Automatic or Manuel??
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RE: Automatic or Manuel??
ORIGINAL: Sebba
Think about it, you are ina slide, whats the first thing you should do? Put the clutch in.... oh but thats right, you dont have one. Get where im going?
Think about it, you are ina slide, whats the first thing you should do? Put the clutch in.... oh but thats right, you dont have one. Get where im going?
. Since when is a clutch a necessity to stopping
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RE: Automatic or Manuel??
Manual all the way for me especially when Driving on Snowy roads in New England
If I slide I put mine on nuetral that means using the clutch not the break. then the car just slide without using anygear. if I brake the car tend to slide more on the snow
If I slide I put mine on nuetral that means using the clutch not the break. then the car just slide without using anygear. if I brake the car tend to slide more on the snow
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RE: Automatic or Manuel??
you do know that auto has a nuetral as well right . I will agree, having a 5spd to me made me alittle more alert in driving, however once again that is still a preference. Alot of people may feel it makes them distracted with shifting. So it can go either way, which brings me back to my first point, there isnt really any advantage either way besides personal preference
. I will agree, having a 5spd to me made me alittle more alert in driving, however once again that is still a preference. Alot of people may feel it makes them distracted with shifting. So it can go either way, which brings me back to my first point, there isnt really any advantage either way besides personal preference
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From: Franklin, PA
RE: Automatic or Manuel??
I live in northwestern Pennsylvania..we get aton of snow as well and we have a bunch of hills as well...I've driven automatics here as long as I've been able to drive....as long as the person driving the car in bad weather isn't going like a bat outta hell and you put an auto down into "1" or "2" then they won't have any problems...but I'm with "blamesociety" on this one: it's not the car, it's the person driving the car...It's all about how you are driving and gearing....A stick is cool if you're out racing and beating the crap out of your ride but if you just ride and cruise and not race then an auto is perfectly OK.
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RE: Automatic or Manuel??
Come on seriously, a) your not expecting it to happen, so your body is going to have to acknowledge that it is happening, you are going to have to extend your arm to the shifter, removing partial control of the car because you only have one hand on the wheel.
Vs
Realizing what is happening, and reacting simply by extending your leg.
Its well known that you are more in control of a car with a manual transmission than an auto.
Vs
Realizing what is happening, and reacting simply by extending your leg.
Its well known that you are more in control of a car with a manual transmission than an auto.
