Save the Manuals!

[East Bay Rider]

Originally Posted by padi56

Have to agree give me a manual box any day and in the UK if you take the driving test in a automatic that's the only type of car you can drive.If you want to drive a manual gear box car you have to re-sit the driving test in one, take the driving test in a manual you can drive both...

My mother used to tell me it was the same here back in the 50's and 60's. She purposely tested with a manual as they were more common but preferred the automatic's during the 70's-80's.

[A.J.R.]

Originally Posted by Highland Ranger

How do the purists feel about the manual automatics?

IMHO, there is no such thing.

Manual transmissions > Flappy paddle gearboxes > automatics.