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Re: Automatic vs. 5 Speed
Posted by Tom Mundar [Email] (more from Tom Mundar) on Thu, 1 Nov 2001 15:52:16
In Reply to: Automatic vs. 5 Speed, Bryce, Wed, 31 Oct 2001 19:12:27
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Personally, I don't know why people think slushboxes are better for stop and go traffic. With the 5-speed, I can usually stay in a single gear and use the gas pedal for 95% of my speed modification. With an auto it is gas-brake-gas-brake-gas-brake because the automatic transmission "helps" by upshifting when you take your foot off the gas, reducing engine braking.
Every time I am forced to drive an automatic, I usually start manually shifting it within 10 minutes because it doesn't do what I want it to. I enjoy the extra effort required to shift for myself, and my transmission "reads my mind" by always being in the right gear. So, unless I develop some medical condition that makes it impossible to drive a manual transmission, it will always be manual trannys for me.
Fortunately, my wife likes manual transmissions as well, so there are no arguments.
Tom
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Posts in this Thread:
- Automatic vs. 5 Speed, Bryce, Wed, 31 Oct 2001 19:12:27
- Re: Automatic vs. 5 Speed, Max V., Thu, 1 Nov 2001 16:25:56
- Re: Automatic vs. 5 Speed, Stu, Thu, 1 Nov 2001 16:19:17
- One of the better autos, Jeff, Thu, 1 Nov 2001 15:57:45
- Re: Automatic vs. 5 Speed, Tom Mundar, Thu, 1 Nov 2001 15:52:16 <-- Viewing This Message
- 5 Spd, Dave, Thu, 1 Nov 2001 14:21:19
- Re: Automatic vs. 5 Speed, JerryC, Thu, 1 Nov 2001 00:33:07
- Re: Automatic vs. 5 Speed, Aaron Feuer, Wed, 31 Oct 2001 22:56:57
- Re: Automatic vs. 5 Speed - redesign in '99??, RickP, Wed, 31 Oct 2001 22:40:58
- Yes, Nathan Work, Thu, 1 Nov 2001 15:51:27
- Re: Automatic vs. 5 Speed, bryan
, Wed, 31 Oct 2001 21:29:32 - Re: Automatic vs. 5 Speed, Glenn, Wed, 31 Oct 2001 19:16:30
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