actually i think manual still the best...for the audi DSG gearbox looks like how? how it works? btw still think if it is the same car manual will still beat auto cars in term of 0-100km/h etc...& auto gear box usually are heavier than the manual...in terms of mayb 80-150 kg guar....for the same car same power the power to weight ratio manual still have the better opportunity hehe..hehe just my opinion

haha finally someone who prefer manual..

I prefer manual anytime. Been driving for 16 years and always preferred manual, even thru the jam of KL. Only whimps complain of leg cramps on the left leg when stuck in jam.

i prefer manual as well...
exercise both leg at the same time...
i dont want right leg's muscle look bigger than left leg's muscle after 10 years... and hand as well
and i like to control car performance always...

This post has been edited by gkl83: Jan 12 2007, 09:44 PM

the main reason is that malaysian roads are packed with cars,and the market for auto cars are big

I've been driving for 10 years.. yes .. indeed i still prefer manual.. i dun even feel like driving an auto .. when im in an auto car.. i will ask someone else to drive for me.. no matter its in a jam or not.

to me.. driving is fun .. but driving an auto car.. totally not fun .. so i ask someone to drive while i enjoy in the car would be better.

Cos its easier to handle busy roundabouts where u have 1 less thing to do from the list of steering the car and changing the signal.

It's like this. It has 2 clutches, 1 for the even numbered gears(like 2,4 and 6), and the other is for odd numbered gear(1,3,5). When you accelerate from 1st gear, one clutch engages to transfer power while the other "pre-engages" (the clutch is on but power is not transferred). When the computer thinks its good enough to shift power is transferred to the other clutch. Voila, you're in second gear! It's like having 2 gearboxes in one.

And the process continues. DSG mean Dual Shift Gearbox(or something like that). So you see it is a true manual but can be as smooth and easy as an auto without the power loss. All the reviews on it are positive. Unlike conventional Semi-Auto gearbox, the DSG won't throw you forward when you shift. A normal Semi auto does things normally, disengage clutch, shift and then engage the power again. You can put it in manual mode as well. It's faster than an AMT(like in Savvy) although it's more complex than an auto.

This post has been edited by tunertoobe: Jan 13 2007, 12:28 AM

me also manual..when come on pickup issue, surely u will go for manual..especially overtaking..

However back to the thread...

The thing is why they(car makers) dont provide manual transmission... what i can see is that they only provide Auto.... it like they have monopolies the market to Auto... only

why cant they provide an option for the ppl who buys car to be able to choose between Auto and Manual.. i am sure there is a lof of manual lovers.... hehe

they(car makers) should gv the decision on the buyers not themself. even thought producing 1 is more easier then producing 2 different things at the same time...

is depend on mass demand in the market... and the traffic condition in malaysia... and the malaysian's attitude...

and question here:
if we able to purchase expensive car, do we mind to pay extra Rm3k-5k to get auto transmissions? NO...
if we only able to purchase cheap car, do we mind to pay extra Rm3k-5k to get auto transmissions? YES...

plus mass production can cut cost... if u prefer naza car, and look for cheap car as well, either suria or sutera only...
u want manual? go for sutera...
u want auto? go for suria...

somemore i saw a super car in sunway pyramid before, the car price for auto is higher than manual...

This post has been edited by gkl83: Jan 13 2007, 06:32 PM

mayb in the future there will be FULLY AUTO which does not required driver. Just key in the destination and the car will automatically drive you to the location

By then nobody even need to get a car license and road accident will drop to zero

I prefer auto because my life is full with traffic jam.

how fast manual tranny bring us to 100kmh aso useless..we get stuck on our way to work..stuck going home from work everywer is jus cars n cars..driving manual would be annoying at times even its fun

I couldn't help but to agree

auto easy..less accident..imagine makcik with auto also accident,if manual...?

makcik not able to drive manual and zero accident...

my mom scold me and give me a very long lecturer and trying her best to demotivate me when I say I want a manual car . I guess it is all bog down to how malaysia mindset when it come to car . ahh too confusing ahh too many jam ahh too many cheating mechanic ahh too high loan . so they are very not bothering about the car they just want to go from A to B . that all , they dont care about the car , they dont care the feel of the car they know nut about car infact ...

well atleast that is how I see most automatic car driver

oh yeah , in my opinion no matter what automatic it is . auto is the most perfect way to ruin a perfectly fine and good car

This post has been edited by guest18: Jan 15 2007, 03:58 PM

malaysian lazy n so m i...

We have Tiptronics/Multitronic/Shiftronic/Steptronic or whatever name u want to call it nowadays... so auto all the way~~ although i know how to drive manual as well