I feel like the people always arguing for automatic transimissions have never even driven stick...

I feel like the people always arguing for automatic transimissions have never even driven stick. And not faggy paddle shifter things, a real stick shift with a proper clutch and really worked your way throught feeling every gear you feel so connected to your car that It's a totally different driving experience

I have driven both and as someone who knows waht it feels like to heel toe break with your vehicle I don't see how anyone could really argue that the automatic is better because of muh technology advances

pic related. I would rather have that than a brand new vette if it were automatic I'm sorry idc about w.e moneywise but the stick would be so much more fun even for a cheap old used car vs brand new

Its ok. You might grow up some day.

Wow, what an original and thought-provoking opinion and accompanying post. You sure are the only person in the world to have ever held this stance on automatic and manual transmissions.

>automatic is better because of muh technology advances
But it is in some cases.

>you will never own a unmolested 3000gt

yeah we all would rather have a mint 3kgt but they don't fucking exist these days now go play with your stick you teenager

Manual allows you to have more control.

None of it matters because 90% of it's against the law.

You're welcome, idiot.

None of these people have ever driven a manual car

I agree op. I've driven a manual gto and it was a great time. Autos can be fun but they need to have something else special about them to make up for it. Like a huge boost surge or an awesome sound or something. Pushing my foot down and having it just go is boring

Ive actually never owned an automatic.
But there is no advantage to a manual.
I really wish i had an automatic. Get sick of constant shifting in stop and go traffic.
Its not fun
Im not more connected to the road
Its not good feels
Its annoying and stupid and childish to think otherwise.

Comparing an evo X MR to an evo X GSR. TC-SST's will maintain boost throughout the gears and being 6 speeds, will likely pull on GSR in almost every situation.

Even knowing that, I'd still never buy an MR. Not even the fact that the transmissions are somewhat fragile, I'm a little old fashioned and I wouldn't buy a vehicle in an "automatic" if it was offered with a normal manual.

pic related

Mitsus are my guilty pleasure

I got stuck in traffic in an auto bimmer and it was just the most boring shit ever. Brake, not brake brake not brake brake not brake shits fucking gay

At least in my manual daily I have something to do while I'm stuck there

Captcha: select all images with a bus

I'm even more old fashioned and wouldn't buy an evo without a 4G in it

.....Just shut the fuck up, OP.

Why did you make this thread knowing it would be filled with nothing but shitposting?

>n-none of these people are in my special club
Go sit on your stick, faggot.

I have a basic skill that normal non retards have. You do not.
>this makes me in a special club

Go drink the contents of your torque converter

Driving a manual in heavy traffic is the automotive equivalent of Conan's wheel of pain. That being said, my autism demands a standard transmission.

sadly soon only enthusiast cars will have the option for a manual and a lot of times it's not the same as before, now you have clutch's with so much assist that you cant feel the bite point, hell I even heard some clutch pedals are just buttons now, not even directly connected, and same goes for the gas pedal being just a button

shit feels bad if that's what I have to look forward to in new cars

>anyone who disagrees with me just doesn't get it
Angsty teenager confirmed.

Been driving a manual for 7 years (automatic cars were still frowned upon as "girly" here until some time ago) and then I got an automatic from my company as company car to use when moving for professional purposes.
As far as I can say, there is nothing funnier than a manual, and nothing is more satisfying than changing gears whenever you want.
BUT
Automatic cars are comfy, like, really comfy, especially if you drive in traffic.
so for my experience
Fun and driving experience> manual
Comfort and long trips> automatic

Nigga nothing is more soul crushing than riding to work on a bus because the parking in the city is costing $95 a week

(OP)
>>automatic is better because of muh technology advances
The 8HP90 auto transmission can shift faster than any manual on the market right now. I prefer manual, but you cannot argue against the performance the 8HP90 has.

God I'm so tempted to sometimes

I want to point out that shifting faster isn't really the issue here.

Standard is proactive
Automatic is reactive

The automatic doesn't know you're coming up to a turn.

read OP back, I thought this thread would've been arched by now. how fast you can hit the shift is of 0 importance, but people who have always driven automatic would think it does because they have no idea how driving stick works which is waht I was saying in the original post that only people who argue for auto are people who have never driven anything else and don't know without a doubt it is inferior.


there is a reason why its called autotragic because it really is a tragedy everytime i walk up to a performance car and look in and see that there's no stick or clutch its like what was the point in even getting this car? itd be like getting a super expensive super fun mountain bike and putting training wheels on it

I never said it was so mystical and magical. You are just incompetent.

>Calling the operation of a clutch and stick a """"""""""""""""""""skill.""""""""""""""""""""
Off yourself, faggot.

2 of the four cars i own are manual and my daily driver is one of them.
Automatic is plain old better, sorry.

Manualfag here. Automatics are clearly better and anyone that says otherwise is an autist or a poorfag. It is the year of our Lord, 2015, automatics shift faster, they have shift select, less maintenance, less issues driving on hilly areas and parking.

I know you guys are too poor to afford a new car, but most new cars that aren't shitboxes especially sports cars, allow you to select the gear you want manually with a plus minus on The shift lever, or paddle shifters.

I've been having a swell time changing the slave/master cylinders on my dad's ranger as well as clutch every 2 years or so. Doing something or another. Whereas my sister's automatic ranger just goes on and on.

Try driving a manual in LA or San Francisco. My commute takes 1.5 hours on average. With a cable clutch in my foxbody, ouch. You literally move 2 feet every 5 seconds stop and go. No amount of clutch control will ever allow you to crawl with traffic. Traffic goes 20 mpg then stops. Your leg will hurt. Not to mention our streets and highways aren't flat so you have to do this while the punk behind you gets a foot away from your rear bumper while you are rolling back.

I know 90% of you will probably panic and burn the clutch just like my brother does in those situations.

What else is it? It's not quite on the same level as breathing or fapping but it's something that must be learned and it is possible to become proficient at.

Zf auto gearboxs are better than manual

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why is this even an argument

try stick if you want something to do with your body while driving

try auto if you gotta eat while driving and your diabeetus-numbed legs from can't handle a clutch or something

Notice how all the bros circlejerking/baiting about manuals are driving white trash cars like Mustangs. Get off Veeky Forums and go beat your wives while you drink bud light, hicks.

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manual fags in 2005: "manuals can shift so much faster than even the best automatic"

manual fags in 2017: "SHIFT SPEEDS DON'T MEAN SHIT FUCK OFF"

I'm entirely convinced these people are trolls with nothing better to do than drive their shitty cheap ass cars to school every day then come home and bitch about it because they're insecure.

ITT: i tried to drive a manual, but couldn't, so i'm an automatic transmission diehard and manuals are mean

most automatics are still shit. DCTs can be better than manuals but need to be programmed right to do so. CVTs are ass because they don't mate them with constant RPM engines. the main thing to take away from this is that most cars with automatics are torque converters, and are almost always crap.

>most automatics are shit

Not gonna read past here because either bait or ignorant retard, either way not worth my time.

the only automatic transmission that's better than manual is DSG
even then i prefer manual for muh driving experience
if you're a true enthusiast, you don't drive automatics

(F1 cars don't use stick BC automated is faster)

ok, i bet their cars they don't use for F1 are manual

>CVTs are ass because they don't mate them with constant RPM engines.

I don't like driving CVT's but this is just retarded.

I've driven a manual but I don't feel anything special
I usually choose transmission depending on which makes the car faster
nowadays automatic variants and DCTs are faster than the manuals so I lean to them

Stage 2 clutch master race here. It gets tiring driving stick all the time. Its nice to relax with an auto.

That's kind of a paradox, pretty much anyone over 60 can drive stick, and a good portion of middle aged people still can, it's the young people that rarely know how. Each year you get less learning and less young people who know how to even drive a manual car, let alone people that can competently use it.

Shouldn't you be the one who grows up? You're the one who can't drive manual and is getting irritable about other people liking it, something that shouldn't bother you if you were a mature human being. The logical conclusion to you're words is that a bullied 14 year old lies behind their genesis, an underage child who is yet unable to drive is now projecting their inferiority complex and hatred of hard work all over a decrepit, old, imageboard for fat weeaboo virgins and the most unsavoury fetishists the world has to offer.

I suggest you wait a few years before posting again. It'll be better for everyone that way.

Wow, someone really is fucking butthurt. I don't think I've seen something as laughable as a 12 year old girl trying to look cool on the internet in many a year. Tell me, when you decided that "just shut the fuck up" would embarrass OP and somehow ingratiate yourself with the cool kids, did you really think that your underage and mentally inadequate status would go unnoticed?

Then why do you own 2 manual cars? Or rather, do you even actually own a fucking car, or are you just shitposting on a phillipino knitting forum to make up for personal issues and having no friends.

It's a skill when half the population can't even do it, and many people struggle not to break the car or stall constantly until they've driven manual for several months.

LA doesn't count as "driving" faggot. You're not actually driving in those situations, just operating a really slow and shitty train carriage, you're better off just walking if you're desperate to go that spic infested shithole.

Meanwhile, on actual roads and actual cars, manual can be appreciated for reminding us that not everyone is a fat sloth whose given up his free will and independence so that machinery and government can do everything for him.

Anyone else here think driving another man's manual car is the same as cheating with his girl?

>my first time with a stick was in a new Chevy Aveo my dad bought as a 3rd car
>10 years on with the stock clutch approaching 100k.
>test driving some used manual cars
>feel dirty every time I get in the Aveo after a test drive

I tried a Honda fit today and will be breaking things off with the Aveo. Its like going from a starfish to a porn-star in bed.

/n/ here

Replace that bus with a bike and get a fun workout while shifting gears every 10 seconds. The higher end indexed offerings from Shimano/SRAM/campolongo are excellent in feel.

>Meanwhile, on actual roads and actual cars, manual can be appreciated for reminding us that not everyone is a fat sloth whose given up his free will and independence so that machinery and government can do everything for him.
Manualfags ACTUALLY believe this lmao

Driving in your flyover states with straight ass roads doesn't count either. Especially when your poor ass county needs troopers every mile to catch speeders for revenue. So you can't even speed. And FYI, 6th gear in automatic is the same as 6th in a manual.

There is literally no difference to make manuals better in the present day. Stay mad poorfag.

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This pic is stupid. I touch my gf hand sometime using the stick. She knows how to drive stick too.