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

[vlake93]

For me it's manual. I've driven a range of M/T and A/T and it's true that you save more fuel using manual transmission. I've experimented on both transmission(Even the latest A/T models) and still M/T is still the winner in terms of fuel consumption(less consumed fuel). But with today's technology I think A/T is not far in gaining the advantage against the M/T. In terms of speed control, no doubt the M/T. That's just my 2 cents on this matter.

[mckornick]

For me it's manual. I've driven a range of M/T and A/T and it's true that you save more fuel using manual transmission. I've experimented on both transmission(Even the latest A/T models) and still M/T is still the winner in terms of fuel consumption(less consumed fuel). But with today's technology I think A/T is not far in gaining the advantage against the M/T. In terms of speed control, no doubt the M/T. That's just my 2 cents on this matter.

e chief pag dating po kaya sa maintenance sa tingin ninyo po ok na din kumuha ng a/t ngayon? kasi diba dati way back 1990's pag naka a/t ka na sasakyan dapat mayaman ka talaga gawa ng daang libo ang pagawa neto pag nasira?

[MR_BIG18]

e chief pag dating po kaya sa maintenance sa tingin ninyo po ok na din kumuha ng a/t ngayon? kasi diba dati way back 1990's pag naka a/t ka na sasakyan dapat mayaman ka talaga gawa ng daang libo ang pagawa neto pag nasira?

Well, MT aint cheap also

[crosswind]

e chief pag dating po kaya sa maintenance sa tingin ninyo po ok na din kumuha ng a/t ngayon? kasi diba dati way back 1990's pag naka a/t ka na sasakyan dapat mayaman ka talaga gawa ng daang libo ang pagawa neto pag nasira?

It really depends on how you take car of your car for the automatic you should religously change the ATF which is not expensive to do so. We has a 95' Galant v6 where the transmission was overhauled thrice at 60k pesos for each overhaul it was because our driver didn't know how to operate an automatic transmission properly and we were froced to traverse the flooded part of balintawak going to Nlex back then for us not to cause traffic.

[jettp0gi]

e chief pag dating po kaya sa maintenance sa tingin ninyo po ok na din kumuha ng a/t ngayon? kasi diba dati way back 1990's pag naka a/t ka na sasakyan dapat mayaman ka talaga gawa ng daang libo ang pagawa neto pag nasira?

My 02 Fieldmaster's transmission never had any repairs as of date. Just the regular ATF dialysis/flushing *40,000km interval. I only spent 3-5k per dialysis/flushing if I remember correctly. Di naman sya ganun kamahalan since 5 years or more yung 40,000kms sa akin. Right now the Paj is still running *180,000kms. In my 94 civic M/T running *140,000kms, once ko pa lang pinalitan ang clutch and I think I spent around 5k. My dad has a 98 Hilux M/T running *220,000kms and he already replaced the clutch twice. I think gumastos sya ng around 5-7k dun sa last.

To me, hindi ganun kalayo yung gastos kahit isama pa yung brake pads na mas madalas palitan sa A/T. In my estimate, it's just an additional 10-20k pesos per 10-15 years. And this is by the way comparing the Paj (more expensive parts) with the hilux and civic (cheaper parts).

[Kaitokid20]

Mas masarap magdrive ng manual.. Parang challenging ba. Pero pag ayaw ng hasel e matic.. 😅

[macniel]

Manual all the way!