Just curious the demographic of owners on the forum... especially since I'm one of the few female manual owners out there....

 

wow, good for u!!! lol 2 bad i cant drive.......

 

#4 option should have at least 4 votes... I hope to see more...

 

Lots of us automatic-driving girly men here.

My excuse is that my wife can't drive stick. What's yours?

 

My excuse is that I don't know how to drive a stick. I guess I should be ashamed, but I'm not.

 

does this mean yur woop'd?

 

Both my wife and I drive stick. However, a manual was just not practical since I spend every day in D.C. traffic.

 

In my lifetime, I've had 16 cars prior to this one; 8 manual and 8 slushbox. The purchase of this 5AT was the tie-breaker. Maybe I have just gotten lazy.

 

One of the few, but not the only one I know jrogers has a manual, too, so we are here at least three.

Cheers.

 

Your name says Anti-Acura TL... what's that all about? :P

 

LOL. I used to let friends/relatives drive my cars, most of them hate to use stick in our stop&go neighborhoods... so AT is good...

 

Male - Automatic

 

Male... auto.... Live in Tampa FL too much traffic for a stick... sucks .. but o well.. I can manually shift whenever i want.. and do often.

I love redlining her.

Ryan

 

I live in NYC and the traffic is bad at times but I still love the manual. In traffic, I just leave it in 1st or 2nd gear.

 

DAMN, I can't believe there are that many men driving the 5AT version, shocking, but I'd be interested in seeing the age group of guys driving auto/manual. I can understand for some people to switch to AT for family reason, but traffic is not a really good excuse. I live in Boston, w/ the Big Dig traffic ain't pretty either, but I just HAD to get a 6MT. Had a 6Sp 3000GT VR-4 before, that was a kick ass car before I had to trade it in for a Auto Infiniti I30 and bum around for 5 years. I promised myself to get back to 6sp land on my next car, and I'm back in the manual camp and happy as ever. The fun factor of shifting yourself can never be achieved w/ the semi-auto shifts.

Guys, if you can't drive stick, learn today, it's not too late, and you'll have fun w/ it too.

 

Its never too late. I've always wanted to learn driving a stickshift, and finally got to it when I turned 32. After I rented and drove a manual car for 2 weeks, I liked it so much I bought me a 6MT .

For those who havent driven a stick - try learning/driving one - even if you decide to stick to an automatic afterwards, its a nice experience !

 

i have a 6 speed..it's extremely fun on the freeway...but it can get tiresome when on the regular streets...or in traffic.....this is my first stick car...i admit it, I get annoyed every once in a while driving stick...especially when I'm tired...or when I'm on a hill and stall...but driving it on the freeway with no traffics feels awesome.....and the feeling of other people drooling over my car since it's a TL and manual is pretty cool too...so all in all...it's like..75% to 25%, 25% regretting I got stick...75% extremely happy I got stick..

 

Man, there sure are quite a few sissy-men driving TL's!
Not sure I can hang out here anymore ;-)

 

hey, thats great to know!!

 

I do too, but I got the 6MT. Every car I've ever had has been a manual, so I guess I don't even notice it in the traffic.

 

My excuse is that an auto is easier to sell.

 

Hey, Sissy man or not, I just severly strained my left ankle .. Thank God I have an automatic or I'd be driving the mini-van ....

 

6MT all the way. I've always had MTs except for my last Integra. Back on manual tranny. I drive in Bay area and do not get tired at all. My right hand and my left foot just moves and the open patch it's VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

 

they never had a ABP in stick and I didn't want to wait 2 months for one.

 

No excuse here....learned on an AT, like driving an AT. Lets me play with all the gadgets more, too!

 

1- Wife cant drive stick
2- Traffic

If I wantto drive a manual i'll take out the bike.

 

Male - auto

My first three cars were stick.

1. Got tired of not being able to hold drink, steer, and shift
2. #1 was OK tradeoff, but got REALLY tired of being creamed on trade-in price

Driving the stick if fun, just driving a go-cart is fun. I love go-carts, but I wouldn't drive one to work. I guess the manual transmission falls into the same category. Maybe I'm just getting old.

The other point is real though. You'll get hit for at least 10% to 20% on the back end (off the trade value) when trading in a stick - especially on a 4 door sedan.

 

WOW!!! i find the recent results shocking!!! around 99 men driving 5at instead of ??? ive seen lots of people wit stick..... hmmm.....

 

Crazy - I was shocked that there were so many manuals!! Go figure...

 

The Long Island Expressway. Need I say more.

 

LOL.

 

Male - Manual

 

1.... Wife is really bad at driving a stick shift.

2.... Not many available in June/July when I bought the car

3..... I live and drive in D.C. traffic . We only use one speed... stopped.!!

But i love my car anyway!

 

Male - MANual

the only way to go

 

I live in D.C. and drive stick... its not bad at all... the Tl in stick is so much better

 

Female with 6MT here :-)

 

Male AT....still have 95 Accord 5 speed and it is fun to drive now & then!

 

Interesting poll. About 70% auto and 30% stick. I wonder if this statistic holds true for the actual number of each tranny sold.

 

No excuses here. The auto gives you the best of both worlds. You can relax in traffic (especially during the winter months) and when the roads are clear, shift into sport mode and have fun all the way to where ever you're headed.

 

Mine is I paid 12K for the SSM w/ NAV and ebony interior!!!!