Do you drive manual or automatic?

Apparently, my European friend told me most people in Europe drive manuals/sticks, and their driving test is done in sticks, not automatic, Unlike in the states where most driving schools have the students driving automatics. That said, what do you drive? Do you have any preference? Manual is usually more fun/rewarding to drive than an automatic.

I drive automatic. I've never tired to drive manual yet.

Auto

I live in the City with lots of traffic lights and stops. Having manual tran would be brutal.

I can drive both (learned on a manual), but my car is an automatic.

Either one, it's all the same to me ;).

Personally I drive automatic out of convenience. But I've worked jobs where the trucks/machinery are all manual, and my job involved driving one of them all day long.

Automatic.

i know the essentials to drive manual, i practice occasionally in my sisters car, but it takes me a couple seconds to get going once i have stopped. waiting for the clutch or whatever to grab, then give it some gas so i start moving. i do horrible on hills though. i kill it alot:P i dont see myself driving a manual though. i always forget to shift.:P

Right now automatic. But when my WRX comes in manual!

Automatic. You're already expecting me to pay attention to the road, and you want me to count gears too? I think not :|Skittles_McGee

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"]Automatic. You're already expecting me to pay attention to the road, and you want me to count gears too? I think not :|Dark__Link

[QUOTE="Dark__Link"][QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"]Automatic. You're already expecting me to pay attention to the road, and you want me to count gears too? I think not :|Skittles_McGee

automatic, driving is already a hassle why complicate it even more.

manual, 6-speed

I have an automatic car right now, but I think Im getting a manual car pretty soon (or at least I want to). Ive never driven a stick, but it shouldn't be too hard. The car I might get is a Prelude, so it would probably be fun to drive.

Automatic. Whenever Im in a car with ANYONE who drives Manual, I always feel them changing gears and I go back and forth in my seat. Talk about motion sickness/annoyance. I dont care how cool or "fun" it is. I hate having to think about changing gears, that sucks. Just get me from A to B comfortably and safely.

Manual for me. I love driving and manual is way more fun; whenever I drive automatic I feel like the car is driving itself. Besides, if you can only drive automatic, you don't really know how to drive.

Automatic. It's becoming harder to find manuals these days.

auto. but next car i buy will be manual...

i'm on my first car still, i picked up a auto when i first started to drive so i would only have to worry about driving.

I drive automatic. I've never tired to drive manual yet.

pero2008

Manual. Driving auto is just not the same... it just doesn't feel right (to me anyway)...

Manual. It's not hard at all but sucks so much in campus traffic.

Manual and I fail to understand the traffic argument. How is it harder/tiresome to drive manual in traffic? You get so used to driving with the clutch/stick that you don't have to think about what you're actually doing and for me at least and most other people I know, it's as easy to stop and go in a manual car than an auto car and I feel that I can coast along more easily with a slow moving traffic in a manual car than in an auto one.

I know how to drive both, but the car I drive right now is an automatic because I wasn't specifically seeking a manual. I'd be fine in either, though.

I drive a manual and if i'm not in back to back traffic I love it. But after going manual for so long it's a refresh to drive a automatic.

Manual and I fail to understand the traffic argument. How is it harder/tiresome to drive manual in traffic? You get so used to driving with the clutch/stick that you don't have to think about what you're actually doing and for me at least and most other people I know, it's as easy to stop and go in a manual car than an auto car and I feel that I can coast along more easily with a slow moving traffic in a manual car than in an auto one.

SgtJp537

Clutch, Brake, Gas, Clutch, Brake, Gas, Clutch, Shift, ClutchBrake.. It is not fun at all to drive in rush hour with a manual especially when you got idiot drivers who don't know how to creep. If everyone understood how to keep the traffic flowing then it wouldn't be a problem.

Automatic because it's only what my parents have ever had.