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

[swim_fatale]

Same predicament as brynne. I'm also a female newbie driver who can't decide between A/T or M/T. I know how to drive M/T thanks to my driving school but I'm not very good at it. I recently bought my first car, a 2nd hand '92 Toyota Corolla XE (small body) and although it's a good buy, mabigat syang i-drive for a newbie like me. I'm now planning to buy a brand new A/T car. Problem with A/T is, I'm worried about the FC and whether it can go through flooded streets. Low budget pa naman ko, I can only (barely) afford a Celerio or a Picanto..

[Arshxd]

Hate ATs. They're too boring to drive, unlike an MT where you're always busy. With practice, shifting becomes second nature and i'd say it's barely more tiresome than driving an auto. The difference is that it's much harder to text and drive with an MT, which I find is very tempting to do with an AT because one of my hands is free. Just go into neutral in traffic if it's tiring to hold down the clutch for so long. Hill starts: handbrake -> half-clutch + half-throttle -> release handbrake, Simple.

[niky]

You can certainly make calls on a cellphone with a manual. And eat fast food. And a million other things.

[JohnM]

Yeah like the Adventure driver who cut me off this morning because his cel was on his left and he had to shift and turn with his right hand only

[Arshxd]

You can certainly make calls on a cellphone with a manual. And eat fast food. And a million other things.

But you need to be a very skilled driver to do that though. A first-time driver would never think to do that unless you were in an AT.