Automatic all day long, wouldn't dream of getting a manual car now. I've had a few track day cars that were manual but that's different. What with modern traffic it must be a nightmare driving a manual these days.
right - some of you have given me food for thought re the automatic.
Why I didn't think of the automatic was my deceased friend hated hers (it belonged to hubby) as she felt she had no control over it.
So she warned me never to buy one.
Having said that an automatic would do me nicely (if I could control it) - as I am finding it extremely painful to use the gear stick because of broken shoulder over the years probably now has rheumatism
So yes I may look into an automatic
So is it easy to drive after driving gear stick for 40 years now
My neighbour has an automatic and so I may ask her to let me have a go in a secluded car park
A few of the many reasons to drive a manual rather than an automatic are; being in the correct gear for the road conditions, the car not changing down the gears when you want to accelerate (saving fuel), no energy lost in a torque converter – although I would admit, automatics are much improved from the days of only having three gears.
jj, the best advice I can give is plant your left foot and don't use it at ll. D to G, R to reverse, forget all the +/- tiptronic stuff you don't need it. Then Brake/accelerate with the right foot, make sure you put it in P when you get out, no need to use the hand brake at all.
just chatted on chat line with my local garage - brand new far too expensive for me as I only want a wee run-around. So it would have to be an oldie automatic.
I have a manual licence but have only driven automatics. I was fine with the gears but my clutch control was the main issue. The only problem with automatics is when you're going up a hill....well for me it is anyway! Lol