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06-23-2007, 10:35 AM | #73 |
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I would recommend the automatic transmission for the Yaris. On the manual transmission the clutch is hard to work with, especially in heavy city driving. In city driving the automatic transmission would give better fuel mileage as it computes the best shifting point better that a driver could do with a manual transmission.
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06-23-2007, 10:49 AM | #74 |
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so what has the original poster decided on?
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06-23-2007, 01:44 PM | #75 |
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06-26-2007, 05:05 AM | #77 |
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I didn't read all of the posts, but a manual transmission is more capable of performance oriented driving than a manual, in any car, especially an econobox. The HP to the wheels is greater with a manual, the car is faster and also tends to be lighter.
In a city, an Auto is preferable, but I want performance first, so I went with the manual. But this car is not a performance car out of the box, and if you are not going to try and make it so, the AUTO gives you the ability to chat or one-handed text and drive all day long. I would imagine resale will be better on the Auto as well.
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The problem is, whether you are looking at the phone or otherwise, your concentration on the road and your surroundings is broken and you put other people at risk. This applies to handsfree as well (but it's not AS bad and is actually legal). |
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06-26-2007, 06:25 AM | #79 | |
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http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/Sp...aris&trimid=-1 If you would click this link you will see a performance section,compare the sedan m/t with the sedan a/t. M/T 0-60=8.84 1/4 mile=16.97 1/4 mile trap speed=84.00 A/T 0-60=10.29 1/4 mile=17.96 1/4 mile trap speed=77.30 That almost 7 mph difference shows a huge differance in power put down to the ground,and the 1 sec quicker in the 1/4 seals the deal. You can tell yourself whatever you want to help yourself sleep at night though.
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06-26-2007, 08:02 AM | #80 |
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I'll chime in on this one! A newby here and manual all the way. I'm giving the mice under the hood all the help I can. I can see automatic if you're stuck in a lot of stop and go traffic.....
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06-26-2007, 05:14 PM | #81 | |
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Listen, I'm not knocking manual transmissions. I've owned and rebuilt dozens of imports with manual transmissions. I still own and regularly drive several lovingly cared for sport cars; bugeye Sprite, Sunbeam Tiger, Cooper S, and MR2. I enjoy driving with the manual transmision in each of these cars. I also raced Class "C" sedan all over Canada for many years, so I fully appreciate the performance and driveability of manual transmissions. But the Yaris is not a sport car, and most drivers are not sport car enthusiasts, but just regular guys looking for a neat little fuel efficient car that they can add a few well chosen accessories to make it look more sporty. After test-driving the Yaris stick shift, I was dissapointed; this is not a performance tranny and clutch... far far from it! Sure you can make some mods to modestly improve it, but it will never... Anyway, what I am saying is that for most owners, the Yaris is a daily driver, and the automatic transmission just makes more sense. Period. |
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06-26-2007, 06:28 PM | #82 | |
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Don't get me wrong,I have a manual valve bodied th350 in my chevelle,but that thing has so much power its more about getting it to the ground consistantly. If you got a yaris purely for mpg and comfort than yes it would be dumb to get a manual. However if you bought it with the plans to use it for performance use, its dumb to get the auto. The manual yaris isn't all that slow,I keep hearing people say oh its a econo box it will never be fast,yet you hear this from people with slush box autos that are 1 second behind in the 1/4(10 car lengths). Of course you think the car is slow,you bought the power sucking AUTO thats doing 7mph slower at the end of a 1/4 mile. You will dump all kinds of money into an auto just to get it to the performance levels of a stock manual. I went through the same thing on 1 of my 5.0 mustangs with an aod.
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My a/t finds the right gears fast and easy. On test ride watch the cool light shifts easy after lights out. go for the a/t.
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07-10-2007, 04:19 PM | #84 |
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I love my new Yaris. Just bought a red 07 liftback w/power package and keyless. Let me tell you my story. I have been following the Yaris since the early days of the Echo in the US. When the water pump on my 92 deville went out (only had 88000 miles), I went to Toyota of Louisville and test-drove the auto-liftback. It sucked. It was very slow, and it felt very sluggish off the line. I had never driven a manual and didn't want to learn (especially on a new car). So, I gave up. I loved the Yaris so much, I learned to drive on my mother-in-law's saturn sc2. I got the hang of it (somewhat) and decided to try the manual on for size. I went back to the dealer, and they had one manual. It was sitting in the back of their lot, facing away from the building, like a pouting step-child. Since my original visit, they had sold 11 new cars - 7 of them being Yari - all autos. My manual-enthusiast buddy and I stepped into the 5spd liftback. I took off. It was a bit sketchy at first, but a funny thing happened on the test drive. I stalled it out while turning around ina neighborhood, and a blue mazda bb series pickup got behind me and started revving his engine. That pissed me off. I slowly put the car into 1st, and TOOK OFF. I spun tires for a moment and got up to about 20 mph and then chirped them in 2nd . The manual was exponentially more noticeably powerful that the auto. That was enough for me to make my decision - I will never drive an automatic again. |
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