@tokyo 14 Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 I love driving manual cars. Automatic takes out a lot of the fun for me. Link to post Share on other sites
poach-ninja 0 Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 I'd pay a fair bit more to get a manual Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 why? manufacturers make you pay more for an automatic. Link to post Share on other sites
1 4 Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Possibly because he/she prefers manual. I would too. It's just the better way to drive. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 I mean, the manual is default. Auto is an option. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 I'm getting dark glass for my car, to make it look more pimpy. It also cuts out some rays so's I can skimp on the aircon for rear passengers. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Originally Posted By: 1 Possibly because he/she prefers manual. I would too. It's just the better way to drive. Manual is driving, auto is just steering. Link to post Share on other sites
journey_man 0 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Manual or Auto. The rush hour crawl is barely existing. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 The advantage of MY rush hour is that it takes about 15 minutes to drive the 20km to get from home to work. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 so that's 80km/h average. What do you drive and what is the gas mileage? Please share. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 automatic Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Originally Posted By: thursday so that's 80km/h average. What do you drive and what is the gas mileage? Please share. Either a Jimny or a Navara d/cab diesel ute, depending on whether I have something big to bring home, or whether the "boss" (= +1) has to use the other vehicle (we usually share a car since both work in the same office). Fuel consumption isn't something I've calculated recently. It's one of those things that you do for a while when the car's new and then the novelty wears off and you get slack. I'm at that point, well and truly! I'm surprised at "only" 80 average - from gate to highway, I often manage 120 or so. (Shhhh, don't tell on me, please!) The highway to town is all 60 and 50, with a bit of 70, so I have to make up time somehow! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 My new automatic Went for this car 'cos we wanted to go back to an SUV and wanted to see how good hybrid technology had become. This is an RX450h, 3500cc Atkinson cycle petrol running on >RON95 with 2 electric motors, one front, one back. Keyless go means no key to turn, transeiver is pciked up from inside your pocket and the doors unlock as you reach for the handle. Starting by pressing the "start" button, into gear and go. It runs on electric until above 40kph or you accelerate modestly. Moving away from standstill on just electricity is slow....... enevitably, any sort of normal acceleration is only acchieved with the engine cutting in, which is hardly noticeable. With legislation soon to come in to require parked vehicles to turn off idling engines, I'd be able to run the airconditioner for 45 minutes on just electric. Useful when waiting. After 1000km and 2 fillups, I managed to get 12km/l. My previous car, a 3.5 Previa (Estima) got me 9km/l. So, spending twice as much as the previous car, I managed a 33% increase in fuel efficiency while losing 2 passenger seats. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Looks big. Does it go fast? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 go fast? nope. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 But it's automatic. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Our two cars are auto, which I hate, much prefare gears, but the misses cant drive a manual car. My van is manual though, as only I drive it! Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I don't like manual either. Seems so many autos in Japan. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Automatic rules. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 So, you guys are OK with a dumb machine telling you what gear to use? Me, I'd rather the machinery did what it was told, rather than telling me what it will do. Yep, control freak! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Nope, just like the comfort of what modern technology can do. E-CVT. what gear? there are no gears, it all virtual. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 yep, virtual driving too! The car's driving you. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 experience it, then comprehend. A manual gearbox is the thing of the past. DSG used to change gears at 0.1 seconds. No left foot can do that. The DSG now does changes in 0.07 seconds. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 Nice car Thursday. The leather looks great. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 Originally Posted By: Kraut_in_HongKong I drive in Hong Kong, unfortunatly most cars sold here are automatic. Manual cars are only in the sports section. My Hyundai was manual, but my news Smart ForFour is automatic (was the only choice). Feels like far less power (for a small 109PS car). I would like to testdrive a new VW with the double-clutch automatic though. It's an automatic with 7 gears and you don't notice any gearshift anymore. They call it DSG: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-Shift_Gearbox Manual cars are only in the sports section. Get it right. Manual cars are only in the poor section. Link to post Share on other sites
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