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Automatic is for pussys.

Automatic is for pussys.

So you're a car guy now, eh.

No, not at all.

Congrats Steve. I just got mine about half a year ago and well, actually now that I think about it I haven't really had much need for it yet. Oh well, at least there's no harm in having one.

i got my license five years ago.
fucking, emo-indiefags.

grats, though. ladies love a man with wheels.

Incidentally, Tyler sucks at driving. He can control his clutch about as well as he can control his bladder.

Which is why he drives an automatic now, the big, blubbering vagina.

Manuals are a pain in the ass.

I don't think you can call it driving without it being manual. Where's the fun in automatics?!

Automatics rock. You put it in drive, and there, you're done. <3

As I said, no fun.

^tis true

I'll tell you why I prefer manuals.

You have less speed control over the car with an automatic. They particularly suck in winter weather because you can't maitain lower gear with a fucking idiot computer shifting for you. I also hate how automatics are always going forward when your foot is not on the brake (unless you use neutral and I don't). Automatics totally take away your "feel" of the engine that I'm accustomed too. Also, when it comes to a sport cars (which I will own one day), automatics are not available nonetheless pointless.

Bottomline, automatics are ghetto. The only thing useful about them are they allow the driver more freedom, which for me, sucks unless you are using a cell phone, looking at a map or something. I usually feel bored driving automatics.

The absolute shittiest automatic I've ever driven is a Kia Rio. I might as well have been driving a fucking Korean golf cart with turn signals.

Oh and if your vehicle is almost as old as you are and is an automatic sometimes it gets stuck in second gear and shifts no further.

What year is your Jeep, Jelly? '88?

And I don't know - personally I like the freedom of automatics. Who wants the hassle of a manual? Besides, cars aren't really meant to entertain you, you know (for those saying it's 'no fun', mantis).

91. Close enough.
And Manuals are more fun, and cars are meant to entertain. Sometimes.

I prefer entertainment getting from point a to point b

And I don't know - personally I like the freedom of automatics. Who wants the hassle of a manual? Besides, cars aren't really meant to entertain you, you know (for those saying it's 'no fun', mantis).

Freedom? Freedom to do what? When you're driving a car, you're supposed to be driving a fucking car. Get the fuck of the phone you homocidal monster.

And I don't know - personally I like the freedom of automatics. Who wants the hassle of a manual?

Freedom of automatics??

oh you mean your left/right hand is avaliable for other uses!

i always giggle at the sound an automatic makes when changing gears!

Anyways congrats on the passing, an automobile gives you so much freedom from parents!

Edited by petrov, 08 April 2006 - 05:53 AM.

^tis true

I'll tell you why I prefer manuals.

You have less speed control over the car with an automatic.  They particularly suck in winter weather because you can't maitain lower gear with a fucking idiot computer shifting for you.  I also hate how automatics are always going forward when your foot is not on the brake (unless you use neutral and I don't).  Automatics totally take away your "feel" of the engine that I'm accustomed too.  Also, when it comes to a sport cars (which I will own one day), automatics are not available nonetheless pointless.

Bottomline, automatics are ghetto.  The only thing useful about them are they allow the driver more freedom, which for me, sucks unless you are using a cell phone, looking at a map or something.  I usually feel bored driving automatics.

The absolute shittiest automatic I've ever driven is a Kia Rio.  I might as well have been driving a fucking Korean golf cart with turn signals.

Ever been stuck in a traffic jam driving a manual transmission? I'm not talking about one where you keep moving at a slow rate, I'm talking about one where you stop, drive a few feet, stop, drive a feet, stop ... And your stops don't last much more than a few seconds. Now think about doing this driving up a hill.

Oh, keeping the clutch pressed when stopped also causes it to burn out quicker. Using it to keep you from rolling backwards down a hill is even worse on it.

That's what the handbrake's for.

Yeah, Rohn Starr. That is the only thing I have to complain about when driving my stick shift.

That's what the handbrake's for.

But there are a lot of cars that are going back to the parking brake using the foot to set it. With people wanting more storage, the hand brake takes up a lot of storage space.