Driving a Automatic Dosent Make You Not a Man

[Ir0nM4n]

in before the lock

[CFD]

Originally Posted by 1LEMayhem

Your mom drives a automatic

My mom doesn't drive but my little sister drives a manual!

[SGOS252382]

People that make those statements don't know anything about racing.

[sasquash1984]

Whenever people talk trash I take them to the track and say......see ya later bye...lol. But the guys at the track respect me. The only ones that run there mouth don't have a sports car, I wouldn't take it too seriously. I've seen so many threads on here it's all bout preference and what u plan to do with ur car and what makes u happy, don't let others bring u down

[Norm Peterson]

Originally Posted by Jonster

I never understood why I would take more pleasure into doing more work when driving.

There is satisfaction to be had in doing even the simple things well.

Incentive to do better next time when you don't isn't a bad thing, either.


Norm

[MIKnam67]

What does it make you?

[SuperSport2011]

Originally Posted by CFD

My mom doesn't drive but my little sister drives a manual!

[Red Chief]

Originally Posted by FRSTR90

And what transmission is in their car??

Exactly. Nobody, I mean NOBODY drives a stick anymore. Maybe 1 out 50 cars on the road is a manual. You can always tell because they're slow out of the stop light.

[Camaro154]

I do have to admit that rowing through the gears can be fun since I have had a manual in the past (not a Camaro) but it sure is fun watching others trying so hard to go fast and miss a shift. I love my automatic and when I want to be in control I use the paddle shifters. You also can't beat the great gas mileage on a road trip with the auto.

[14pilot]

A man doesn't give a f#$ k what anyone else thinks or says.

I say that if you drive a Camaro A6 then you are a puss.

If this bothers you, see my first sentence - Ha Ha !!!

[strych9]

A manual gives you complete control over the driving experience (well, until they hung that hill-assist bullshit on them).

I would never, and I mean ever, own a performance car with an automatic. As an employee of a large automatic transmission remanufacturer, I can tell you that the percentage of failures of automatics as compared to manuals is considerably higher, as compared to their applications.

I wouldn't, however, ever knock anyone that prefers an automatic. I make my living off of them.

[naSSty1]

*OPINION ONLY*

I personally can't stand automatic muscle/pony cars. I typically attribute automatic muscle cars to one of two types of men. Either A.) They like to drive in a strait line. B.) They never had anyone manly enough to show them how to drive a manual. That being said, there is nothing wrong with drag racing. Love it! I just prefer the road racing a little more and with a manual you can really have some fun with the car and feel more control vs. hitting a paddle. Me personally, if I wanted to hit a paddle I would stay home and play on my kids X Box. Now for the other comment, there was no hate intended. I generally see more feminine characters driving automatic vehicles. Not sure why, and yes it is a little stereo typing on my part but it is a free country in which I fight for so I feel like I have the ability to judge a little.

All in all, I don't even care. I only make fun of my own friends when this type of thing ever comes up anyway. If a complete stranger were to ever just come up to me and say some dumb ass crap about my trans I would just turn it on him some how. Like for example;

Guy; Ah man you drive a automatic....
Me; Yeah, allows me to keep one hand on the steering wheel and the other in your gi..r...

[ChrisBlair]

Originally Posted by colingordon

It bugs me when people are like you drive a automatic, your car isnt a sports car, or a muscle / pony car, your not a man. Like they just sound stupid! And every one of those guys say a manual is always faster, which is not true. If your automatic shift at redline its gonna kill a manual (with same specs) because a computer can shift so much faster then a human no matter how fast they can shift

Thank you

Colin Gordon

It also doesn't make you a man to not drive a manual

if you like your automatic, and somebody says that you're a wimp for driving it, let me know. I'll give them an earful

But I prefer my manual over an automatic, and I can give a lot of reasons why it's a good choice.

[SC2150]

My youngest daughter drives an automatic, and I bet she can beat any of the guys with a manual:










Every one of these cars is an automatic.....and she runs the 1/4 mile in 6 seconds.