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Transmission Poll: Manual vs Automatic

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Old Aug 29, 2005 | 08:20 PM
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Automatic
Old Aug 31, 2005 | 12:08 AM
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Manual is the way to go
Old Sep 5, 2005 | 05:57 AM
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stick because it more fun
Old Sep 6, 2005 | 01:23 PM
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manual - need it to take advantage of those 100 screamin horses!
Old Sep 6, 2005 | 02:40 PM
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Automatic

i want to learn how to drive manual but ive had bad teachers... They suk! they have no patience
Old Sep 7, 2005 | 04:19 AM
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manual all the way
Old Sep 8, 2005 | 04:43 AM
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Automatic! Hate shifting through traffic on the 405!
Old Sep 8, 2005 | 05:03 AM
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got an auto, cuz my gf dont know how to drive stick and i wanna get drunk, but regret not getting a stick, since ive been driven stick since i learned how to drive. and now i get bored when im driving.
Old Sep 8, 2005 | 02:24 PM
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Manual, it's the only way to be!
Old Sep 11, 2005 | 01:00 PM
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If you got a lot of stop N go traffic you may want the auto. Otherwise get the manual. The Xb manual is a lot of fun to drive. 'Specially in the high RPM's!
Old Sep 12, 2005 | 03:41 AM
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auto for me. I can drive stick... but I'd rather not have to think about it
Old Sep 12, 2005 | 04:38 AM
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Manual, wouldnt drive anything but
Old Sep 12, 2005 | 02:06 PM
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STICK!

I don't want no steenkin' machine shifting for me!!
Old Sep 12, 2005 | 06:00 PM
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I've purchased an automatic transmission with my xb and I love the gear ratio, it's like driving a manual. The overdrive is very useful, more so than in any car I've driven.
Old Sep 13, 2005 | 06:42 PM
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at times i wish i got manual, but driving to work at 6am on no sleep makes me lazy, got an auto!
Old Sep 13, 2005 | 08:54 PM
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i got an automatic because it is the only one i could get...i wanted a 5 speed but i wasn't patient enough!! didn't want to wait a month to get it
Old Sep 13, 2005 | 09:02 PM
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I serously considered getting a 5-speed, but after reading all the auto vs. manual RPM @ highway speed threads, I gave in and got the slushbox.

I bought my box primarily for the look coupled with the fuel economy it is capable of getting. If I had a stick, I don't think I'd be able to get anywhere near the mileage I get now (because I know how I'd drive the stick)...
Old Sep 14, 2005 | 08:10 AM
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got an auto only because my girl cant drive a stick. Why tea ch her, you know I will be buying clutches once a month
Old Sep 14, 2005 | 07:45 PM
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Automatis as of 9/13/2005
Old Sep 20, 2005 | 04:18 AM
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Sticks are the way to go if you ask me! That all I ever owned.



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