MT or AT for 60 years old and beyond?

[willvill]

Question lang po for tsikoteers who are 60 years old and beyond. Do you think late age will affect our preference for MT or AT transmission?

With the onset of arthritic joints particularly the knees or legs, the 'old' tsikoteers might have difficulties with the MT transmission.

Please share your experiences.

[mbeige]

I think you already have it figured out.

However, my primary concern for A/T users for the elderly, is the strength of their right leg. See, if you can't step on the brake strongly, and the car is in gear (D), the car will keep moving. Combine that with increased response time (or slower reaction), and there's the potential for accidents. The older we get, the higher the risk.

[XTO]

i think manual transmission kung marunong naman para iwas antok and to keep their left leg equally active.

[dadz]

For me im not that old but at young age i have a arthritic joint problem like gout from time to time my foot and knees are swollen and it really hurts it come in a unexpected time what ever im doing. Buti na lang my truck is A/T so it help i only need my right foot and if i can not fully step on the brakes i use my hand brakes for assistance, but for elderly medyo mabagal na ang reaction time.

[willvill]

For me im not that old but at young age i have a arthritic joint problem like gout from time to time my foot and knees are swollen and it really hurts it come in a unexpected time what ever im doing. Buti na lang my truck is A/T so it help i only need my right foot and if i can not fully step on the brakes i use my hand brakes for assistance, but for elderly medyo mabagal na ang reaction time.

Thanks Dadz for sharing. May I ask if your ride was an MT, do you think your handling of your truck would have been worse?

[Horsepower]

The best is to get a driver.

[dadz]

Thanks Dadz for sharing. May I ask if your ride was an MT, do you think your handling of your truck would have been worse?

ohhh yes worst before i use MT and im in makati out of the blue my gout stated acting up on my way home i just can't step on the clutch any more so i have no other choice but to park my truck and take a taxi home kesa naman maka disgracia because of the pain and im can not concentrate any more sa driving. Since then im only using AT kasi left side ko ang madalas na sumpugin, like yesterday and today my joint so painfull but i can still drive because im using AT.

I agree with bro horsepower kung kaya it is better to get a driver kasi bukod sa mahirap mag drive pag me joint problem plus the reaction time is talagang mabagal na.

[afrasay]

The best is to get a driver.

+1 wag lang 60 yr old na driver

[suysuy]

my grandpa who is already 80 years old is still driving his MT picanto. pumupunta pa sa mga lupain at bukid. i believe he is the oldest driver here in davao. he even takes of his glasses. saying na malinaw pa rin daw paningin niya.

[ess]

Kung ano yung nakasanayan nung tao. If the 60 year old grew up with an MT, then dapat MT. (And vice versa)

[niky]

My Dad's first MT car in 20 years came just last year... and he's sixty.

Driver didn't touch it for the first month... ...ambilis kasi... :hysterical:

Usage depends not on your age, but your knees. I have arthritis, and there was a period of two or three months where I couldn't drive for more than an hour... some exercise fixed that, but it was painful while it lasted.

[s_quilicot]

My Dad's first MT car in 20 years came just last year... and he's sixty.

Driver didn't touch it for the first month... ...ambilis kasi... :hysterical:

Usage depends not on your age, but your knees. I have arthritis, and there was a period of two or three months where I couldn't drive for more than an hour... some exercise fixed that, but it was painful while it lasted.

niky,

baka your a little younger lang than your dad joke

:bwahaha:

but based from my grandpa's comment, he would preffer AT nowadays than MT. and hes 75

[dadz]

Not only the age you got to remember the fact of having a joint problem is really hard to drive.

[s_quilicot]

Not only the age you got to remember the fact of having a joint problem is really hard to drive.

consider your weight also and life style,

tulad ko nag drive ng MT sa edsa for the first time, 3 days ako di nakatulog.

[dadz]

consider your weight also and life style,

tulad ko nag drive ng MT sa edsa for the first time, 3 days ako di nakatulog.

Tama ka diyan bro imagine ako im in the line of 30, 6'4" almost 350 lbs pag umatake ang gout ko hindi ako talaga maka pag drive at puro iyak na lang buti na lang matik ang truck ko so i can drive to the hospital to have my shot hehehehehehehehe

[niky]

niky,

baka your a little younger lang than your dad joke

:bwahaha:

but based from my grandpa's comment, he would preffer AT nowadays than MT. and hes 75

Heh... Loko! ...my knees don't act up, anymore, though... have had joint problems since I was a kid... kinda a bummer when you're on the track team with bad ankles, or when you're weightlifting with bad wrists.

[ManicMan]

My father is 83 years old and still prefers his drive to be one with a manual transmission.

[willvill]

My father is 83 years old and still prefers his drive to be one with a manual transmission.

Puede na rin. I still have 25 years to reach this age so I will just get a manual transmission ngaun. Kung di na kaya ng paa dahil sa arthritis, I'll just sell the car or pikup then buy the matic.

Or meron bang malambot na malambot na clutch? Just asking..he he

[tzulao]

masmaganda na talaga gamitin ang mga matic these days kasi even in long drive hindi na masyado nakakapagod,.,.,my dad is already in mid fifties and we usually have a M/T van pero when we decided to replace it he preffered to get an A/T kasi hindi raw siya mahihirapan kahit masakit mga kasukasuan.,.,