Manual or automatic?

[Laava]

I had a VL 3.0 auto Holden Royale. Worst car ever! Never have another auto or Holden! Needed a cargo net dragging behind it to pick up all the bits that used to fall off. And I paid $11,500 for it!

[McJim]

We have a 4L Falcon and a 2L Mondeo. The Falcon is auto (although it has a tiptronic gearbox to give some drivers the illusion that they have some control over the transmission!) and the Mondeo is a manual.

I'm from the UK too and got really pissed off at first trying to get a car with a real gearbox.

Spent 3 years commuting through London and on the M25 in a 1.4L manual then had to commute along the Southern Motorway in a Toyota 1.5L auto. Got a very sore right leg from always using the gas and the brake - didn't realise how much I used the clutch for control on the manual balancing the effort between each legs.

For stop/start traffic gimme a manual every time.

[Jantar]

Last two times I bough a new car I also had trouble getting a manual. Both times the dealer has tried to tell me its because there is no demand for manuals, just automatics. Thsi is despite the fact that I am standing there as a cash buyer and asking for a manual.

The Ford dealer in Tokoroa missed a sale when he told me that I couldn't get a manual Falcon (1990 EA model). The cambridge dealer managed to get an Aussie assembeled one for me and at a cheaper price than the New Zealand asembled ones.

[NotaGoth]

Has to be a manual.

[JimO]

Last two times I bough a new car I also had trouble getting a manual. Both times the dealer has tried to tell me its because there is no demand for manuals, just automatics. Thsi is despite the fact that I am standing there as a cash buyer and asking for a manual.

The Ford dealer in Tokoroa missed a sale when he told me that I couldn't get a manual Falcon (1990 EA model). The cambridge dealer managed to get an Aussie assembeled one for me and at a cheaper price than the New Zealand asembled ones.

EA coons are shit anyway .....i have 2 autos and a manual in fact i sold my 05 deisel hilux because i was sick of the gearchange and bought a auto one far smoother power delivery and much nicer to drive

[Street Gerbil]

You learn to appreciate an auto after the first emergency gear shift with a sandwich sandwiched between your hand and a shiftstick. I know I did.