View Poll Results: Which transimission do you have?
6MT
225
47.27%
5AT
251
52.73%
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What Transmission Do You Have? Everyone please vote!
09-20-2004, 02:51 PM
#41
Obnoxious Philadelphian
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5AT - my commute made me do it. Only after this past week of a new job do I really appreciate the lack of a clutch. I just wish I had one on weekends!
09-20-2004, 02:52 PM
#42
6MT Snob
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Im so sick of hearing people "cant drive stick" ohhh pooooor baby... WHAAAAAA
Everybody should know how to drive stickshift...
When i learned how to drive i kept wanting to brake with my left foot, now i know why, my left food desperatly wanted something to do
Everybody should know how to drive stickshift...
When i learned how to drive i kept wanting to brake with my left foot, now i know why, my left food desperatly wanted something to do
09-20-2004, 02:59 PM
#43
Suzuka Master
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Originally Posted by gfxdave99
Im so sick of hearing people "cant drive stick" ohhh pooooor baby... WHAAAAAA
Everybody should know how to drive stickshift...
When i learned how to drive i kept wanting to brake with my left foot, now i know why, my left food desperatly wanted something to do
Everybody should know how to drive stickshift...
When i learned how to drive i kept wanting to brake with my left foot, now i know why, my left food desperatly wanted something to do
09-20-2004, 03:36 PM
#44
Safety Car
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Philadelphia, PA USA
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Learned to drive with my left foot while my right foot was recovering from reconstructive surgery (long story). Only time I was truly glad for at. Felt wierd to translate impulse motion to my left foot, and I did get the two pedals confused every now and again.
First time I drove left-footed was in a pig Lincoln Town Car out of LAX to South Orange County, leaving the airport at about 4:00 AM my body's time after a crosscountry flight with no stops, hitting the freeway just about the time the bars let out, I guess........ made me glad for the sheet metal tank I was in.
First time I drove left-footed was in a pig Lincoln Town Car out of LAX to South Orange County, leaving the airport at about 4:00 AM my body's time after a crosscountry flight with no stops, hitting the freeway just about the time the bars let out, I guess........ made me glad for the sheet metal tank I was in.
09-20-2004, 04:57 PM
#47
Senior Moderator
Originally Posted by YBlegal
its a sedan.. its not a sportscar or racing car.. dont make that much of a difference from mt to at.. get AT.. shifts very smooth
09-20-2004, 04:58 PM
#48
Old fart
Originally Posted by ClutchPerformer
Yeah.... Whenever I drive an AT car, I always find myself stomping on an imaginary clutch pedal when I come to a stop.
09-20-2004, 07:22 PM
#52
Go Giants
The automatic shifter is longer then the manual.....
09-20-2004, 08:39 PM
#53
101 years of heartache...
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Chicago's North Side/Champaign, IL
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5AT. Mom wanted to drive the car along with my dad and I, and my dad objects to 6MT's in sedans. If it were my choice it'd be a tough one because I'd try to save the MT for an s2k or g35 coupe .
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09-20-2004, 09:17 PM
#56
Racer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Naperville, IL/ Bloomington, IN aka B-TOWN
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6MT for me. My dad and mom both know how to drive stick and they knew all I wanted in any car was a MT, my dad wanted to buy me an RSX-S because he liked it as a car for him on the weekends and for me during the week but my mom demanded 4 doors.
09-20-2004, 09:47 PM
#58
Originally Posted by jcg878
How about one that says "I'm so insecure that I constantly need to remind people that I drive an MT"
That's more polite than t-shirts along the line of "BMW drivers like having power in the rear." (insert favorite manufacturer... instead of BMW you crazies!)
09-20-2004, 11:27 PM
#59
Suzuka Master
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Originally Posted by fdl
....So unless there is good reason not to get an MT (wife, mostly downtown driving, missing left leg, etc) the choice is easy....
I'll take three shirts, please.
09-21-2004, 01:06 AM
#62
Intermediate
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I got manual, traded in my civic and i said to myself, "never gettin' an auto anymore." As a driving enthusiast, i find driving a manual car is way funner than an auto even when equipped with tiptronic, the feel just isn't the same.
09-21-2004, 08:07 AM
#68
Instructor
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This is the first AT I've ever owned in 30+ years of buying cars. My last car, a BMW 318ti, was bought when I had a fantastic 14 mile commute on a twisty, hilly backroad with farms and estates lining it. I looked forward to driving to work. Now I drive in traffic on straight roads and freeway for 18 miles. No hills (except for bridges), and no curves to speak of. This area is flat, featureless, and boring as far as driving is concerned. The AT just fits my current driving requirements better. Still, I do sometimes miss the involvement and responsiveness of a stick. The TSX provides lots of fun when I can enjoy it, and lots of comfort when I can't. Sounds like a good compromise to me.
09-21-2004, 08:25 AM
#69
The AT really is about comprise. Since most of the buyers of this car are just going to be using it for basic transportation, the AT will be more popular. I love driving MT, but I had to get AT because my brother doesn't drive MT. The car is supposed to go to him, but we'll see. Either way, the car is still fun to drive.
09-21-2004, 09:36 AM
#72
Senior Moderator
Originally Posted by Dan Martin
Wow talk about a comeback. It looked like a landslide when it was 24 to 4. I guess MT drivers really are post whores. 
Or dom is rigging the vote.
AT
09-21-2004, 09:52 AM
#78
Go Giants
Originally Posted by domn
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