auto or manual?

Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Location: Sydney

Do you prefer an auto or manual box for:

a) off road
b) on road

and why?

Joined: 19 Dec 2002 Location: Sydney

i prefer manual for both,

but

as i have never driven an auto off road, i think the will have advantages and disadvantes over the manual in a heap of situations,

but im willing to stick with my manual,

Joined: 27 May 2003 Location: Brisbane Australia

Depends on if you wear a skirt or not....

Oh yeah or if you have an amputated leg.... that's a decent manly excuse.

Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Location: Sydney

my gf where's a skirt, so can she drive an auto?

Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 12:22 am

Auto's must make for a damb interesting ride downhill considering you can't really use engine braking to it's full potential. Very Happy

Joined: 12 Nov 2004 Location: FNQ Cane Fields

ozy1 wrote:

i prefer manual for both,

but

as i have never driven an auto off road, i think the will have advantages and disadvantes over the manual in a heap of situations,

but im willing to stick with my manual,

Same....I prefer the control

Tiny Twisted Evil

Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Location: Land of Plenty

I prefer auto for going up hill and manual for going down hill

Joined: 27 Nov 2002 Location: Lost in Melbourne.

Auto anyday.

They have it over manuals everywhere apart from downhills due to 0 engine braking. But can be fixed with torque lockup, or rockhoppers.

No hittin clutch change gear while going up hill, then losing momentum stopping and suffering.
Hit ya clutch while in a bog you fill it with crap.
City driving easier, just put it in D and go.
Easier for slow rock work
easier to do footbrakies...

I was forced into autos when my leg was mashed, but lookin back now, if I had a choice, I would take the Auto, too easy on and offroad.

Joined: 24 Nov 2002 Location: Melbourne

Ive driven both. As stated downhills can be a prob in auto, generally more control at all othertimes. Engine braking improves with Marks xfer gears.

bazzle

Joined: 24 Feb 2003 Location: Melbourne

auto with a converter lockup kit through it. Cool

Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Location: Sydney

Bogged, what is a torque lockup and is it cheaper of more expensive than crawler gears?

Joined: 05 May 2004 Location: parramatta

i may get smoked for saying this but the guys that say they prefer manual just havent driven auto offroad.. its that simple.. had manuals all along till my mav shorty..and would never go back..yeah u say less engine braking down hill but that would be the only short coming.

Joined: 01 Jun 2004 Location: Goodna, Queensland

mabsydney wrote:

Bogged, what is a torque lockup and is it cheaper of more expensive than crawler gears?

shit loads cheaper i think retail for around $200 but if your cluey enough you can do it for nothing all your doing is locking up the torque converter which infact gives you your actual engine braking only prob being if you come to a complete stop it will stall

Joined: 27 Nov 2002 Location: Lost in Melbourne.

mabsydney wrote:

Bogged, what is a torque lockup and is it cheaper of more expensive than crawler gears?

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Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Location: Sydney

thanx guys

I was talking to the guys at ARB about GUs and stuff and they were recomending me to go for an auto transmission. Have to say they put up a convincing argument.

I'll be thinking about it hard ad the time for me to buy draws closer Smile

Joined: 27 Nov 2002 Location: Lost in Melbourne.

mabsydney wrote:

I'll be thinking about it hard ad the time for me to buy draws closer Smile

Go and drive both...

Diesel Autos only come in the shitheap 3.0's brand new...

Joined: 31 May 2004 Location: in the ghetto

bogged wrote:

Diesel Autos only come in the shitheap 3.0's brand new...

I just love that comment ! Laughing

Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Location: Canberra and Brisbane...

An auto with electronic control is the only way to go - you can fiddle the computer to make them do anything you want.

The only dissadvantage is downhill but the torque converter lockup control helps lots. You can be make it for about 10 bucks... I don't like switching things on and off while I am driving so I added an engine rev bypass that comes in at 600rpm so it won't stall the engine. That cost me a grand total of 60 bucks!

Joined: 01 Jun 2004 Location: Goodna, Queensland

hazard wrote:

An auto with electronic control is the only way to go - you can fiddle the computer to make them do anything you want.

The only dissadvantage is downhill but the torque converter lockup control helps lots. You can be make it for about 10 bucks... I don't like switching things on and off while I am driving so I added an engine rev bypass that comes in at 600rpm so it won't stall the engine. That cost me a grand total of 60 bucks!

how did you do your rev bypass? is it on a nissan auto

Joined: 11 Dec 2004 Location: Brisbane

ive only ever heard ppl say that an auto was good to keep momentum up. ive never had a problem in a manual, and one day ill try and teach myself to change gears without a clutch anyway....... Very Happy

oh apart from the mashed leg excuse, that one is fine Very Happy

Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Location: Canberra and Brisbane...

The easiest way to do the rev bypass is to use a frequency switch from Jaycar connected to the rpm signal. And yes it I have one hooked up on my Patrol...