Automatic or Manual?
 

Okay so this is a funny story.

A few months ago I would have answered automatic.

I ordered a new BMW from my friends car wholsale business because I saved a ton on the price. I filled out the online quote form on BMW's website with all my options (sport package, sport wheels, bluetooth, navigation, all the toys. I completely overlooked the 6 speed manual transmission and assumed it was automatic.

I am a guy who learned on auto and NEVER drove a stick. I stalled every time I even tried to drive a friends stick shift in the parking lot.

So they deliver the car to my house and I look inside to see a 6 speed manual shift. I waited a long time for this customn ordered car and I would have felt like shit asking them to take it back even though I couldn't drive a stick, to be honest I was intimidated by it.

I thought: "What better car than a BMW to learn manual?"

Now (4 months later) I am a converted manual guy. From now on every car I have to drive will be a stick shift. This sounds silly but I feel like I am one with my car like never before.

Which do you prefer?

I recently started loving the electronic shifting.

manual...I don't feel in total control of an automatic really

Automatic all the way for me. I don't want to feel like one with my car. It's transportation to me, nothing more.

Manual... my first car purchase was a manual, even though I never droven one. Took a while getting the hang out of it.. (especailly on step hills and being scared of rolling back) keep stalling heh.

Yeah, exactly how I feel. I'm not drag racing or out to impress anyone. I want my car to just go when I want it go and that's it.

I have enough to do without having to be using extra arms and legs to do something that should just be done on it's own.

Any Sports car should most definitely have a manual transmission. It takes away from the car if you get an automatic. Breaks my heart when I see an automatic porsche or ferrari.

I haven't drove a stick around in a while but prefer automatics.

The majority of the cars over here are manual. I prefer manual although when i'm tired i'd kill for an automatic.. maybe its time to get one of those tiptronic gearboxs.

manual i love it all the power IS at your hand literly
automatic is so boring i can fall asleep lol
and nothing beter then a new 335i Twin turbo 6 speed
droooooooling
btw within 2-3 days you will get used to it
also would you have a link to this car wholesaler?

i love manual.

Amen.
11th Commandmant : Thou shalt not drive and automatic Sports car or SUV lest ye become one with the burning lake of fire.
Lance 7:69

double post

I know what you mean about falling asleep.

Here is the link to the wholesaler.

http://www.cars4u.com/

I'm a lazy driver so automatic for me. I hit a ton of traffic going to and from the office so I would hate to be constantly shifting gears in bumper to bumper hell

If it's a fun car, like a 330, I'd go w/ the standard. But if you learned how to drive standard, from scratch, on it....you probably shaved a few years off it's transmissions life

manual. always. i won't even drive an auto anymore. they scare me, and always make me feel like i am hurtling out of control.

plus you can't beat the fun and precision of a manual for racing.

BMW sticks are so easy, you really shouldn't reference them for their "experience" as a manual transmission.

Make your decision after using a manual Corvette in Seattle, LA, or DC during rush hour.

depends on the car, of course

if you have a grocery getter, you probably want automatic

if you have a performance sports car, you need a 6-speed

automatic, i dont want to do any extra work while driving.

Manual all the way. Both our daily drivers (F-150 & Mini Cooper S) are sticks.

its hard enough trying to eat or talk on the phone while driving

nice thanks for the link

i am more manual guy ... i like it more that way....

manual is the way to go :thumbsup

Hmmm NO Jag's . I drive both manual and auto, depending on the wehicle as to what it needs.I have a J gate shifter in the XKR and I can put it in sport mode and go tru the gears if I want. Which I do from time to time, when I feel the need for speed:thumbsup

Automatic for me still. It is a mounty region here and it is difficult to change transmissions when you are in mountains.

automatic for sure, I have a stick now and there is _NOTHING_ worse then sitting in traffic with a manual car, clutch in first gear clutch out over and over again and its all kinds of balls NEVER AGAIN will i be suckered into buying a stick

i never drived stick, so auto

i got 2 cars (summer/winter) - one with stick and the other one with automatic. the automatic car i usually drive in manual shifting mode (porsche tiptronic). i don't really care much - just in traffic jams automatic cars are way more comfortable

5 speed auto here, but I like manuals better, just wasn't available

i preffered automatic :)

Automatic is better for lazy people.

I think all women will prefer automatic. It is easier for them.:)

Manual for sure. Automatic is for my mother:-)

Be one with the beemer Brad, the force is strong in you ;-)

i've never ridden a city bus and i can't drive a manual so my vote is for automatic. :)

Or people who like quicker 1/4 mile times.

manual ..

manual all the way!

manual. more fun. though it totally makes a bluetooth headset a necessity where phone calls are concerned.

If there was no traffic, then manual all the way, but since there is so much fucking traffic, automatic is my choice.

If I wanted a car, just to drive, out in country roads, it would have to be manual.

It totally depends on the vehicle.

Sportscars and any truck you're going offroading in...stick all the way.

Typical getting around vehicle, especially in traffic...fuck the stick, it's all about the convenience of an automatic.

Auto.. don't know how to drive a manual

Automatic..that way I can smoke and sip my beer without spilling it

anyone with an automatic sportscar must have bought it just to pose!

i would LOVE to prove you wrong

what about SMG?

manual, be in control :)

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