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Apollo Forums Junkie Location: Brisbane, QLD, Australia Registered: May 2002	Re: Manual V Auto Wed, 07 April 2004 12:31 HooN wrote on Wed, 07 April 2004 21:40 in an ideal world, everyone would be driving a manual. Despite the fun factor, its the safety factor: you pay more attention to driving when in a manual. Cars are not armchairs with a steering wheel. cheers tom. I still don't know how people justify that remark. Hands on the wheel and keeping your body balanced/braced is far safer than throwing a stick and throwing your weight on your left foot leaving no support for sudden deceleration. But holes can be punched in that argument too. Personally, I see no difference in paying attention whether I'm in a manual or auto anyway. IE: car goes forward, look out for other cars/people/animals/speed limit signs/all other road signs. Use the wheel to turn, accelerator to go and the brakes to stop (Those three are what controls the motion of the car, not the clutch). No influencing force of whether it's a manual or auto plays a part there on paying attention, it's all just a method of changing gear ratios. Ideally we all should have wheel mounted sequential shifters or CVT. But as already mentioned, everything has it's place. Auto for big power and ease of bumper to bumper traffic, and manual for when you have such a gutless car you have to rev the absolute shit out of it to get it moving. Opps, did I type that? [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	Manual V Auto	coronamark2	Fri, 02 April 2004 01:16
	Re: Manual V Auto	Lambolica	Fri, 02 April 2004 01:20
	Re: Manual V Auto	lang	Fri, 02 April 2004 01:23
	Re: Manual V Auto	alwaysRA23	Fri, 02 April 2004 02:12
	Re: Manual V Auto	SetMeFree	Fri, 02 April 2004 02:17
	Re: Manual V Auto	Celia-Sue	Fri, 02 April 2004 02:20
	Re: Manual V Auto	TokenBlackGuy	Fri, 02 April 2004 03:25
	Re: Manual V Auto	Billy-Mason PI	Fri, 02 April 2004 03:35
	Re: Manual V Auto	Phrozen_Death	Fri, 02 April 2004 04:08
	Re: Manual V Auto	rob_RA40	Fri, 02 April 2004 04:20
	Re: Manual V Auto	coronamark2	Fri, 02 April 2004 04:47
	Re: Manual V Auto	bubbles	Fri, 02 April 2004 04:57
	Re: Manual V Auto	Norbie	Fri, 02 April 2004 04:20
	Re: Manual V Auto	Caledwvech	Fri, 02 April 2004 05:00
	Re: Manual V Auto	Clown	Fri, 02 April 2004 06:27
	Re: Manual V Auto	justcallmefrank	Fri, 02 April 2004 08:05
	Re: Manual V Auto	dimmy77_03	Fri, 02 April 2004 09:33
	Re: Manual V Auto	justcallmefrank	Fri, 02 April 2004 09:53
	Re: Manual V Auto	silvercil40	Fri, 02 April 2004 10:44
	Re: Manual V Auto	mick	Fri, 02 April 2004 10:58
	Re: Manual V Auto	Apollo	Fri, 02 April 2004 10:49
	Re: Manual V Auto	lang	Fri, 02 April 2004 11:00
	Re: Manual V Auto	Evil_Foetus	Sat, 03 April 2004 00:41
	Re: Manual V Auto	JZK25	Sat, 03 April 2004 02:31
	Re: Manual V Auto	finney	Sun, 04 April 2004 03:03
	Re: Manual V Auto	mick	Sun, 04 April 2004 03:10
	Re: Manual V Auto	wilbo666	Sun, 04 April 2004 08:33
	Re: Manual V Auto	Cyber-punk	Sun, 04 April 2004 11:02
	Re: Manual V Auto	Eddo	Tue, 06 April 2004 15:04
	Re: Manual V Auto	Jag7799	Wed, 07 April 2004 01:39
	Re: Manual V Auto	ehendrikd	Wed, 07 April 2004 01:49
	Re: Manual V Auto	lang	Wed, 07 April 2004 02:15
	Re: Manual V Auto	Ozzie	Wed, 07 April 2004 02:31
	Re: Manual V Auto	Jag7799	Wed, 07 April 2004 03:00
	Re: Manual V Auto	ehendrikd	Wed, 07 April 2004 03:19
	Re: Manual V Auto	rob_RA40	Wed, 07 April 2004 03:47
	Re: Manual V Auto	Lambolica	Wed, 07 April 2004 04:46
	Re: Manual V Auto	truenosedan	Wed, 07 April 2004 05:35
	Re: Manual V Auto	RobST162	Wed, 07 April 2004 05:59
	Re: Manual V Auto	mick	Wed, 07 April 2004 07:19
	Re: Manual V Auto	HooN	Wed, 07 April 2004 11:40
	Re: Manual V Auto	Apollo	Wed, 07 April 2004 12:31
	Re: Manual V Auto	mick	Thu, 08 April 2004 06:13
	Re: Manual V Auto	Apollo	Thu, 08 April 2004 11:51
	Re: Manual V Auto	Zhyr	Thu, 08 April 2004 12:10
	Re: Manual V Auto	Apollo	Thu, 08 April 2004 14:43
	Re: Manual V Auto	lang	Fri, 09 April 2004 02:52
	Re: Manual V Auto	mick	Fri, 09 April 2004 03:23
	Re: Manual V Auto	Sprinter-Saurus	Thu, 08 April 2004 14:06
	Re: Manual V Auto	Eight_Six	Thu, 08 April 2004 16:20
	Re: Manual V Auto	truenosedan	Fri, 09 April 2004 03:59
	Re: Manual V Auto	mick	Fri, 09 April 2004 06:32
	Re: Manual V Auto	draven	Fri, 09 April 2004 06:41
	Re: Manual V Auto	Jag7799	Fri, 09 April 2004 08:30
	Re: Manual V Auto	Evil_Foetus	Fri, 09 April 2004 15:39
	Re: Manual V Auto	Jag7799	Sat, 10 April 2004 00:35
	Re: Manual V Auto	pro_ke	Fri, 09 April 2004 15:57
	Re: Manual V Auto	Evil_Foetus	Sun, 11 April 2004 13:49
	Re: Manual V Auto	Apollo	Sun, 11 April 2004 14:05
	Re: Manual V Auto	Evil_Foetus	Sun, 11 April 2004 14:08
	Re: Manual V Auto	Bandit	Tue, 13 April 2004 08:05
	Re: Manual V Auto	KYOTO	Tue, 27 April 2004 11:01
	Re: Manual V Auto	charliechalk	Tue, 27 April 2004 13:01
	Re: Manual V Auto	MS-75	Tue, 27 April 2004 22:28

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