CaptainKrunch wrote:

> The only way I would buy a manual trans nowdays is if I lived where there
> wasn't much traffic, not many hills and it was a sports car.
>
> Otherwise there really isn't any valid argument to purchasing a stick shift.
> Like the other poster said the difference in mileage is nil and in traffic
> you aren't having to do a workout by pushing in the clutch pedal all the
> time. It may sound trivial but if your in traffic with a stick for any
> significant amount of time then you will feel it in your muscles.
>
> With an auto you don't have to worry about somebody stealing your car and
> push starting it. You can also hook up a remote start/alarm safely with the
> auto. One last thing.....you don't have to worry about not setting your
> parking brake and coming out to find your car has rolled down the hill into
> somebodys house, car or anything else.
>
>
> "Rabid G" <a_rabid_g@nopam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:x_qRc.7507$nx2.1755@newsread2.news.atl.earthl ink.net...
>
>>Hi, I just found this newsgroup and I was hoping someone here could help
>
> me
>
>>on an age old question.
>>Stickshift or Automatic?
>>
>>I'm going to buy a Honda Civic 04 soon and I would very much appreciate
>
> any
>
>>insight into this. One thing that keeps me from better being able to
>
> decide
>
>>my self is the plain fact that I don't know how to drive stickshift (yet).
>>So I wouldn't know if it would annoy me by having to constantly shift
>
> gears
>
>>from block to block. Some other factors are that I live in Washington DC
>>where there is virtually no open road, I'm a 20 year old college student,
>>and in about a week I'm going to be moving out on my own (To Silver
>
> Spring,
>
>>Still commuting to DC and back.). Also, for those who don't know, DC can
>>have pretty bad traffic during certain parts of the day (Rush Hour).
>>
>>I don't know if I'm actually going to want to do engine modifications. And
>>if I ever do make egine mods it'll probably happen about 2 years down the
>>road (So I guess by then I could sell the automatic anyway?). I guess my
>>main question is, is the immediate fun really worth the trouble?
>>
>>Thanks in advance for your patience and help.
>>-RG
>>
>>
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>
>
Hi,
Real drivers drive with stick. More control.
Today's manual tranny is so GOOD.
Tony