Battle of the Transmissions: M/T vs. A/T

[lazyfoot]

I still like driving M/T during late nights and non traffic hours, it is fun and keeps me awake. during daytime driving i love the A/T, saves me from all the effort.

I would go for the A/T on this one coz of the benefits, plus with the new 5 speed A/T in the market now i almost get the same milage anyway.
We still keep our old M/T though, for coding days

[xfreemanx]

How about maintainance and repair cost of MT vs AT? Di ba super mahal pag nasiraan ka ng A/T?

[alwayz_yummy]

maintenance - mura ang AT(atf flushing lang yan every year or 2).. mag-mumura ka sa MT (clutch disc,pressure plate,release bearing, clutch primary&secondary master repair kit, hoses, labor pa pagbaba..damay mo na din ang crakshaft oil seal sa checking...)

repair cost - mag-mumura ka sa AT(either palit ka ng un-certain-used AT, or spend 100t minimum on overhaul, na di din sigurado ang gawa)...mura MT (pag nag-slide, un ang maintenance, pag pinabayaan mo, chances are machineshop mo ang housing/flywheel)

ganun lang yun..so pag AT ka, better ang maintenance..problema lang if you bought the car "used"

[hpon]

for me M/T kasi i'm located in a province and the road here are 2 lanes only bihira ka lang makakita nang 4 lanes kung malapit ka na lang sa city and its really hard to overtake pag A/T gamit ko kasi ang tagal bago mag accelerate need to rev high pa unlike sa M/T control ko yung power nang sasakyan at acceleration nya..pero if sa city driving na mas prefer ko A/T's...

[alwayz_yummy]

most at are high-geared.. ang mt naman ay low-geared..

but siyempre, take into consideration pa yung huge losses ng AT because Fluid is the main medium..torque converter...

e ang MT directed halos sa shaft/flywheel..kaya mas lesser ang powerloss.

and maybe your AT car is not built for speed or di kaya may issues kaya di ganun ang acceleration.. e bakit yung kia pride ng mom ko, during its prime, its so easy to overtake, despite the 1.3L and 3-speed AT.. its in the technique na din.

[hpon]

sir AY dito kasi sa province in terms of overtaking not only mid size ang ini overtake mo consider po yung mga prime movers na nagka ka sunod sunod need power and fast acceleration talaga..ok lng po sana kung yung mga latest tranny cars na kasi easy na lang mag pick up nang speed..

[willvill]

overtaking sa AT? madali naman sa Honda City '03 IDSI. Iset mo lang sa S mode and shifter ayun para kang naka turbo! lakas lang sa gaso....