So, do you drive a standard or an automatic?

[smbolisnch]

Poll question: So, do you drive a standard or an automatic?

I drive a standard and I live in a valley full of hills. I love driving stick, but nothing irritates me more that tailgaters, ESPECIALLY on hills! I had this experience in 5 O'clock traffic tonight with an SUV behind me and it really pissed me off! :crazy: So, what do you drive?

[flvegan]

1. Both, sort of.

My car has an automatic that also doubles as a clutchless manual. I never have it in the automatic mode. I like to keep the RPMs where I want them.

[katinmn]

2. I've only had an automatic once in my life and really

missed having a standard. Gives you something to do instead of just sitting there and riding.

And I heard that standards are better on gas.

[Worst Username Ever]

3. I had an automatic for about a month, and have never driven another.

Standard, all the way.

[LisaM]

4. I used to drive a stick shift and I liked it a lot

but I live in Seattle and had EXACTLY the same problem smbolisnch described with people driving right up on my tail when I was parked at a hill. I got to where I would actually leave downtown on certain streets just because they were flatter. After replacing two clutches (one was a faulty repair), I switched to automatic.

[katinmn]

5. a stick would be difficult in San Francisco, too!

[LisaM]

6. Yep. If people would leave even five feet between cars

it would be fine, but they seem constitutionally unable to do so.

[smbolisnch]

16. Oh yes....

I still go tot the cemetery to practice larger hills sometimes! :P

[FloridaPat]

7. I use to drive a stick and loved it. I moved from New York to Miami

and got stuck in a lot of heavy traffic. As I was sitting in traffic one day I asked myself why I had a stick shift. The answer was - they're great for snow conditions. I sat there and looked at the palm trees for awhile and then asked the question again. My next car was an automatic.

[Orangepeel]

8. automatic

I don't drive a car with a hand crank either.

:-)

[redqueen]

9. Standard.

You know what I don't get? Jeeps with standard transmissions... wtf?

[Bitter Betty]

10. Drive a stick

It's great on the back roads but not much fun when I'm stuck in traffic going to & from work. I live in the SF Bay Area so we have icky traffic every day.

Also, it keeps me from blabbing on my cell phone & doing my make-up when I'm driving. I see a lot of that when I'm on the road. Yikes!

[DS1]

11. I am one with my clutch, hills and tailgaters are irrelevant

:D

[AlCzervik]

12. standard, i've only one automatic in 20 years of driving

[YellowRubberDuckie]

13. Automatic...

I'll admit to being too blonde to drive and do anything else at the same time.
Duckie

[Lautremont]

14. Standard, definitely

It's the only way to go. So much more control! You can hit a slippery patch on a curve or something, and by cleverly gearing down and tapping the brakes just right, get right back on track.

[Lady Effingbroke]

15. standard.

Of all the vehicles I have owned, only one had an automatic transmission.

[tk2kewl]

17. Is that a pic of *bush and *Lieberman in your sig line?

:shrug:

[smbolisnch]

24. LOL, I knew someone would ask that eventually!

Aren't they cute?? :loveya:

[NGU]

18. Soon I will be driving both

I have an automatic but my fiance has a standard. He is supposed to teach me how to drive it soon.

[NNadir]

19. I was a stick driver for years, but my knees are acting up and automatic

is less painful.

[LSdemocrat]

20. I don't even know how to drive a stick in theory

[Ramsey]

21. Sports car driver here

Gotta be a 5-speed stick!

[seemunkee]

23. I'll do you one better

6 speed

[kittycat1164]

22. I'm the lone I don't drive

:cry:

[smbolisnch]

25. It's OK!

:hug:
hehe ;)

[MrScorpio]

26. They keep making automatics

and I'll keep buying them