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

**woohoo** · June 30th, 2009 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by roberto_minosa

Never send a computer to do a man's job.

Tell that to the Billing Section personnel of MERALCO. Hehehe.

**jake.alamani** · June 30th, 2009 05:30 PM

Originally Posted by zantets

if you have driven a modern matic car for quite some time, you will never go back to manual. promise.

TRUE... I used to prefer driving MTs but when i decided to return and work in manila i shifted to AT cos of the traffic!

**marv25** · June 30th, 2009 06:21 PM

it all depends on what vehicle, who will drive it, the driving style, and the conditions...

it also depends on what kind of automatic you're talking about. If it's one of those modern and intelligent automatics, then good. But if it's one of those old automatics that dont know how to shift on time and are quite annoying to drive, so manual nalang...

if its a van for daily use, city driving, automatic... but then again if its so dumb, manual nalang...

if youre a busy office guy who is always stressed, automatic nalang...

if youre a girl, automatic nalang...

but if its a car just for the weekend and its one of those "driver" cars, then ill have a manual to be able to feel the car totally.

**meledson** · June 30th, 2009 08:28 PM

Originally Posted by zantets

if you have driven a modern matic car for quite some time, you will never go back to manual. promise.

M/T pa rin ang preference ko. because of the "fun" factor.

**tool_46n2** · July 1st, 2009 04:53 AM

since i drive 90% of the time in Manila, i must say that driving a manual is a chore, its not funny coz of the traffic.

For SUVs, AT is a must esp if your just blingin
For compact SUV and below, still MT for me. One advatange is that I find it more precise to tailgate during slow creeping traffic.

**roberto_minosa** · July 1st, 2009 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by woohoo

Tell that to the Billing Section personnel of MERALCO. Hehehe.

It works both ways. Never send a man to do a computer's job

.

**oj88** · July 1st, 2009 08:05 AM

As I drive in Metro Manila almost exclusively, the fun factor is irrelevant with MT. Bad road conditions, stop and go traffic, pedestrians everywhere, PUVs weaving left and right, U-Turn slots every few hundred meters on the fast lane... the list is endless.

MT is dead to me.

**tidus1203** · July 1st, 2009 08:09 AM

Originally Posted by roberto_minosa

It works both ways. Never send a man to do a computer's job

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For me it is a computer's job to press the clutch because its inhumane for humans to press the clutch with our Manila traffic

**roberto_minosa** · July 1st, 2009 08:23 AM

^Yeah! Manila traffic is inhumane. Good thing the NLEX is the escape from it all. I still prefer the M/T 'coz I feel safer at low speeds with all the control it gives. But I won't drive one along the whole stretch of EDSA. That simply sounds like a friggin' joke.