First car ko is manual but i now drive an automatic. Grabe na kasi ang traffic kahit dito sa probinsya. Basta hinay-hinay lang sa accelerator at well maintained ang sasakyan, medyo matipid pa rin sa gas. My current drive is 23 yrs old and average fuel consumption ranges from 9 to 10km/L.

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If I want a manual, I'd just swing a leg (on my motorcycle) hehehe. I can rev it up to redline without feeling guilty dahil 40km/L consumption nito. It's not a bigbike pero ilang kembot lang sa kurbada ok na ako.