nice to pick the gears to downshift to properly so I don't have to sit on my brakes when going down mountains, or the ease of going into neutral and coasting when you want to.

can do that in an auto if you want also, it's a preference thing and if you need some justification you chose wrong, I like to harrass people about it when tehy say manual is faster and better, truthfully for street driving there is little difference, drag racing auto is better road course manual should be better

We should meet up, your only like...an hour and a half away from me.

i wanted a stick and ended up with an auto. you might loose a little more in the trans but i shift it myself all the time. and when the shift kit gets here i should shift just as hard as a stick. all i can say is im happy, its nice to not have to shift sometimes (Like when you just went to the drive thru)

you get to choose your gears meaning more controls.

yes i wanted a stick also but i couldnt find a decend 98-02 around here anywhere, i am planning on puting a shift kit it my car after i do some of the engine mods i have planned.

So we should design a car with a computer that turn's and controls the gas and brakes as well because we'll be even more consitant then?

Sorry but where's the fun in putting it in D with the little circle around it and pressing one pedal?

the fun of it is being able to do other things and not having to worry about shifting.

passing the guy driving the manual as he shifts

just try it arch. :nana:

like reading a book and talking on a cell phone? It amazes me how many people you hear about going through a house because they were looking over there shoulder thought they had it in reverse but had it in drive, not saying it can NOT happen with a standard tranny but I do think that the chances are greatly deminished. However gay it sounds a car is NOT a toy, they want to make these things easy as cake to drive so your buddy with under 100iq can drive one but then winds up killing somebody cuz he wasnt paying any attention. Not only do standard trannys give you more control over the vehicle they keep you on your toes.

the only car through a building accident I witnessed it was a manual. The fact is the government is afraid to not give out licenses easy, voting base and all

well me myself personally havent witnessed any major accidents like that myself but hear about em fairly often. I have however been in cars a bunch of times where who ever was driving doesnt put it in the right gear or forgets which gear hes in and goes the wrong direction, nothing major but enough to hit something or somebody if they were standing in the way. Every single one an auto tranny.