by StoneySR05 on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 6:57 +0000
Go the AUTO!!!!!!!!!
There are only two reasons that I can think of that a manual is better of road.
1 - Manual is better going down step hills in low range first, all you need to do with the auto is either a touch of foot brake or pull your hand brake up a couple of notches.
2 - Once I stalled in a fairly deep river crossing (petrol MQ Patrol shorty) as the engine suck a small bit of water into the air filter and the only reason I got out with out being flooded was that I could start the car in gear and basically pulled myself out with the starter motor and allot of right foot. Can't do that with an auto.
Other than that I believe that the auto is superior in every other way.
Carl