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

**oj88** · September 22nd, 2011 04:11 PM

Originally Posted by MAST3R

Ask any mechanic... Ask any Real mechanic... He will 100% tell u that m/t is far better than a/t. Tsaka walang nagpapaconvert ng m/t going to a/t, pero andami nagpapaconvert from a/t going to m/t. Time will come (20 or so years), yung mga naka a/t will be converting to m/t kasi di na kaya ma'maintain/ ma'repair.

Then I guess that 100% of the mechanics you asked this question to is not trained to work on an automatic transmission.

**dondonposadas** · September 22nd, 2011 06:45 PM

If I were to choose, I get the A/T because I am 90% city driver. M/T have been giving me stress in traffic, I even had experienced leg cramps while driving.

**alwayz_yummy** · September 25th, 2011 01:59 PM

basta, mahirap mag almusal while driving kung MT ang ride mo hehehe...

**KCboy** · September 27th, 2011 02:09 PM

for me it is m/t, bad trip lang pag traffic, but for long driving, better and m/t, di ka aantokin kasi mamatayan ka if nakalimutan mo magdownshift....heheheheh.

**ben_david19** · September 28th, 2011 11:22 AM

traffic or not, I prefer M/T. mas nangangalay ang right leg ko kesa sa left leg kakaapak ng preno at gas eh. sa clutch hindi naman nangangalay ang left leg ko kasi.

mas mura pa ang M/T and of course, bulletproof na meaning nakuha na ang peak technology ng M/T. kumbaga, Terran BattleCruiser with Level 3 armors and weapons na ito hehe. :D

**ben_david19** · September 28th, 2011 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by burjegol

Well folks, either you will like it or not, the trend now is leaning on the A/T side. even me was surprised to see a 1.3 car having an A/T. Mebbe later, you will see a 1.0 with an A/T. that's technology, it maybe not perfect for our preference. I like the M/t for its response but consider folks. Sa M/T, ang makina ang sumusunod sa driver, resulting in engine stress. Sa A/T, ang driver ang sumusunod sa makina.

yep, suzuki celerio, 1.0 engine displacement with a matic variant.

well sana nga matupad ang gusto mo para lahat ng PUV dito matic na rin. :D (isipin mo ang maintenance cost para sa kanila nun sakali hehe)

**hinDMaxsiado** · October 18th, 2011 11:06 PM

Originally Posted by burjegol

Well folks, either you will like it or not, the trend now is leaning on the A/T side. even me was surprised to see a 1.3 car having an A/T.

Not really sir.... One thing is for sure though, tayong mga Pinoy MAHILIG GUMAYA and largely we're US-influenced that's why a lot of us Pinoys seem to prefer the AT over the MT. You go out from the big cities, or say, away from the central-government (Manila), a lot of people in the provinces drive MT's....

Also try observing other countries, say in Europe as an example, people don't mind having MT's. My former French boss, who was already 71 years old in 2008, was driving a Rav 4 MT.

Originally Posted by burjegol

Sa M/T, ang makina ang sumusunod sa driver, resulting in engine stress. Sa A/T, ang driver ang sumusunod sa makina.

If one knows how to drive the MT's, he understands what is the right powerband (rpm-range) at each gear shift, he understands how the car's transmission behaves where he does NOT allow "jarring off" of the same because oil pressure is getting less in the transmission since he's not lazy to downshift to the right gear, and most importantly, he's NOT "lugging" the car's engine in ascents or when loaded, then he WON'T be straining (the result of stress) the engine. That is all just about it sir.

You can even gain an increased fuel-efficiency with MT's.