Why do North Americans treat automatics as their default car transmission?

[smoopsy]

Most of my cars have been manual transmission vehicles. There are very few reasons to choose a manual transmission over automatics today.

Most of today's automatic transmissions hold up very well, get better MPG, and are much simpler to drive. The only leg up manual transmissions have now is the fun factor, if you are into that, and they do tend to hold up a little better, especially if you drive a truck which does a lot of hauling.

[MiscKage]

What makes you say manual is better other than "more fun to drive"(completely subjective) or "impressing girls"?

See post #21

[anonymous]

[arn710]

Lol at all the muricans ITT. manual is 100x more fun to drive.

Yeah brah

A manual trans is really increasing the fun factor on your 2004 Civic

[mindgame]

I have both. My Hyundai is my automatic car. I drive it monday through friday. Its my gas saver. However, my sports car aka Cobra Mustang is a stick. If you get an automatic sports car you are doing it wrong.

[laxster]

Yeah brah

A manual trans is really increasing the fun factor on your 2004 Civic

It actually is lol. Controlling the different speeds, downshifting and up shifting turns are all more enjoyable than just turning a wheel. Speed doesn't matter it's the control and engagement

[Exiled93]

I cant get road head while driving a manual

/thread

Sure you can.

[residesinAZ]

I have both. My Hyundai is my automatic car. I drive it monday through friday. Its my gas saver. However, my sports car aka Cobra Mustang is a stick. If you get an automatic sports car you are doing it wrong.

Paddle shifters.
Both hands on the wheel all the time.

[2port]

It actually is lol. Controlling the different speeds, downshifting and up shifting turns are all more enjoyable than just turning a wheel. Speed doesn't matter it's the control and engagement

This. Manual transmission makes driving my chitty car kinda enjoyable. Every drive would bore the chit out of me if I had auto transmission.

[Preban_AR15]

Does everyone get manual windows also because it's more fun to manually roll the window down?

[JuiceBoxBrah]

Sure you can.

Can also confirm, you can.

[Roasted]

its because we have higher fuel prices and therefore smaller engines for fuel economy (majority of cars are under 2.0ltr) so automatics are quite sluggish with such low power output motors.

Kind of this....a lot of euro cars have like 70HP. The car with auto......trying to pass and waiting for the transmission to down shift, etc. means you're probably gonna take 10 years to pass anyone. In the US even the slowest cars have like 130HP+ so most people don't need to squeeze that last bit of performance out of a small engine just to pass someone. Hell, there is plenty of 300hp+ cars in the US.

With that said, I drive a 300HP car with manual

[Big Natural]

I like both. Stick is awesome if you have a performance car, automatic rules for long distance anything.

[trailless]

We like big trucks and SUVs. Get stuck in stop and go traffic, in a big truck, and you'll see why we like automatics.

[jayhead000]

The wife and I love, and have only owned manuals in the past, but we went with the CVT for the family car... dat mileage... We still keep a manual around for the fun car/my car

[Rellay]

Because it's easier. Plain and simple.

99% of all women in the US CANNOT drive a standard transmission.

There are a lot of guys that cannot either; seems to be more the exception than the norm though.

Then why the fuk do I see a different female in a modded manual RSX type s every other fukkin day?

[guest89]

Europeans and South Americans also drive extremely chitty little cars. Perhaps people from 'Merica should drive some chitty little manual car too?

At the end of the day a modern automatic is faster, gets better fuel millage, performs/handles better, etc. The ONLY reason to drive a manual in a modern car in America is if 1. You think its cool, or 2. You needed a cheap/plain option vehicle.


I'll probably never own a manual transmission save if I get a Jeep for 4x4ing.

Does everyone get manual windows also because it's more fun to manually roll the window down?

This LMAO.

[dislusive]

What about us that have the slap-****s on the steering wheel for manual shifting, if we choose to do so? Have this on my SUV too *shivers*

What then? Best of both worlds, while hands always remain on the wheel?

Or is this a 'if you don't have a foot clutch and have to use an entire hand off the wheel to shift, it doesn't count' manual-only thing?

[AndYUKnowThis]

Sad but true, in this day and age. Dual clutch automatics and even high end torque converter automatics are faster these days. That doesn't even take into account the ease and smoothness of driving one. I have a special place in my heart for fully manual cars. They are really fun to drive, but it's hard to make and argument for buying one when automatics are outperforming them.

Yeah, because we're all Indy racecar drivers.
Manual >All. No one gives a flying fuk about .89303 seconds lap time and .4759 more mph.

[LuvVag]

Makes more sense to own a manual if you live in an area with a lot of open road with very rare traffic, but if you live in the city, automatic is a much better choice. Also, manuals get slightly worse MPG than an automatic.

[kip22]

Easier and people are lazy. Parents buy an auto and then kids never have a chance to learn.

There have been theories that show autos lead to more accidents since drivers tend to talk on phone, eat, and doze off more when not driving manual.

Basically if u buy an auto then u support killing children

[victor_maximus]

Because I prefer to use my other hand to stroke my girls hair while she's giving me road-head, not to hold a big long stick. F#cking ****ggot Europeans I swear...

[MiscKage]

Kind of this....a lot of euro cars have like 70HP. The car with auto......trying to pass and waiting for the transmission to down shift, etc. means you're probably gonna take 10 years to pass anyone. In the US even the slowest cars have like 130HP+ so most people don't need to squeeze that last bit of performance out of a small engine just to pass someone. Hell, there is plenty of 300hp+ cars in the US.

With that said, I drive a 300HP car with manual

tfw revving the chit out of the engine at hill junction otherwise roll back and crash ;_;

[linemanbrah]

Both are ****

DSG or gtfo for the past 5 years

[Kaikara]

Because Americans want to be able to do other stuff while driving, like texting, eating, and killing people because they don't have to pay attention.

Also, traffic sucks in a manual. I drive a motorcycle, which means manual. My whole ride home from work is constant up, down, up, down, shifting. It's annoying.

[Love-Feet]

We also aren't so insecure that we give a sh!t what other people drive or think it's impressive to operate a manual transmission.

America is the most insecure nation to ever have existed, even more so then Idians with their small penises

[WheyRaider]

I drive a manual, im american and living in europe, its not nearly congested as say... Houston TX at rush hour, so my car works here, but in U.S we have so much congestion, dumb ****s on the roads that having to clutch in+ out every other fn minute is super lame, also Pickup trucks are a main staple of our vehicals and have you ever seen the shifter on one of thoes if its manual? its about 2 ft long... no thanks jeffery

[laxster]

Does everyone get manual windows also because it's more fun to manually roll the window down?

No but people get classic razors for the precision instead of electric. Dumbest post ITT and potatoes already agreeing with it

[PuristBrah]

Manual brah checking in. Makes driving anything fun even an old, slow cars.

[Azzurri]

I drive Manual too, but now those new automatic trans are actually quicker than manuals.