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View Poll Results: Do you have a Manual OR Automatic licence | |||
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240 | 85.41% |
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41 | 14.59% |
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Canberra
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#63 | ||
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Both - L Plates :evil3:
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V8 Ute V8 Boat
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: south australia
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good old SA none of these bull **** rules, vic rules suck dick
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me may my mo
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Hornsby, Sydney
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for some, its not due to people not knowing how to drive a manual, its more to the fact that they cant get their hands on one. I got my green P's (NSW) and i only drive auto because all the cars, and the one my dad got me, is an auto. When my mate let me drive his manual, i stalled it a few times (afterall, it was my first time), but got the hang of it, after just a couple of minutes driving. im sure once one gets the hang of the clutchs engage point (cant remember what u call it) it'll be a breeze. In the end its not hard to drive a manual.
There are some tho, that dont even know what gears and clutch's are. I think those are the ones that wouldnt now how to drive a manual. But once they do kno the sequence, im sure they too will get the hang of it. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Bseries Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Sydney
Posts: 3,928
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lol try learning to drive manual on a EA 5 speed with the usual crack in the firewall (makes the clutch very heavy) and the super springy first 15 percent of travel now that was annoying lol got the hang of it though but could have picked a better car to learn manual on lol
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 28
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got a manual lisence, but in good old WA if you got an auto lisence then you will now be driving them until you get a manual lisence no matter what age. And i do strongly agree with people that being able to drive stick gives you better skills, because what is harder turning a steering n using 2 peddles, or 2 peddles a clutch a gear stick and a steering wheel. One mate has his auto lisence and since he got it i feel like updating my will
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: brisbane
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my other ride is the bus.
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Under a rock.
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 29
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woo got my first car on the weekend 4spd manual xf 4.1 carbi i love the manual in it sooo much better than any auto!!
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Banned
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 324
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Manual for me ..
i taught myself to drive manual in my 1985 tx3 , no powersteering no nothing really . in my personal opinion saying that you dont have access to one isnt a excuse , i dont live with anyone of their P's so i had no one to take me driving ,but i got lessons and thats how i learnt. i believe to is easier to first drive a manual , because your not going to get confused , ive been in the car with my sister driving on her ls a few times and she has only driven a auto , she just flys up to intersections then jams on the brakes , where as in a manual you know when you have to slow down to accomodate your gears . choice over auto and manual , Manual all the way it seems to give me so much more control over everything ![]() |
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Official AFF conservative
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Adelaide, SA
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We dont differentiate here in SA. At least, we didnt when i got my licence!! You get a driver's licence, regardless of whether you can drive a manual or not.
Not a big problem, only takes half a day to learn stick from scratch and within a week you're slamming the thing through the gears like a pro. It's not rocket science.
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Location: brisbane
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 2,558
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But when you think about it... how may 'manual related deaths' have there been in Australia? i.e when a cocky 'auto' pilot decides to try his hand at the manual?
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Melb, Vic
Posts: 1,088
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auto=easy
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Now XR8TickfordBoy
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Narre Warren, S.E Melbourne
Posts: 463
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went the auto=easy option and then bought a manual after my P's but not having driven one in 5 or 6 years has resulted in three dents and a cracked front bar! Skills are up to scratch now though! (hopefully)
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#78 | ||
Regular Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 81
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I got my licence in my dads manual vw and have driven manuals ever since(THE ONLY WAY TO DRIVE).
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,652
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Where's the option for: I got my license when there was only one type.
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Professional Mouse Jockey
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: SE Vic
Posts: 3,185
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Got a manual licence but have owned nothing but autos and hardly even driven anything manual since (10 years). Just the old work ute a few times and the work truck once (what a pain in the butt clutch it has!!).
Would love to own a manual car one day.
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Just slidin'
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Brisvegas
Posts: 7,791
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Manual license but drive an auto.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Sydney, NSW
Posts: 2,368
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I dunno anyone that have manual cars when I was on my Ls so I had no choice but to drive auto.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Sunbury, Melbourne
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I didnt have a manual car to practise in and i only had a few manual lessons before going for my P's. I ended up just going for the auto licence as i wasnt too confident in a manual at that time and didnt want to have to pay to do a re-test if i were to fail.
Regretting it now as i want to convert my car to manual. Anyone in Vic know what the penalty is for driving a manual car on your auto P's?
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Can't go around corners
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Radelaide
Posts: 639
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Well i only have a learner liscence so im not actually restriced to anything except the vehicle my dad got me with is a Fairmont :( so its an Automatic, but he has promised me a proper car with a proper engine and gearbox (anything bigger then 3.8L and has a manual transmission)
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Regular Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 313
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Manual license for me (us QLD lads actually have to go in a manual to get a manual license)
I learnt in my dads old patrol, loved that car, best clutch in the world, i used to take off from standing in fifth just for fun, bulk torque and clutch pedal feel. Unfortunately when i went for my license the patrol was unavailable so i had to do it in a 90 diahatsu charade, 800cc 3 cyl gutlessness, i think it had less power than my mates 250crf. Never driving a car that gay ever again! But since then i have only ever had autos, the only manuals i have driven recently are my mates cars (the benefits of being designated driver), and man they are so fun, I've actually bought an old 4 speed manual for the torana since then, i'll put it in as soon as i can find a shifter, lol. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Traralgon, Vic
Posts: 577
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family only has autos, my car is an auto.
i dont see the point in a manual. they just seem like a pain in the ***.. but seriously, what are the advantages of driving a manual? its easier to do burnouts? haha
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Bodysnatcher
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 130
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getting an auto only license in WA means you can only drive auto, its sheer stupidity to not learn in a manual, it might take you an extra lesson, maybe 2 to learn how to shift gears and thats the only difference.
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Parts bin special
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Narre Warren, Vic
Posts: 8,275
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When I got my P plates, I hadn't even driven an auto! My EA was my first auto, and it's pretty obvious what I thought of that when you look at my list of mods. The auto is now taking up precious space in the garage
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