there are so many people on here that have an auto tc and want to do a swap or a trans upgrade (including myself)

so i wonder, why did you buy an auto?

my story....

my last car was an auto a 95 eclipse gsx turbocharged. It blew up. literally

My car before that was a 5 spd mustang 5.0

and ive had many used cars before those two. My tc was the first new car i ever bought, so i decided i wanted comfort, a nice looking car and an automatic for convenience.I didnt plan on doin a damn thing to my car when i bought it, the only reason i got a tc is because i wanted a new car for a good price.

THEN! of course, i missed speed. I missed boost.Also, i found out about how big the mod scene in the scion community is and i started to see all these sick ___ tc's and was like, yeah, i want that.

So i boosted my tc . I COULD turn the tc back to stock and trade in for a 5 speed but then i would loose out on alot of money. I put a little over 9k into my car so far.
Instead of trading it on or doing a tranny swap, im going to upgrade the trans,put royal purple a/t fluid in, tune this chumpsky to 8psi and pray for the best.

so yeah thats my story.

 

my story is this is my 2nd car after a camry and my dad didnt want me to drive a stick being a korean dad... -_- he basically gave me his life story about how his knees are f'd up or w/e from driving stick for 20 years in korea and his idea of me getting a stick is for one reason which is to race.. typical koreans... hahaha and the other reason is i go back n forth from las vegas (UNLV) to cali alottttttt so he convinced me saying u dont wanna deal with traffic so get a auto -_- FML and i put my own money on the car! WTHECK!

ohwell.. imma stick to style over speed till i graduate from unlv n buy a faster car. definitly a stick lol

M3? *DROOLS*

 

most people on here had their parents buy there cars....including myself.....and the parents probably knew a manual is easier to mod then auto.

 

LOL ahaha, those fast and furious movies made parents more cautious on buying there kids cars

 

my tc was auto... mom signed for it but i paid for it... she said if she was going to sign then she was gonna be able to drive it...
i was 18 at the time...

once i lowered it she never drove it casue she was afraid to mess anything up.
boosted it and blew 3 motors. and it got flooded

now my new car is 6 speed and i LOVE it!!!

 

my mom was clueless.....and i learned how to drive a manual when i was around 8 years old.....i told her i wanted you because it was cheaper then an auto and better gas mileage.........muahahahaha....i took my mom for a ride in it one day and she flipped out....so this is what all that stuff does

 

yeah i paid for mine, and got no co signer, well im still paying, for the next 5 years haha ouch!!!!

 

Yeah same here, I know the feeling

 

my first tC was an auto i thought it was boring but then it totaled it (not purposely lol) and go a 5 speed, best choice i ever made, my parents were worried that id be racing in it or driving fast because i was young (19 when i got it i think) but i assured them i wouldnt be racing anyone (and to this day, 4 years later i have not raced anyone (on the streets ))

 

i ended up with an auto cause i didnt realize how much the tc could be modded, so i just wanted something to get me around and still look good. now that i see all i can do to it, i definitely should have went manual. plus, auto is just boring haha

 

Your mom and mine have that in common lol she said the same thing so thats why I got an auto. We had test drove a 06 350z manual (I feel in love with it) but ended up getting the tc because of the insurance for me on a 350 at age 18 was a killer.

 

no. this has nothing to do with FI.

 

because my parents said that sticks cause more accidents i didn't know what the hell they meant, and i will never get it...i even had to pay 7,500 part of my life savings.

 

I almost got stuck in the same boat with you guys. I got in an argument with my dad for a couple months before we actually ordered the car about stick vs auto.

We ended up settling on an agreement. He said if i got good grades my senior year in high school, he would let me get the stick. I studied a tad harder and got my manual and never looked back.

 

I had to get an auto tC because my dad wanted to have some fun in my car sometimes. He herniated disks in his spine, which cause sciatica in his legs and knee, so it's difficult for him to drive manual cars. I don't mind having an auto though.

 

mom was gonna sign for me and said that she wanted it to be an auto so she could drive too which til this day has never droven the car but she probably also thought i'd be street racing or speeding alot but i was atleast glad to get a brand new car but still wish i could of had gotten a manual it til this day.

 

my dad and i had a big argument...i was 16 and i even told a salesman to go ____ himself lol!
i told him
has to be stick
has to be under 15000
has to have a clean record
has to be a coupe

he tried shoving a bonneville on me and i said no and he kept persisting that, its the type of car i should by and i told him to go ____ himself and walked out. after that my dad argued with me to get auto. i told him im never paying my money for an auto so eventually he told me if thats what i insisted than it must be for a good reason so you buy it, you choose it.

my persistence, determination and hot headed 16 y.o mind paid of. my pops traded the van in for 800 and i threw 700 down and have been paying 300/month since. i just wish i could get my name on the title to build credit

 

My rs2 was an auto because it was my first car and that just made sense to my parents. At 17, i had not really gotten into the scene yet so i did not know what i wanted out of the car at that time. And now, my super white is a manual and i must say, i enjoy it a hell of a lot more.

 

im korean and my dad was all for it.. my mom was the one against it do your knees really get messed up from driving stick? got the car back in feb 08 so i was 16 when i did..

 

^ your one lucky korean. i guess your dad was one of those who believed a male should drive a stick to become a real man! well my friends dad said that to him so he got a stick but my dad on the other hand.. was against it FML.

oh well 256 a month and less then 3 years left. im good.