Driving an automatic is crippling vs. a standard tranny. The standard
provides the kind of control that adds to security, safety and performance
(but only in the hands of a race-ready driver). With the standard, you're
able to fine-tune exactly how much torque you can apply to the road,
control engine rpm to take advantage of road condition and get better fuel
economy from it's simplistic buy highly efficient design.

The newer automatic may return fuel economy that's only 5% less then a
comparable standard tranny. However, the automatic's fuel economy quickly
degrades as road conditions worsen, while a standard tranny can still return
good efficient in poorer conditions (e.g. excessive hills or stop & go
driving).

One of the downside of the Standard tranny is fatigue in the left knee,
which is usually avoided if the left clutch pedal is lighter variation
and/or has a very short travel range.

Pars



"Rattus The RAT" <rats_and_guns_n_roses@REMOVE-THIS-PARTyahoo.com> wrote in
message news:1rNse.2190$kX4.851@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com ...
> would you buy a good accord with automatic transmission?
>
> I've always drove manual cars, i'm not sure I could adapt to automatic,
how
> about you?
>
> RAT
>
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