Auto Or Manual?

13-03-2005, 17:08

So what are peoples views on the kind of transmission for their Ute's??
Prefer Automatics, or Manual??

My XF is an Auto...and sad to admit it..but never learned to drive a manual!!!! Sheesh!!!

ic cold vs · 13-03-2005, 17:31

auto's are great for city driving, but otherwise manuals all the way

southern belle · 13-03-2005, 20:36

I had never driven an auto til I got my license and I still do the clutch regardless so either way I'm doing all the work!!

Bundy Babe · 15-03-2005, 01:52

I drove an auto once for about an hour... have to say it was bloody awful... I learnt on a manual... and my xf is a manual ...wouldnt have it any other way!

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wb350 · 15-03-2005, 06:53

My ute is a manual and I wouldn't have it any other way but my patrol is auto, I would have prefered a manual but the auto is great on the beach and you don't get much choice when you buy second hand.

rumsup1 · 16-03-2005, 03:59

Prefer the auto for the open road,but love the manual in the dirt

cattlegrid · 16-03-2005, 09:45

I like both. I learnt to drive in a Series 1 Landrover, with a 'crash gearbox', (no synchro) meaning you had to double clutch, if you wanted to go anywhere. But then ya get older, and you tell yourself, "I've earnt cruise control, air con, and auto". Both have good and bad points.

Sando · 23-03-2005, 08:21

Has to be a manual
Drove an auto once and took the footoff and I think it went faster
You can't double clutch and downshift in an auto so no nice exhaust notes
Has to be a manual although finding one isn't a walk in the park

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vitto · 24-03-2005, 12:17

Has to be a manual.... You get board to quick in an auto...

06-04-2005, 16:06

sob.... I was never allowed to drive a manual....anyone wanna teach this ol' Utechick?

southern belle · 07-04-2005, 00:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by utegirl70

sob.... I was never allowed to drive a manual....anyone wanna teach this ol' Utechick?

I have a friend who has always been terrified of driving on the road (she can drive out bush no dramas) and when I finally talked her into getting her license she found it really easy, even reverse parking a landcruiser! All it takes is practise... you know how the saying goes....

07-04-2005, 19:58

Damn hey...scared of drivin' on the road! Sheesh!
Don't have that prob...just other drivers scared of ME drivin' on the road!!! LMAO!

Yeah mate,am gonna have to find me a "friend" with a manual I can wreck the c**p outta! *Crunch*....gears,who needs em!!!

ic cold vs · 07-04-2005, 20:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by utegirl70

Damn hey...scared of drivin' on the road! Sheesh!
Don't have that prob...just other drivers scared of ME drivin' on the road!!! LMAO!

Yeah mate,am gonna have to find me a "friend" with a manual I can wreck the c**p outta! *Crunch*....gears,who needs em!!!

think i'm gonna start catching the train....

southern belle · 08-04-2005, 01:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by utegirl70

Damn hey...scared of drivin' on the road! Sheesh!
Don't have that prob...just other drivers scared of ME drivin' on the road!!! LMAO!

Yeah mate,am gonna have to find me a "friend" with a manual I can wreck the c**p outta! *Crunch*....gears,who needs em!!!

If ya can't find em, grind em hey!!!!!!!!!!!! hahaha

emu · 11-04-2005, 16:50

all my utes have been manuals exept my new one i only brought it because it was cheap but i still change it like a manual 5 speed is defenetly coming soon

Princess Kassandra · 20-04-2005, 00:06

How could you not learn to drive a manual??? Fair enough there were more than enough tears on my part learning and I did several times get out of the car in the middle of intersection's in Freo (Stock Rd and Leach Hwy was the best!) refusing to get back in because I had stalled it! But you just can't beat having full control (gee that sounds seedy!)

20-04-2005, 11:42

Well...S**t happens hey! I 'aint any less of a human being for NOT knowing how to drive a manual....don't fret, will get my "Wings" eventually...

Chez · 23-04-2005, 11:39

I have neva driven an auto, manuel all the way i recon

Steve · 07-05-2005, 14:10

Autos are great when youve spent all day cogswapping a roadranger

Beamer · 07-05-2005, 14:52

i learnt to drive in a manual when i was a little tacker, like 10. But when i went for my license i had 2 weeks to get up to speed on a manual again, too hard, and im lazy. So i just got my auto license.
Definitly easier to drive an auto in the city though. But when im out bush, i just drive a manual anyway

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13-03-2005, 17:08	#1
utegirl70 Status: Guest Posts: n/a	Auto Or Manual? So what are peoples views on the kind of transmission for their Ute's?? Prefer Automatics, or Manual?? My XF is an Auto...and sad to admit it..but never learned to drive a manual!!!! Sheesh!!!

13-03-2005, 17:31	#2
ic cold vs Status: January 2006 Best Street Ute! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: queanbeyan, nsw Posts: 803 Rep Power: 6	Re: Auto Or Manual? auto's are great for city driving, but otherwise manuals all the way __________________ *who me??????*

13-03-2005, 20:36	#3
southern belle Status: Takin' the long way.... Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Albany Posts: 849 Rep Power: 106	Re: Auto Or Manual? I had never driven an auto til I got my license and I still do the clutch regardless so either way I'm doing all the work!!

15-03-2005, 01:52	#4
Bundy Babe Status: Miss-Post-a-path-o-holic Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Where I park it ( currently in Darwin ) Posts: 492 Rep Power: 6	Re: Auto Or Manual? I drove an auto once for about an hour... have to say it was bloody awful... I learnt on a manual... and my xf is a manual ...wouldnt have it any other way!

15-03-2005, 06:53	#5
wb350 Status: Feral Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Swan View Posts: 232 Rep Power: 6	Re: Auto Or Manual? My ute is a manual and I wouldn't have it any other way but my patrol is auto, I would have prefered a manual but the auto is great on the beach and you don't get much choice when you buy second hand.

16-03-2005, 03:59	#6
rumsup1 Status: Beaututes.com Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Adelaide,All Points of the Compass Posts: 3,087 Rep Power: 9	Re: Auto Or Manual? Prefer the auto for the open road,but love the manual in the dirt

16-03-2005, 09:45	#7
cattlegrid Status: April 2006 Best Circle Work Photo Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Based "cruise mode", but wherever my swag is Posts: 1,253 Rep Power: 38	Re: Auto Or Manual? I like both. I learnt to drive in a Series 1 Landrover, with a 'crash gearbox', (no synchro) meaning you had to double clutch, if you wanted to go anywhere. But then ya get older, and you tell yourself, "I've earnt cruise control, air con, and auto". Both have good and bad points. __________________ " If You Can't See My Mirrors - they're probably somewhere on Parramatta Road "

23-03-2005, 08:21	#8
Sando Status: Nullabor Dreamer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Canberra Posts: 111 Rep Power: 12	Re: Auto Or Manual? Has to be a manual Drove an auto once and took the footoff and I think it went faster You can't double clutch and downshift in an auto so no nice exhaust notes Has to be a manual although finding one isn't a walk in the park

24-03-2005, 12:17	#9
vitto Status: August 2006 Best One Tonner Ute! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wodonga VIC, Queanbeyan NSW Posts: 131 Rep Power: 5	Re: Auto Or Manual? Has to be a manual.... You get board to quick in an auto...

06-04-2005, 16:06	#10
utegirl70 Status: Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Auto Or Manual? sob.... I was never allowed to drive a manual....anyone wanna teach this ol' Utechick?

07-04-2005, 19:58	#12
utegirl70 Status: Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Auto Or Manual? Damn hey...scared of drivin' on the road! Sheesh! Don't have that prob...just other drivers scared of ME drivin' on the road!!! LMAO! Yeah mate,am gonna have to find me a "friend" with a manual I can wreck the c*p outta! Crunch*....gears,who needs em!!!

11-04-2005, 16:50	#15
emu Status: Newbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: back of ute Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Re: Auto Or Manual? all my utes have been manuals exept my new one i only brought it because it was cheap but i still change it like a manual 5 speed is defenetly coming soon

20-04-2005, 00:06	#16
Princess Kassandra Status: Beaut Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: MIRANDA-LAND Posts: 958 Rep Power: 18	Re: Auto Or Manual? How could you not learn to drive a manual??? Fair enough there were more than enough tears on my part learning and I did several times get out of the car in the middle of intersection's in Freo (Stock Rd and Leach Hwy was the best!) refusing to get back in because I had stalled it! But you just can't beat having full control (gee that sounds seedy!)

20-04-2005, 11:42	#17
utegirl70 Status: Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Auto Or Manual? Well...S**t happens hey! I 'aint any less of a human being for NOT knowing how to drive a manual....don't fret, will get my "Wings" eventually...

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23-04-2005, 11:39	#18
Chez Status: Newbie Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Yealering Western Australia Posts: 39 Rep Power: 0	Re: Auto Or Manual? I have neva driven an auto, manuel all the way i recon __________________ CHELS

07-05-2005, 14:10	#19
Steve Status: Newbie Join Date: May 2005 Location: in my house Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Re: Auto Or Manual? Autos are great when youve spent all day cogswapping a roadranger

07-05-2005, 14:52	#20
Beamer Status: Feral Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Esperance W.A. Posts: 100 Rep Power: 5	Re: Auto Or Manual? i learnt to drive in a manual when i was a little tacker, like 10. But when i went for my license i had 2 weeks to get up to speed on a manual again, too hard, and im lazy. So i just got my auto license. Definitly easier to drive an auto in the city though. But when im out bush, i just drive a manual anyway

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