Quote Originally Posted by Emong3 View Post
since you said preference mo is HOnda, if you plan to buy a civic 2000 medel and below, I suggest you go for a manual tranny. Older generation honda matic tranny is not yet as perfect as 2001 model up civic. 2k below civic a/t has the common shift shock, poor acceleration, bad fuel economy and still uses a 4 speed gear box.

But if you plant to buy a 2001-2005 civic, the matic tranny is good! My cousin that drive an altis 1.6g a/t says mabilis talaga honda. Ramdam nya kasi pag ginagamit nya yung civic VTiS ang bilis daw. And yung common shift shock wala na. shifts very smoothly. fuel economy is not as bad as the oplder civic since the tranny is now electronically controled. No more throttle-to-tranny cables. The ECU now anticipates the driver's driving style and adjusts depending on the driver's habits.
wow Emong3 great info. my cousin is also on the process of buying a used HONDA as second car and I think your info. is very useful 'coz when he asked me of my preference for city driving, told him I'll go for matic considering na sasabak sya sa kalye during rush hour.