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Do you drive stick?
2009-03-08, 10:42 PM #1
Just wondering how many of you do.

2009-03-08, 10:45 PM #2
Well, I don't drive.

But having to focus on some frigging stick instead of just turning the wheel and accelerating and sometimes decelerating? WTF
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2009-03-08, 10:46 PM #3
Your mom drives stick.

But no I don't. I heard on some cars today its more efficient to have an automatic.

2009-03-08, 10:48 PM #4
i can drive it but my one i'd use is broken currently
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2009-03-08, 10:49 PM #5
I wish I had a manual. I miss my manual. I have an automatic now and hate it.

Also, I am a way better driver with a manual.
2009-03-08, 10:50 PM #6
Yes, I do drive stick. I feel like an old person if I'm driving an automatic.
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2009-03-08, 10:55 PM #7
I cannot stand automatics. I love my manual tC.
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2009-03-08, 11:06 PM #8
Hell yes a manual.
2009-03-08, 11:26 PM #9
I can drive manual, but I have an automatic. It is my first car, and I got it before I learned how to drive stick.

I'm half-waiting for her to blow up so I can buy a stick-shift... so much fun to drive!
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2009-03-08, 11:30 PM #10
Originally posted by BombayZeus:
more efficient to have an automatic.


No.
2009-03-08, 11:47 PM #11
Well, yes. If you can't drive stick...
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2009-03-08, 11:55 PM #12
Yes.
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2009-03-09, 12:15 AM #13
I can, but my car is an automatic.
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2009-03-09, 12:19 AM #14
Originally posted by Rob:
No.

some of the new sports cars are better for automatic than manual

but its too late for me to bother going and sourcing my post
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2009-03-09, 12:25 AM #15
No. I drive an automatic and I have no idea how to drive stick. I have no ambition to actually own a stick shift, but I'd like to learn.
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2009-03-09, 12:43 AM #16
yes and no. My work car is semi automatic, meaning you can drive it as automatic, or you can drive it manual. My personal car is manual.
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2009-03-09, 2:12 AM #17
4 out of 5 of my cars were/are manual trans
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2009-03-09, 3:05 AM #18
Originally posted by genk:
some of the new sports cars are better for automatic than manual

but its too late for me to bother going and sourcing my post
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Physically impossible unless you use inferior materials.

They may shift faster, have more gears, and more aggressive ratios but they all still have more moving parts.

Any machine with more moving parts is less reliable.
2009-03-09, 3:58 AM #19
Don't drive, but odds are I'll learn in a manual and I'll eventually own one.
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2009-03-09, 4:02 AM #20
Personally, I drive a car.

(My last 2 cars were manual, but my ion3 is automatic)
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2009-03-09, 5:16 AM #21
My first car was an automatic. The last three have been stick. It's just better, feels like you have better control over what the vehicle does.
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2009-03-09, 5:37 AM #22
Summer, yes. Winter, no.
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2009-03-09, 7:16 AM #23
Yes, I've never even seen an automatic car.

Also, why is it called stick?
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2009-03-09, 7:20 AM #24
Originally posted by Rob:
Physically impossible unless you use inferior materials.

They may shift faster, have more gears, and more aggressive ratios but they all still have more moving parts.

Any machine with more moving parts is less reliable.


Who said anything about reliability? They were talking about efficiency. :rolleyes:

I drive an automatic and have no desire to drive a stick, despite having done so a few times before.

Of course, part of that might be that it really screws with my left leg if I drive a shift for any length of time.
2009-03-09, 7:32 AM #25
The same thing is true for efficiency cm. The more parts something has, the less efficient it tends to be.
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2009-03-09, 7:46 AM #26
I can drive manual, but the car I currently drive is automatic.
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2009-03-09, 7:59 AM #27
Originally posted by Baconfish:
The same thing is true for efficiency cm. The more parts something has, the less efficient it tends to be.


A system of pulleys is more efficient than a single rope. A gear is more efficient than a pulley. A set of gears... well, you know.

MT is still more fuel efficient than AT, but the gap used to be much wider. These days, the fuel efficiency between the two transmissions are comparable, and MT's fuel efficiency in city driving is probably lower or equal to AT's fuel efficiency in actual field tests, depending on the driver.
2009-03-09, 8:11 AM #28
I drive automatic. I'd like to learn manual, but never got around to it.
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2009-03-09, 9:13 AM #29
Originally posted by FastGamerr:
Well, I don't drive.

But having to focus on some frigging stick instead of just turning the wheel and accelerating and sometimes decelerating? WTF


You don't get to speak. :nonono:

Also yes I drive stick.
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2009-03-09, 9:21 AM #30
Stick shift = driving. Automatic = pretending to drive while the car drives for you.
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2009-03-09, 9:24 AM #31
Originally posted by Fardreamer:
Stick shift = driving. Automatic = pretending to drive while the car drives for you.


Thats cruise control :P
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2009-03-09, 9:28 AM #32
my truck is automatic but i can drive manual...

if you don't know how LEARN... just in case you find yourself in an emergency situation where you have to drive a vehicle with manual transmission
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2009-03-09, 9:32 AM #33
Like a bank robbery! Or fleeing from a murder scene!
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2009-03-09, 9:43 AM #34
zombies too... zombies don't care if the first working car you find is MT and you only know how to drive AT
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2009-03-09, 9:52 AM #35
Well they might laugh at you a bit before devouring you, but ya, otherwise they wouldn't care.
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2009-03-09, 10:42 AM #36
Learned how to drive on a manual, but my current vehicle is automatic.... I miss my manual one though :/
2009-03-09, 10:46 AM #37
Originally posted by Fardreamer:
Stick shift = driving. Automatic = pretending to drive while the car drives for you.

Car = mode of transportation. Manual = making things harder than they have to be and acting superior about it.

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2009-03-09, 11:45 AM #38
Has anyone ever driven with cruise control? I imagine that must be an eerie experience.
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2009-03-09, 11:46 AM #39
I have the feature on my car but I dont really like it. I like having my foot on the pedal and I feel less alert when using it. Not to mention that I dread the idea of falling asleep and the car going to same speed into a wall. :P
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2009-03-09, 11:50 AM #40
Originally posted by Mort-Hog:
Has anyone ever driven with cruise control? I imagine that must be an eerie experience.


Why would that be eerie?
It's nice when you're driving a million miles on the highway somewhere.
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