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

[balugz24]

for me nagdriving lesson ako and manual ginamet ko, so mahirap sa una pero nung nagtagal nasanay na din.Bumili ako ng car manual ang pinili ko para astig and macho ang dating.All of the sudden gusto na din magdrive ni misis ng car kso hirap talaga sya sa manual kye we decided na ibenta tapos ang ipalit matic na, napansin masarap pla madrive ng matic no,hustle parang bump car lng sa star city, khit matakaw sa gas ok lng basta comportble and higit sa lhat pag long driving palitan na kme ni misis..

[s_quilicot]

for me nagdriving lesson ako and manual ginamet ko, so mahirap sa una pero nung nagtagal nasanay na din.Bumili ako ng car manual ang pinili ko para astig and macho ang dating.All of the sudden gusto na din magdrive ni misis ng car kso hirap talaga sya sa manual kye we decided na ibenta tapos ang ipalit matic na, napansin masarap pla madrive ng matic no,hustle parang bump car lng sa star city, khit matakaw sa gas ok lng basta comportble and higit sa lhat pag long driving palitan na kme ni misis..

Sir reminder lang po. Bawal po ang text/sms speak sa forums.

[OldSchoolHack]

automatic. easier to drive.

[speed unlimited]

For me both are good it depend on the driver how to use and maintain both transmission to last long.

[lazyfoot]

I'm slowly moving in favor to A/T esp now that we have those 5 and 6 speed A/T in the market now.

[mazzipino]

lazyfoot, judging by your screen name I would have thought you're more of an A/T guy :D

[willvill]

Try eating an ice cream cone while driving an MT

[willvill]

double post

[roberto_minosa]

I can do that! Hehehe...

[cktlcmd]

I had to borrow my mom's car (A/T) one day, because mine (M/T) was getting fixed and I had to leave it over night. Now, because of the nature of my work, I am usually too tired going home and most of the time sleepy. To make the story short...as I was driving my mom's car home after a double shift, I fell asleep on the wheel but I was lucky that I was at the most right side lane and drifted at such a minimal angle that both right side wheels actually went up the side walk. The humongous jerk I felt suddenly woke me up at about 40 to 50 m/h with both right side wheels riding on the side walk. I gradually slowed down and parked the car to get my composure back...boy was that scary. The lesson I learned...NEVER drive home sleepy...and NEVER drive an A/T again...it was just too BORING. Lucky that the car had no serious damage except for a lost mud gaurd, which was easily replaced and lucky that I made it out without a scratch.

I used to laugh at the notion of drivers falling asleep on the wheel...after that incident...it can happen specially if you are driving an A/T.