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

[jut703]

Kahit 5kph pa ang takbo mo, basta dahan dahan ang release hindi yan mag jjerk
Unless may sira ang clutch mo to begin with.

True. You always have to release gently when coming from a stop. But that's not the scenario I'm describing.

Imagine you're in slow moving traffic, and you're in 2nd gear at 30 kph, then you let go of the gas - if you don't step on the clutch when you release the gas, the car's bound to jerk. Likewise, when you're coasting in-gear, then you step on the gas, the car would jerk again if you don't watch the clutch.

It's much smoother with newer manuals, but still not as smooth as automatics if you don't mind the clutch.