Stick vs automatic

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Originally Posted by caineroad

This is not a sport car, hence i chose automatic. It's designed to zip around town and gets good fuel economy. I never regret ever so slightly with an auto.

However if I have a 370z or whatever sports car, I will pick manual.

I'm sorry but i have to disagree with the good fuel economy part, i recently have a chance to talk to a owner of a automatic yaris (while i drive a manual).

Cruising rpm of the engine in the manual is much higher than the automatic (at 100km/h - automatic is revving around 2000+ ish where my manual at 5th gear is doing 3000rpm)

I do alot of start-stop traffic and i have better mileage compared to an automatic.

Even my previous ride, an Aveo 1.4 AT was getting worse mileage compared to a optra which was a 1.6 M or even a Aveo 1.4 M.

For smaller engines, i would prefer a manual...its even more zippy


side note - a Nissan 370z gearbox can Rev-match at gear changes so whether a manual or an automatic - not much difference =P