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

[soyti75]

When i was first learning to drive, my friend lent me his nissan frontier navarra, model 2002 i think... it was a manual. I had difficulty driving it when we were stopping on humps and some corners. But along the highway when the coast is clear, ok naman sya.
When i had my first car, yung jazz, i chose the AT. Then my tucson was also AT, and now, having sold both of them, I bought a Strada ....AT siempre.
Everyone is after comfort, specially these days of stress at work and even at home, so why add more.stress when we can have a Matic.

[d_mac]

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.

The great American AT-only influence seeping in to the Pinoy norm

Just a brief note - we live in Metro Manila, and we're not any strangers to C5, EDSA, Binondo, name them, nor do we even brag how we ply through say even when driving an Elf truck, yet we all prefer manual-trans, therefore NO DRAMAS .....Nor we even use "bucks" when we actually mean Philippine Peso, that will never be a "buck" hehehehe

O sige chief, hindi kayo pitik-nang-pitik sa freno sa kapiranggot na kurbada lang at lalo na sa zigzag habang kayo'y naka-kurbata to the max

Cheers!

[GTi]

Ngayon na kayang kaya pa magmaneho ng manual, para sa akin halos wala namang pagkakaiba sa dalawa. Ipag-isipan nalang yan kapag nagkakaroon na ng mga knee/joint pains. Pero in fairness ah, si lolo minamaneho pa rin ang M/T Revo namin paminsan. Wala namang angal na sumasakit ang tuhod o kung anuman.

I will only appreciate the benefits of a matic when I get home. Kapag nakauwi from a long drive with heavy traffic gamit matic, buhay na buhay pa. Kapag manual ang ginamit, diretso na sa kama.

[beni23]

The great American AT-only influence seeping in to the Pinoy norm

Just a brief note - we live in Metro Manila, and we're not any strangers to C5, EDSA, Binondo, name them, nor do we even brag how we ply through say even when driving an Elf truck, yet we all prefer manual-trans, therefore NO DRAMAS .....Nor we even use "bucks" when we actually mean Philippine Peso, that will never be a "buck" hehehehe

O sige chief, hindi kayo pitik-nang-pitik sa freno sa kapiranggot na kurbada lang at lalo na sa zigzag habang kayo'y naka-kurbata to the max

Cheers!

Hayaan niyo na ang papansin. Gusto niya siya lagi tama. O edi sige, ikaw na ang magaling.

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[rflores]

Chief, just for insight, i've driven both AT and MT, and whether the car is left-hand or right-hand steering.

Personally, in any case whether it be city- or out-of-town drives or in mountain passes, paved or unpaved roads, on- or off-road, i've always preferred manual tranny vehicles primarily because of the total connection and control with the car. We live in cities, and we always buy manual-tranny cars, by the way.

The only advantage i see with an auto-tranny is the ease of driving when one is having a blow job

Cheers!

oh boy. did you really mean receiving head while driving? hahaha.

[ali_diego]

learn driving thru MT and driving MT since 1996 and driving AT since 2011...

PERSONALLY, i love the comfort of driving an AT car... so AT for me.. UNLESS if its an OFF-ROAD or SPORTS CAR, ill go with MT Cars, other than that, mag ootomatik ako... walang basagan ng trip...
hehehe...

[cal0i]

If given the opportunity, i'd like to have both (currently driving AT, but used to own MT)

AT - for daily use, office-bahay. Nakakapagod ang MT sa daily traffic

MT - for personal na lakad! Hehe


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[clairenceh]

Masarap magdrive ng AT, walang pagod.. Pero mas masarap ang feeling kapag MT tapos nakaakyat ka sa mga matataas na daan. Ako masaya kasi bago pa lang ako sa manual. Alam mo yun, yung smile kapag smooth ang shifting mo. hahaha! Yun nga lang, walang holding hands at ....Di ka makakain o makainom ng mabuti. Mas safe na rin kasi hindi dapat ginagawa yun. haha

[weisshorn]

pag expected na matraffic ang viaje sigurado AT ang i drive ko, pag MT ang ginamit sigurado passenger lang ako.. bahala nag hirap kung sino man ang driver

[dualsim]

yes... he really means that... he used to give the automatic driver one back in the day (up to present siguro)... if he is the passenger, he prefers the automatic tranny specifically for this purpose... if he is the driver, he prefers.... to be the passenger...

oh boy. did you really mean receiving head while driving? hahaha.