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17-09-2006, 09:02 AM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Victoria
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As the heading suggests. Do you have a manual licence or an automatic licence?
I have a manual one.
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17-09-2006, 09:54 AM
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V8 Powaah
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Sunshine Coast, QLD
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Got a manual licence now, but my Manual driving skills are craptacular.
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17-09-2006, 09:58 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
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Had to replace the clutch in my SS 6 speed after 40'000 km....I have a manual lisence but probably dont deserve one
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22-03-2007, 03:45 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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22-03-2007, 10:12 PM
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Fully Hectic Ulehhhhh!!!!
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Perth
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i got a manual, drive an auto. IMO i think if you dont have a manual licence,...... well wtf u doing on the road.
ohh and its also essencial for first gear burnouts. hey what do the classify the new ford transmission? auto semi - auto. do ya need a manual licence? |
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11-11-2008, 06:49 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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17-09-2006, 10:00 AM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Gold Coast
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In NSW I was under the impression there is only one licence, manual and automatic. If you take your driving test on an automatic your only prohibited from driving a manual for 1 year (red P's), once your off, it's ok to drive both.
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17-09-2006, 10:03 AM
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V8 Powaah
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Sunshine Coast, QLD
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alstar5, yep thats correct. That is why i cant drive a Manual very well.
I still feel sympathy for that hired Hilux i drove last year.
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25-09-2006, 08:16 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: brisbane
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17-09-2006, 10:12 AM
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Grunt Files
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Rockhampton QLD
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i wouldnt waste your time with a auto licence i would hate to have one then find that dream car and then i cant get it cause i only can drive autos
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17-09-2006, 10:14 AM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 15
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i learnt to drive manual the hard way, drove from melbourne to Sydney with my ex-fiancee, and that was the first time i EVER had driven a manual
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17-09-2006, 11:30 AM
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Its Resonating!
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Sydney, NSW
Posts: 1,612
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[QUOTE=xr8man83]i wouldnt waste your time with a auto licence i would hate to have one then find that dream car and then i cant get it cause i only can drive autos[/
Exzactly wont I was thinking, I got a manual license but drive auto  out:
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17-09-2006, 10:16 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
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When I got my license there was no difference.. a license was a license (so I got it in an auto just to be lazy
 ) but get to drive manuals too.
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18-09-2006, 09:26 PM
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DJR TM#54
Join Date: Jan 2005
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18-09-2006, 09:49 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Sitting on the Dunny , Contemplating "What to do Next".
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I'm the biggest mongrel out !!!!!!
I bought a '86 AS Telstar for the girls to learn on , No air con. No P/steer , No radio , 4sp manual .. if they could drive that , they could drive anything . Both quickly "upgraded" to Lasers as soon as they got their licences .  : & both got manuals .Wife learnt/owned on a 1961 Mini , (still prefers manuals) I learnt on a 1946 Ford Blitz (Army truck) & tractor on the farm age 8 . Didn't own an Auto till 10 yrs after getting my licence. You never know when there might be an emergency & you have to drive someone elses car (specially in the country), if you can drive both it doesn't matter.
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17-09-2006, 10:24 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
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Manual, I actually have to concentrate when driving auto lol.
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17-09-2006, 10:02 PM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: NSW
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17-09-2006, 12:12 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Is that your face, or did you neck throw up
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I am very surprised that there are members here that can't drive a manual car. Maybe I am a little harsh, but in my opinion if you can not drive a manual competently then you should not be on the road.. It is a basic driving skill... My wife's 80 year old granny drive a manual,, How bloody hard can it be....
Note: I am not condoning driving auto's. I just seriously believe that all driving test's should be done in a manual gear box car. |
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17-09-2006, 12:22 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Barossa Valley, South Australia
Posts: 3,381
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No such thing as an auto or manual licence here in SA as far as I am aware. I just got a licence and it allows me to drive whatever car I feel like.
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17-09-2006, 03:27 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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20-05-2010, 03:30 AM
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sliding by you...
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: werribee, vic.
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agreed, just the same as i believe that everybody should be doing a defensive driving test as part of getting their licence, just shows their car control and responses are suitable for the right to drive... I would make allowances for people with some disabilities to drive auto though... |
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24-05-2010, 09:22 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 1,730
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Automatic for me :(
I learned to drive a manual when I was a kid, so it's not that I can't drive a manual, but when I was on my L plates it was more important for me to have a licence rather than worry about whether it was automatic restricted. We were a one-car family and that car was automatic, and I didn't know anyone who had a manual (and would have let me drive it). |
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17-09-2006, 12:26 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: FoMoCo
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I got my P's at 16 in a manual. In SA at the time if you went for your P's in an auto or manual you could drive both (I beleave it's still the same). At the time my folks hounded me to learn in manual & get my licence in a manual. (which I wasnt happy about at the time) But i am now.
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17-09-2006, 01:50 PM
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IWCMOGTVM Club Supporter
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Northern Suburbs Melbourne
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I have a full licence which means that I can drive both, which is handy when my car is a manual.
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17-09-2006, 02:02 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: WA, Perth/ Pilbara
Posts: 2,473
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I have a Manuel/ Auto Car licence and Heavy Rigid Truck licence
Haven’t driven a Manuel car in 6 months And haven’t driven any class of Truck in 2 years And I get a cool maroon coloured border around my licence instead of the blue one LOL |
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23-09-2006, 11:39 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Sunny Downtown Wagga Wagga. NSW.
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17-09-2006, 02:06 PM
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Argg..
Join Date: Jan 2006
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got a manual, used them on the farm when I was younger, (just 18 now :P) so I find it easy to drive them
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17-09-2006, 02:40 PM
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Dirty ute club member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Playing silly buggers in the gravel
Posts: 580
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Manual.
When learning I think the way I was taught is probably the best way. Start off in an auto untill your confident and can drive in all sorts of traffic without getting flustered and know all the rules etc etc then move into a manual. That way you only really have to concentrate on just trying to get the manual driving down pat as you are already comfortable driving around. Ive seen alot of people try and drive a manual the first time and really screw up as theyre trying to concentrate on doing 5 things at once. Bring out clutch and revs but not too high and not too low and looking for other drivers and everything else we just do automatically. I have my manual licence. I drive a manual and wouldnt have it any other way. MY mate said to me one day "Ive become so lazy since having an auto. Its made my driving go way down hill" and Ive noticed the same. You dont concentrate as much cos you just put your foot down and go. Dont know if anyone sees it like this but thats my 2c. |
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17-09-2006, 02:57 PM
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What's green is gold
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Shepparton
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had to gt my auto license, didnt have a manual to practise in, except the old mans FJ40, the gears were soo far apart, pump the clutch then the brake, had to hold them in for exactly the right amount of time each or they wouldnt work...
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17-09-2006, 03:09 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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i got a auto license but i drive a manual
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