i have the best of both worlds.
i have a Manual 5 speed Suzuki built more for my offroading needs, and the Jeep 5sp Auto. built for being a soccer mums car at the moment,
whilst offroad i love the jeeps engine / gearing it means i can approach things lean a tire up against a step and then just press accelerator and not worry about a burning clutch or stalling and starting again, i love an auto box whislt offroading it's personally allot safer doing rock hopping and driving, to trails and tracks. if geard correctly has the same engine compression as a manual would.
around town i love my manual box just gives me something to do and i feel as though i have a bit more control on my speeds when coming up to round abouts, instant power if needed dependant on gear i'm in there's no delay between gear changes like there are in the auto box.
along the highway, my jeep is amazing cruise speeds and i would prefer the suzi to have a 6th maybe even a 7th gear on a highway!
the only benefit i can really see to having a manual is you can do sweet as skids bro... compression breaking donuts, mud bog roostering. and mainly all illegal things...
actually the benefit i have found is the "rocking" motion if your kind of stuck in a manual is much much better as you can just gear change and rock your car properly. where as in the auto it's not a very nice feeling or sound when your trying to rock your car back and fourth between say 1 / R - D / R - so rockign when stuck is a bit better in a manual box...
anyone else care to offer up thier oppinion ?
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1996 Suzuki X90 1.6L "Decoy" SOLD
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