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

[yapoy86]

Attended driving school for 7 hrs manual, it was too tiring for me tapos ang tigas pa ng clutch. Bandang huli namamatayan or nagjejerk yung kotse kasi nagmamadaling bumitaw yung paa ko sa clutch dahil sa pagod.

Then I attended 4 hours of matic, laking ginahawa sa legs ko and I was able to focus more on other stuff like cornering so in a sense I think mas secure family ko kung matic yung idridrive ko.

better to know both... sa una lang yan talaga mapapagod ka... pero sa katagalan chicken na yang manual...

[s10pao]

Thats the old belief & not applicable versus the modern a/t!

sir based ba sa experience mo ito?

[dualsim]

generally, the manual tranny is still more fuel efficient... but advancement in auto trannys and CVTs is making the difference trivial and for some, the reverse is already true...

example??? the new subaru xv/impreza CVT is more fuel efficient than the manual version...

sir based ba sa experience mo ito?

[Retz]

Bakit sa ibang bansa puro Auto Tranny na, dito sa atin mix pa rin M/T and A/T.

[Noel Salisipan]

sir based ba sa experience mo ito?

Yes!
(m/t vs a/t cvt)

[jut703]

Bakit sa ibang bansa puro Auto Tranny na, dito sa atin mix pa rin M/T and A/T.

Other countries = USA?

Europe still has a large proportion of M/T cars.

[d_mac]

Other countries = USA?

Europe still has a large proportion of M/T cars.

And most, if not all, Europeans drive better in manual-tranny; they have better skills using it than when you see the Yanks on the same set-up ;)

The Philippines is heavily-influenced by the US of A, that's why a lot of Pinoys are so much into auto-trannys where the majority's excuse is kesyo ma-traffic daw, kesyo sakit daw paa nila kaka-clutch kaya daw automatic sila hehe. This is especially common among the Manila city boys, na freno-nang-freno sa kaunting kurbada lang, lalo na sa zigzags bwahehe

Cheers!

[Ponkan]

AT, galeng nako sa manual..tao lang napapagod din sa kaka kambyo..

[extremeshot]

AT for me and I'm never going back to MT. I feel that life's too short to burden myself with an additional task that can be done for me automatically. And with todays more advanced ATs, the advantages of the MT, to me, are either very minimal or to a point, even non-existent. Just be prepared for a slightly higher sticker price and total cost of ownership but to me, its all worth it.

[jut703]

And most, if not all, Europeans drive better in manual-tranny; they have better skills using it than when you see the Yanks on the same set-up ;)

The Philippines is heavily-influenced by the US of A, that's why a lot of Pinoys are so much into auto-trannys where the majority's excuse is kesyo ma-traffic daw, kesyo sakit daw paa nila kaka-clutch kaya daw automatic sila hehe. This is especially common among the Manila city boys, na freno-nang-freno sa kaunting kurbada lang, lalo na sa zigzags bwahehe

Cheers!

AT snobbery is just as bad as MT snobbery.

The point that an AT is easier to drive in traffic is a valid one, if you ask me. Yes, I can drive a manual all day long, but when you're stuck in C5 at 7:30 in the evening, the convenience of an automatic is dearly missed. You wouldn't know that if you don't spend your daily routine in such conditions.

An MT driver is not superior to an AT driver. I find it shallow when people prop themselves up based on the transmission of their car.