Auto VS. Manual

Which do you prefer and why? Personally I prefer standards because I like having control of when the truck shifts. Also having the ability to stall a runaway engine, and the option of pull or roll starting the truck is nice.

^ ditto, and when you have a manual, the engine never really bogs down, because you can downshift before it reaches that point. I also like the level of control as well.

You can roll start and pull start an automatic too, i've done it.

Give me an automatic. Massachusetts has to many massholes that cause too many traffic jams for me to want to deal with a stick, plus i'm lazy.

i drive a stick for a daily driver, and i wish i had an automatic... heading for work at 3:00 am, it would be nice to not have think..... when it comes time to pull, a manual would be my choice anyday..... in the mud pits, a automatic, in the rocks, automatic, all the way around, id choose a manual... i used to pull 23-25 mpg with my 1/2 ton v8/ 5 speed gmc.... my friend has the same year, same motor, sane truck....auto trans and he was lucky to pull 18-19

merlin5577 wrote:

You can roll start and pull start an automatic too, i've done it.

Uhh....care to fill us in?

1993GMCSierra wrote:

merlin5577 wrote:

You can roll start and pull start an automatic too, i've done it.

Uhh....care to fill us in?

My dad had an 86' Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme and the battery died. My buddy pushed me up to speed (25ish) and I dropped it into 1st gear, hit the ignition and vroom! Fired right up.

Manual makes you feel cooler

Jared Olson for SO IL wrote:

Manual makes you feel cooler

Not when you have to restart the engine every 5 feet

1993GMCSierra wrote:

Jared Olson for SO IL wrote:

Manual makes you feel cooler

Not when you have to restart the engine every 5 feet

Agreed. Never laughed as hard as the day the guy with the Cummins down the street stalled it at the light...

Pour Moi .,,
Ce sera un choix de fente ici tout cela selon ce que vous utilisez pour.

Car hevey s'arrête et va l'automatique est le mieux mais pour hiway vont à toute vitesse le manuel est le mieux si tout cela selon l'utilisation.

Pour moi j'ai vraiment tiré un peu de charges de hevey avec le manuel et je peux capable ne de faire le changement de flot {aucune utilisation de prise du tout à moins que l'arrêt à la lumière rouge..}

Le dernier camion que j'ai avant qu'il n'ait mis à la retraite la prise dure moi presque 450,000 miles avant que le jet du comportement de l'octroi de moi n'adapte {serment français continuant}

It will be a split choice here all it depending on what you use for.

For hevey stop and go the automatique is the best but for hiway speed the manual is the best so all it depending on use.

For myself I did pull a bit of hevey loads with manual and I can able do the float shift { no clutch use at all unless stop at the red light. .}

The last truck I have before it retired the clutch last me almost 450,000 miles before the throw out bearing giving me fits { french swearing going on }

Merci,Marc

i like both. i know its a poll one or the other but my DD is auto and its great. i do enjoy shifting through the gears of a manual trans but for every day use i have to go with the auto trans.

Manual all the way!!! Road Rock Mud Trail Haul Cruise it doesn't matter give me a stick I'll drive it!! Clutch Double Clutch Float Down Shift Power Shift Speed Shift whatever it takes I do it!!!

manual shift all the way, i think auotmatics are just LZY. but it is nice to drive and automatic when you are with your significant other, then you can hold her hand while you drive, manuals you cant. but i chose manual because i love driving stick shift

Trucker_Eric wrote:

manual shift all the way, i think auotmatics are just LZY. but it is nice to drive and automatic when you are with your significant other, then you can hold her hand while you drive, manuals you cant. but i chose manual because i love driving stick shift

Thats why i drive a 3 spd on the column lol and a bench seat so she can ride in the middle

Yeah, I am lazy, give me the automatic.

merlin5577 wrote:

1993GMCSierra wrote:

merlin5577 wrote:

You can roll start and pull start an automatic too, i've done it.

Uhh....care to fill us in?

My dad had an 86' Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme and the battery died. My buddy pushed me up to speed (25ish) and I dropped it into 1st gear, hit the ignition and vroom! Fired right up.

That's the TH475 for ya it had both front n rear pump's. . .

Mike

thats what happened to me, the batt died when i was over my friends place so he got in his car, and pushed me down the road, popped it into 1st, and bam, started right up and on my way i went.

I love my 5 speed. Manual trannys separate the men from the boys

im goin wit auto for all around use, i jus prefer them over manuals. i reckon im gettin lazy in my old age lol and yes, i do own one of each

i prefer stick in a car, auto in a truck.. it's fun to dump the clutch in a car and just let the tires roast.. but i hate wheelin and trail riding with a stick, so auto all the way as far as trucks go

I really like my Allison but I wish it was a manual.