boizico
Member Since: 01 Oct 2006
Location: switzerland
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planning to buy a HSE. I would order a manual gearbox because I like to have control of the car and my kids are starting to drive now. unfortunately in my place there is no manual cars to test drive (I tested an auto).how is to drive the manual? how would you compare it to the auto. tks
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 1st Oct 2006 3:21 pm |
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TheOwl
Member Since: 23 May 2006
Location: Location, Location!!!!
Posts: 76
 
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8) Good luck with your purchase
auto auto auto auto.
i would have ordered a manual as i tow 3.5 tonnes all day every day. was told to try auto by the dealer and now on my second. 
imop the auto is far superior.
get ready for 
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| 1st Oct 2006 3:28 pm |
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JMC
Member Since: 25 Feb 2006
Location: Aberdeen-Angus. Where the Bull* comes from!
Posts: 6417
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I hate Automatic cars
I originally ordered a manual TDV6....... then was shown the error of my ways. 
I LOVE my Auto........ Nuf Said
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| 1st Oct 2006 3:38 pm |
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DSL
Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72788
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My D3 is my first "proper car" auto & wouldn't change.
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| 1st Oct 2006 4:11 pm |
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Richard(Jim)B
Member Since: 02 Sep 2006
Location: Onsala
Posts: 55
 
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Auto!
I was always a manual fanatic -thought auto was for lazy middle age g...s
However now on my second auto and wouldn't want to go back. Had to drive a manual car last week and hated it. Auto much easier when towing as well!
Maybe I am a fat and lazy middle aged g..?
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| 1st Oct 2006 4:48 pm |
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NICKNICK
Member Since: 14 Jul 2006
Location: uk
Posts: 104
 
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Auto is like air con, once you have had it you never go back.
Also think of the resale.
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| 1st Oct 2006 7:41 pm |
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twizzle
Member Since: 23 Feb 2006
Location: near, far where ever we are
Posts: 223
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The manual is a lovely gearbox, but during my holiday in Switzerland, Austria and Italy this summer i really wished i had an auto on the mountain roads....
the road out of Klosters (Spelling! sorry if wrong) was a nightmare with a few dodgy down changes on some nasty hairpins... an Auto would have been soo much easier... my leg was killing me at the end!
My advice Auto......
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| 1st Oct 2006 7:50 pm |
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dylansdad
Member Since: 04 Apr 2006
Location: Solihull
Posts: 745
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No decision to be made .....auto every time.
thats 100% in favour of auto so far. 2004 TDV6 HSE Auto Zambezi Silver
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| 1st Oct 2006 7:52 pm |
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DaveT
Member Since: 01 Aug 2005
Location: Cornwall
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Ok, I'll put forward the case for manual:
10-15% more miles out of every gallon.
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....Then i drove an auto....
Next one will be an HSE Auto Long succession of Disco's since 2001...
SIII Lightweight - neglected & rusting. Bulkhead, A panels, vent panel & outriggers now disintegrated - Next years project!
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| 1st Oct 2006 11:08 pm |
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Gareth
Site Moderator
Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
Posts: 26702
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Auto for me, it suits the car.
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| 1st Oct 2006 11:24 pm |
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d3matt
Member Since: 03 Aug 2005
Location: South Oxfordshire
Posts: 1485
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Auto for me too. The D3 really suits the auto box. A friend has a manual and it doesn't feel as good to drive. Matt
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| 2nd Oct 2006 1:02 am |
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JakobVels
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Copenhagen
Posts: 223
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My mind was made up back in the mid 90'es
I was shopping for a used Range Rover, and actually had the choice between 91 classics - 1 auto and 1 manual.
I test drove both and came to the conclusion that this was going to be my first auto, and i have had my last manual.
Within a short time i learned to control the gearbox with the throttle. You can actually control the auto gearbox pretty well with throttle amount and the speed you press/depress it.
I the D3 (had it 1½ months now) I am learning to control that too and it goes pretty well.
If you want manual for the extra few mpg, theres no discussion. Else there is no doubt in my mind - auto will always win. And in the seldom everyday situation where you would actually need to control gearshift you can use the triptronic.
Cheers
Jakob
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| 2nd Oct 2006 6:43 am |
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bobbycrispbox
Member Since: 15 May 2006
Location: Where women glow and men plunder
Posts: 2580
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On the bendy roads I take to work, I find the passengers are far less likely to vomit if I do use the command shift, it seems to improve my driving style. But for every other road, it's fully automatic.
I'd like to try a manual though.
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| 2nd Oct 2006 6:47 am |
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