[OFFICIAL] Manual v. Automatic Thread

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Ever since the no phone laws took place in CA, the roads have FELT safer. I went to Florida for the AVN InterNext convention and let me just say, you don't even REALIZE how good the drivers are now in Cali until you go somewhere where the laws are different. Getting on the freeway at one point, we almost got hit by 3 cars in a row that had drivers that were on their phones not paying ANY attention to the lane they were merging into (our lane). This happened a good 80% of the time we were driving through FL.

Seriously, if you plan to be on your blackberry or fiddling on your phone while you drive, do me a favor and stay out of Los Angeles. We got crappy road conditions, small highways, garbage public transportation, and serious road rage already. That's more than enough for us to have to deal with without adding mindless texting drivers or people with phones glued to their faces.

BTW, it's fun heckling the sh!t out of people that still have their phones glued to the side of their heads while they drive. Believe me, it's like cow-tipping here. Some people are too cheap to get a hands free kit (even though almost ALL phones come with one).

Back on the subject, I prefer manuals because no automatic thinks like I do. 3 speeds are better autos in my opinion because they're so much more simpler. I don't like that Nissan's auto waits a while before up shifting if you've been on the gas, but if it didn't, you may have to wait for it to down shift again if you step on the gas. Personally, I think having 100% full control over everything in the car makes it more of an extension of you. If the AT was a DSC trans, I wouldn't have an issue with it. But it's really just a glorified planetary gear train with a 5 disc torque converter.

Manuals FTMFW!