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Hey, i'm going to be driving in under a year...and now might be a good time to buy the car...my parents are paying for it...mainly my mom, wich is great but, mom says no MT.
I'm getting a better car than i deserve either way...but her main concern on MT isnt whether i'll b safe or not, she thinks that she might have to drive it at some point. She has only driven a MT car once or twice before, and she hated it.
How can i convince her she'll love it as much as me??...(off topic)-and how do i put up an avatar?
I'm getting a better car than i deserve either way...but her main concern on MT isnt whether i'll b safe or not, she thinks that she might have to drive it at some point. She has only driven a MT car once or twice before, and she hated it.
How can i convince her she'll love it as much as me??...(off topic)-and how do i put up an avatar?
Wanna give me insurance $$$?
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Have you tried telling her that they are better on gas that autos? Also tell her that MT drivers pay more attention to the road that AT drivers. Umm I cant really think of much else but im sure some of the others can come up with wonderful excuses for you to own a MT. Oh yeah and welcome to the site!
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welcome to the site
if your mom hates MT b/c she doesn't really know how to drive it well/properly, you can tell her to look at it as a chance for you guys to learn something new together, and discover how much fun driving stick really is. but some people can't be convinced, and just be glad you're getting a car either way
if your mom hates MT b/c she doesn't really know how to drive it well/properly, you can tell her to look at it as a chance for you guys to learn something new together, and discover how much fun driving stick really is. but some people can't be convinced, and just be glad you're getting a car either way
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Re: hey, new here
I'm not sure that you can. You could try persuading her that it would be good for her. Maintaining physical agility is important to maintaining physical health and mental agility. In a world where machines increasingly do everything for us, the opportunities we have to maintain physical skills during the our busy days are increasingly few and far between. Driving a manual transmission gives you the opportunity to practice and maintain your physical and mental agility while driving -- something you have to do anyway.Coupe31705 wrote:How can i convince her she'll love it as much as me??...(off topic)-and how do i put up an avatar?
Of course, not knowing your mother it is impossible to guess if that will make any impression on her. But it mught be worth a try.
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Manuals make you concentrate more on the road. With an automatic, you feel as if you're just along for the ride. All you have to do is push one pedal, and the car starts moving. With a manual, you have to keep your eyes wide open, and anticipate things.
This has been stated quite often: automatics are about reaction, and manuals are about anticipation. If you're anticipating an accident instead of reacting to it, you're much more likely to be able to avoid it in time.
This has been stated quite often: automatics are about reaction, and manuals are about anticipation. If you're anticipating an accident instead of reacting to it, you're much more likely to be able to avoid it in time.
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lol when I was looking for my first car, my dad, who likes manual shifts, warned me against getting one because his mechanic friend told him that the expense of replacing a clutch was excessive. I still wanted to get one and was pretty psyched from having been a longtime lurker of this site. But I didn't have money and needed a car to get to work, so I took the slushie that my dad's mechanic friend had for sale.
Then after about 1/2 year, the tranny completely died. Even before it died it was the worst part of the car.
With the stick, you have reliability working in your favor. If you are looking at older cars, this is a big +.
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Then after about 1/2 year, the tranny completely died. Even before it died it was the worst part of the car.
With the stick, you have reliability working in your favor. If you are looking at older cars, this is a big +.
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Ive always thought that a maunal would be cheaper in every way and that the expense of replacing a clutch wasn't a very big deal when you consider the time and price difference in MT and ATptcroozer wrote:lol when I was looking for my first car, my dad, who likes manual shifts, warned me against getting one because his mechanic friend told him that the expense of replacing a clutch was excessive. I still wanted to get one and was pretty psyched from having been a longtime lurker of this site. But I didn't have money and needed a car to get to work, so I took the slushie that my dad's mechanic friend had for sale.
Then after about 1/2 year, the tranny completely died. Even before it died it was the worst part of the car.
With the stick, you have reliability working in your favor. If you are looking at older cars, this is a big +.
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This car might possibly need to last for 7+ years, and by the time i let it go i'll be up there on miles...which makes me wonder...do torque converters wear? MT clutches need to be replaced eventually, is there a slushy counterpart that needs to be replaced about as often?
Wanna give me insurance $$$?
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Thats true...but im the kind of person to take care of my car/get it serviced on schedule...any car breaks somewhere if u treat it like crapeaglecatcher wrote:uhhh, I know that if they are not well kept and maintained/serviced on schedule, you will have to put a whole new tranny in, and that is certainly much more expensive than a clutch every couple years.
Wanna give me insurance $$$?