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435 | 68.08% |
| I own / drive / prefer vehicles with automatic transmissions |
  
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204 | 31.92% |
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23-03-2006, 08:31 PM
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CHI 185's
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Adelaide
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Depend's on what sort of car you got IMO.For instance if i had a bog stock 4.0(and i have) then 5 speed for me.Stock V8 tick manual,Modified V8 making good number's then auto with good shift kit would be my pick.Sport's car tick manual aswell.
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29-03-2006, 04:36 PM
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Built Ford Tough
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: State of Euphoria Mod: F-Series
Posts: 3,035
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I have yet to own an auto. Even in traffic, I'd prefer a manual.
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Black on white '83 SWB F100 C6 auto 351C on gas and on the ground --> Project Thread '55 F100, just a roller at the moment, new project Silver MY12 Volkswagen Amarok |
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29-03-2006, 04:42 PM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Wheelers Hill
Posts: 365
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manual all the way IMO
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29-03-2006, 05:34 PM
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AU DIE HARD
  
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Between 2nd and 5th gear
Posts: 5,073
 
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18 speed overdrive in my truck........5 in my XR....... do I want a auto..... nah !!!!
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29-03-2006, 06:06 PM
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Black Jade Pony
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: ACT
Posts: 185
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Prefer the manual box, especially in a sports vehicle. The problem with the BA manual is that it limits you to towing 1.6 tonnes where as the auto lets you haul 2.3. Not that I do a lot of towing but when I pull the 'restoration' around on a tandem I have to be carefull not to overweight it.
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30-03-2006, 01:58 AM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 331
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manual for me
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30-03-2006, 01:10 PM
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IWCMOGTVM Club Supporter
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Northern Suburbs Melbourne
Posts: 17,799
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31-03-2006, 02:05 PM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 210
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I like auto's as chirps at over 100 are cool, and you can go through the gears in a burnout or doughies. You also do not have to get off the throttle down the quarter, and once set up ( shift kit, trans cooler) can get fast 60 foot times with the right stall. They also last for ages with little maintnence, while the cluthes in the manuals don't seem to last too long. I have a manual here but dont want to blow a diff dropping the clutch at the drags. The manuals can be harsh on drivelines.
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28-04-2006, 11:51 PM
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LOW 4RD
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: vic
Posts: 37
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theres nothing like the dirty old moo cow auto with a big exhaust, and the cracklying back fire of a manual when down shifting!!
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29-04-2006, 12:26 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 1,892
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Torque multication :> somthing manual drivers know nothing about :> ... And sliping the clutch in a manual makes them last SOOOOOOOOOOO long...
Big deal manuals are good for twisty roads, im sure ed clutches and broken cables, and cracked firewalls are fun 2 |
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29-04-2006, 08:10 PM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 210
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Whoa thats a huge stall injected 250!
The first 60feet should feel nice! Do TCE offer reasonable prices? I've heard good things about their convertors. I need a 4000rpm stall for my BTR!!! |
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29-04-2006, 11:37 PM
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IT JUST GET'S BETTER
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Rum City
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30-04-2006, 11:10 AM
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IWCMOGTVM Club Supporter
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Northern Suburbs Melbourne
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30-04-2006, 05:05 PM
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Nitrous Junkie
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 859
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l like both but i prefer the manual.
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30-04-2006, 05:08 PM
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Nikon
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Wollongong
Posts: 1,875
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Started on a auto in TE Cortina 77
then 5sp man in the VL 87 and have stayed with man in the Ba XR6 2004 |
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30-04-2006, 05:15 PM
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Discovery 4
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 2,239
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Not enough choices in the Poll..
Big family car Auto only way to go. But I also own smaller cars and I would never own a 4 pot auto. I love my 6 speed auto and I love my 6 speed manual...
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30-04-2006, 05:25 PM
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The Vengeful One
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Tazzy
Posts: 12,765
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I drive an Auto at the moment but i do love manuals!!
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13-06-2006, 02:34 PM
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lovin every second of it
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Blackburn melb
Posts: 77
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i prefer manuals but if they could get the bloody tiptronic autos working properly they would be better the changes are just too slow
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13-06-2006, 03:16 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Newcastle, NSW
Posts: 3,926
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I started off in a 4 Speed Manual TE. Got my VL 5 Speed. Maybe I might get a manual BA XR6, as my next car. :nutsycuck |
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14-06-2006, 03:53 PM
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GT "BOSS 302" BUILD#581
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: GLADSTONE,CENTRAL QLD.
Posts: 225
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I drive and prefer auto's but my wife prefers to drive manuals!!!
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14-06-2006, 04:07 PM
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Diabolus
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Brisbane
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14-06-2006, 09:07 PM
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AWD Assassin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 8,170
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ESP has stage 2 C10 auto with 2300 stall.
It's an auto and I drive it like a manual cos I like to pick the gear I'm in. I also like the fact that it kicks butt on the drag strip and I can eat my pie and sip my coke whilst driving back from Calder...... 
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20-06-2006, 11:17 PM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 24
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The Wagon has a warm 351.With all brand new goodies she is pumping out way tooooo many ponies.I found converting from a dodgy old toploader to a tricked FMX with a shift kit works perfect for all occasions without smelly shuddering clutch plates.Not much can keep up to the XY off the lights.Just those freezing cold mornings and those flat batteries make you wish it was manual again ,if only for 5 minutes.
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21-06-2006, 12:43 AM
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Just Cruzing
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Sunbury
Posts: 446
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I drive an auto, but i wanna drive a manual. silly me i got my licence in an auto
 : so i was just gonna wait till i get my full licence, but ive heard that u have to resit the test if u wanna drive manual, im not sure tho could someone fill me in please
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21-06-2006, 05:15 PM
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IWCMOGTVM Club Supporter
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Northern Suburbs Melbourne
Posts: 17,799
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21-06-2006, 07:41 PM
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Just Cruzing
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Sunbury
Posts: 446
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sweet deal
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11-08-2006, 08:15 PM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: ballarat/ melbourne
Posts: 210
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i drive both manual for fun and auto for cruiseing nothing worse than having to change gears all day on a long trip but i still love manuals
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11-08-2006, 08:21 PM
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Never late with a V8
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Carrum Downs, Vic
Posts: 2,903
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well My EB 4.0L is an Auto and will stay that way... i like it being Auto
and my 89 NA Fairlane is a 5 Speed i wanted it there so i put it there sometimes i wish it was auto like after a hard day at work driving a 12 Pallet Isuzu Taughtliner 7 speed but nah i love both just depends on the car
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11-08-2006, 10:24 PM
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V8 wannaabeee
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Southbank, melb
Posts: 2,575
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i'd love a manual for f/way driving... but local would be annoying :P *what else is annoying, i have an auto license !! :(*
but my 4 speed is doing ok for noe ;) |
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12-08-2006, 01:33 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Sitting on the Dunny , Contemplating "What to do Next".
Posts: 505
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I gotta go with "Manual" I had 7 of them before my first Auto in 1980 , & have just given away my XF Manual wagon . My XB is Auto
The wife's ED Fairmont is Auto but all her other cars were manual , (4 of them) , but then again , she's the "rev-head" of the family :eclipsee_ Both daughters Lasers are 5 sp manual.
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