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

**Egan101** · July 29th, 2019 03:33 PM

Originally Posted by istan

MT on Mondays and Sunday.
AT on other days and saturdays
Mas fun yun MT above 3k rpm.

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Yung AT (CVT) ko fun din sya from 3k to 6k rpm

I'd want an MT for a project or weekend car but it has to be quicker, faster, and more nimble than my daily ride.

**Sleepcare** · July 29th, 2019 03:40 PM

Originally Posted by Egan101

Yung AT (CVT) ko fun din sya from 3k to 6k rpm

I'd want an MT for a project or weekend car but it has to be quicker, faster, and more nimble than my daily ride.

STI

**Egan101** · July 29th, 2019 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by Sleepcare

STI

Don't tempt me! Kahit yung old bug eye or Evo 8. Hahahahaha

**nikko.bags** · July 31st, 2019 06:52 PM

Sa work, we use A/T, okay naman kasi during business hours, medyo roads talaga are traffic, so AT advantage, tsaka puro AT comp vehicles namin

. but after work going home. especially late hours na. I drive M/T (personal car), nakaka relax mag drive ng Manual lalo na at walang traffic

**rdgyap** · October 11th, 2019 08:08 AM

Originally Posted by emarqz

Hi guys! me and my friend was on a passionate debate on what's the better type of transmission. He plans to buy a new car one in place of his old A/T car. Personally, having driven a car M/T for 5 yrs now, i encouraged him to get a M/T instead of his usual A/T. I haven't driven A/T cars that much, so i really really can't tell the better one objectively. Based on car racing games naman... manual trannys get the better edge, d ba? and i prefer it too. Pros and Cons..., maintenance cost, acceleration.. etc. Love to hear your insights mga pare. I appreciate it!

Hi, newbie here.

IMO, to each his own bro. Most of my colleagues prefer AT due to manila traffic situations but one preferred MT because he simply likes to drive with the stick. His route? valenzuela to NAIA to valenzuela everyday. Personally i like to drive MT but my wife prefers AT. I don't feel like driving is a chore but kind of like a hobby, perhaps that is why I like MT.

**rdgyap** · October 11th, 2019 08:10 AM

Originally Posted by B2Bomber

uh una...
hehe, di ata masyado'ng realistic yung reference.

anyway, for the past 19yrs, been driving mainly M/Ts, with occassional A/Ts. my take on the topic: is basically the same with the previous posts, it all depends on the driver's needs, so to speak. personally, I've come to appreciate the A/Ts for city driving riddled with traffic jams.

True. And AT nowadays are much more advanced than before.

**crosswind** · October 12th, 2019 01:26 PM

Automatics are more cheaper to maintain nowadays take for example the 30k kms PMS of a euro 4 Isuzu dmax; Mt variant costs around 10k pesos while AT variants costs around 8k pesos

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**dr. d** · October 12th, 2019 07:47 PM

Originally Posted by crosswind

Automatics are more cheaper to maintain nowadays take for example the 30k kms PMS of a euro 4 Isuzu dmax; Mt variant costs around 10k pesos while AT variants costs around 8k pesos

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what about the cost of fuel appetite?

**sirkosero** · October 12th, 2019 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by dr. d

what about the cost of fuel appetite?

Read somewhere modern automatics are more fuel frugal than their manual counterpart

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**Egan101** · October 12th, 2019 08:34 PM

Originally Posted by sirkosero

Read somewhere modern automatics are more fuel frugal than their manual counterpart

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Modern automatics (6-speed torque converters, CVTs, DCTs) have proven to be as efficient or better than MTs without loss of performance.

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