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What do you prefer driving, automatic or stick?

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What do you guys prefer driving, automatic or stick? Even though I can't personally drive yet, I already know that stick would be better because I can control the power band of the engine using one hand. Plus, it sounds more awesome. Automatic sounds boring and monotonous. Sad part is, I have 5 cars, but only 1 is stick. Plus, you get better fuel economy with stick shift because you don't have your foot on the gas all the time, unlike auto. Stickshift is for real men. So, what do you like better?

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Sequential. 

 

Honest answer is Manual.

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Stick. Especially on right hand drive cars. 

Autos can be nice too. The kickdown on a v8 merc is savage.

I've had the privilege of driving a reverse valvebody chevelle too. With the lightning rod shifters. Coolest. Thing. Ever. 

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Automatic master race

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Who calls it 'stick' lol. It's often referred as Manual.

On my country 99% of the cars are Manual, so yeah.

90% of america.

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Stick. Especially on right hand drive cars. 

Autos can be nice too. The kickdown on a v8 merc is savage.

I've had the privilege of driving a reverse valvebody chevelle too. With the lightning rod shifters. Coolest. Thing. Ever. 

Oh yeah. I think driving stick on a RHD car is the best setup for drifting.

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Stick, because, if you can drive a Stick you will be able to drive an Auto, but if you Drive an Auto and been doing so from the day you learned to drive you most probably wont be able to drive a Stick, plus, Awesome cars aren't Auto, Apart from the Aventador and the Veiron  .

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Who calls it 'stick' lol. It's often referred as Manual.

On my country 99% of the cars are Manual, so yeah.

it's called Stick, Often referred to as Stick, because you use a Stick to select Gears 

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Who calls it 'stick' lol. It's often referred as Manual.

On my country 99% of the cars are Manual, so yeah.

I believe in america everyone calls it a stick.

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Oh yeah. I think driving stick on a RHD car is the best setup for drifting.

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The side you're sitting on has no effect on how well you can control the car 

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Stick. Especially on right hand drive cars. 

Autos can be nice too. The kickdown on a v8 merc is savage.

I've had the privilege of driving a reverse valvebody chevelle too. With the lightning rod shifters. Coolest. Thing. Ever. 

You should feel a '70 Lesabre... Squeaks the tires, even if you're not giving it that much money.

 

I prefer Automatic, simply because it's one less thing I have to do. Paddle shifters would be okay (so long as I didn't have to do anything with the clutch).

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I've only driven automatics because I don't have a car and I use my parents car. But I think I would like a manual better so I don't have to deal with having to put the foot down on steep hills(I live in a hilly area) and then the transmission finally decides to downshift and the car jumps forward.

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Stick, because, if you can drive a Stick you will be able to drive an Auto, but if you Drive an Auto and been doing so from the day you learned to drive you most probably wont be able to drive a Stick, plus, Awesome cars aren't Auto, Aprt from the Aventador and the Veiron  .

Yeah, that's my psychology. Once you know how to drive stick, you can drive anything. Now if only I can teach my mom how to drive stick so she doesn't drive my shit minivan.

 

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The side you're sitting on has no effect on how well you can control the car 

Uhh, kinda. I'm right handed, but since this is America, i use that hand to shift. It's hard to control with my left hand.

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I can drive both

But I prefer Automatic

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I prefer manual. More fun to drive, more to do than just pushing a pedal.

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I prefer manual most of the time, however long drive's having an auto is nice

Its all about those volumetric clouds

 

 

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You should feel a '70 Lesabre... Squeaks the tires, even if you're not giving it that much money.

 

I prefer Automatic, simply because it's one less thing I have to do. Paddle shifters would be okay (so long as I didn't have to do anything with the clutch).

If we're talking 70s buics i prefer the riviera. The bodystyle of the 71 is gorgeous

 

Yeah, that's my psychology. Once you know how to drive stick, you can drive anything. Now if only I can teach my mom how to drive stick so she doesn't drive my shit minivan.

 

Uhh, kinda. I'm right handed, but since this is America, i use that hand to shift. It's hard to control with my left hand.

Oh. I've never noticed that

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Depends on where and what I'm driving. For commuting, or most driving done on city streets, I'd rather have an automatic. If the road allows for spirited driving, a manual is preferred. If the automatic is good enough, I don't mind them for spirited drives either.

 

So I guess a good automatic is preferred to cover most driving for me. I have a pretty nice manual though.

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If we're talking 70s buics i prefer the riviera. The bodystyle of the 71 is gorgeous

 

Oh. I've never noticed that

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Yeah, try being just a right handed person for one day, and you see what I mean.

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it's called Stick, Often referred to as Stick, because you use a Stick to select Gears 

 

 

It's called manual because you manually select the gears. I think we can all agree on what makes more sense.

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Depends what type of Automatic: CVT, 1 Clutch, Double Clutch... But stick is still better than all of those if you're not doing hardcore professional racing (double+ clutch is better).


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Yeah, try being just a right handed person for one day, and you see what I mean.

I was xD. But i trained my left to be as good as my right.

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If we're talking 70s buics i prefer the riviera. The bodystyle of the 71 is gorgeous

 

Oh. I've never noticed that

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H gearbox.

 

Will not drive an automatic unless it's something truly special.

 

Don't care for sequential double-clutch paddle gimmicks either. Give me a standard stick. I would opt for it even if it's a supercar like a DBS:

 

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