Manuals Are Losers

[K4fxd]

How is a manual not good for daily?

Because age catches up with you. I have a bad left knee and broke my ankle. So have arthritis. Even with hyd clutches it is painful after awhile.

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[Oxford19]

Credit to 1320 and posting this the other day, relevant IMO.

 

[Cruizer]

I've had several daily drivers that were manual. I was always good until about a year. Then it just got old.

I find my car still fun to drive even though it's an auto. I'm still not used to all the gear changing though, lol.

 

[Arthonon]

This whole argument gets silly and boring to me. 95% or more of the people on here are not racing their car on the track so 1/4 mile speeds and 0-60 speeds are irrelevant. Most of us are not good enough drivers to get the most out of the car anyway, so why the debate. I have the manual because I like driving a manual. Others have automatics because they like autos, or cannot drive the manual. It doesn't matter really. Just drive what you like and don't worry about what everyone else is driving. I have strong opinions on this myself but I am not convincing anyone on here nor are they convincing me.

It seems like the only people who care what other people drive is manual owners.

Auto drivers before the purchase: Look at options, decide an auto best meets their needs.
Auto drivers after the purchase: Drive their cars

Manual drivers before the purchase. MUST GET A MANUAL
Manual drivers after the purchase: I GOT A MANUAL, WHAT DID YOU GET? WHAT?! YOU DIDN'T GET A MANUAL?! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU! YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A MANUAL!

 

[emcmtony]

It seems like the only people who care what other people drive is manual owners.

Auto drivers before the purchase: Look at options, decide an auto best meets their needs.
Auto drivers after the purchase: Drive their cars

Manual drivers before the purchase. MUST GET A MANUAL
Manual drivers after the purchase: I GOT A MANUAL, WHAT DID YOU GET? WHAT?! YOU DIDN'T GET A MANUAL?! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU! YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A MANUAL!

I don't know about that. From my experience on the forums it is all the Automatic Drivers saying how much faster their cars are. In real life what I hear from people is that they cannot drive a manual and wish they could. I have no appreciable give a shit on what other people drive, I just know what I enjoy. I could have done either one but decided I wanted the manual. I ended up choosing between my car and a Mach 1, both sitting next to each other on the showroom floor this past May. I just ended up liking the looks of my car better and the fact that it had the 6 speed manual. I don't want to create an argument but I have always throughout my life pictured a muscle car as having a manual transmission.

 

[Egparson202]

1. This thread was never intended to be so serious
2. Manual transmission are more fun to drive - it’s true
3. Like it or not, today’s DTC’s are faster - also true
4. Most of us think we’re right about everything
5. I don’t like being told I’m wrong about anything
6. In the world we’re living in, people have almost completely lost the ability to leave each other alone
7. By now you must agree with most of this post - if not… well… Go for a drive and have a nice day.

 

[cactus_kid]

Some people think breakfast is better if you slaughter your own hog and make your own sausage.

Only if'n ya use eggs from yer own roosters ....................

 

[cactus_kid]

It seems like the only people who care what other people drive is manual owners.

Auto drivers before the purchase: Look at options, decide an auto best meets their needs.
Auto drivers after the purchase: Drive their cars

Manual drivers before the purchase. MUST GET A MANUAL
Manual drivers after the purchase: I GOT A MANUAL, WHAT DID YOU GET? WHAT?! YOU DIDN'T GET A MANUAL?! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU! YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A MANUAL!

I don't ever want to see another Manuel ................ Never ever. Worse, most have the same last name. Call out the name at the gate of the holding yard and half of them stand up. Crazy ! Only so many seats on the plane going back to Honduras .................

 

[Norm Peterson]

It seems like the only people who care what other people drive is manual owners.

Maybe if this was a different universe where the automatic transmission was the transmission in danger of going away, lots of AT fans might finally understand . . .


Norm

 

[Milktasd]

I have been daily driving a manual trans for years. With traffic getting worse and the commute I have with my job, driving a manual just isn’t fun. So ordered a 10speed auto for a daily and still have a manual car for the weekend if I feel like banging gears. Manual in traffic just sucks.

 

[bluebeastsrt]

OK, Here’s the DEAL! If you “Want to drive a car”! Again, “ IF YOU WANT TO “DRIVE” A Car!

Find a GT350! “Drive a real car”. Or maybe go test drive an Explorer! Don’t hate. You asked for it!

I’m on a roll tonight! I blasted the service manager at my dealership for Fu#%ing up my oil change and laid into a few keyboard warriors! Things are good again!

Next?

Real men……I mean real men that would drive a manual GT350. Would also change their own oil. If you can handle the might 6 speed. You should be able to handle a ratchet. Just saying.

 

[Arthonon]

Maybe if this was a different universe where the automatic transmission was the transmission in danger of going away, lots of AT fans might finally understand . . .


Norm

So, you're saying that because *YOU* want to drive a manual transmission that *I* should buy one?

 

[RichGT350R]

This is exactly why I seriously doubt this will happen. The dealer associations will raise holy hell and file lawsuits left and right. This model will eliminate the spur of the moment sales where people just drop by to look at all the shiny new cars , haven’t done any research, and aren’t really ready to buy but end up buying anyway. This kind of uneducated consumer is where most dealers make a killing by bending them over. I just don’t see them willing to give that up without a fight.

I seriously doubt if Ford gets its way and makes everything go to an order model that they’ll pass any savings on to us either.

Real men……I mean real men that would drive a manual GT350. Would also change their own oil. If you can handle the might 6 speed. You should be able to handle a ratchet. Just saying.

More like, you try to do all of the right things to keep from having any questions if it comes to warranty issues. And it doesn’t work out the way it really should. What I do for a living, an oil change is nothing.

 

[bluebeastsrt]

More like, you try to do all of the right things to keep from having any questions if it comes to warranty issues. And it doesn’t work out the way it really should. What I do for a living, an oil change is nothing.

Understood. And with you being a gt350 owner. I completely understand why you’d worry about warranty issues. So what do you do for a living? Office work? Sounds very manly.























Im just fuckin with ya.

 

[Crowd Hunter]

I feel like a "looser" for reading this thread.

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