Auto or manual?

[Haitchjay]

Sus3v Akita’s are a very individual breed aren’t they, but very special. Good to have someone recognise what he is rather than being told ‘That’s a Husky isn’t it’

 

[Clivefog]

Previous mh had a Vehvac Auto Clutch fitted. Still a manual gearbox but with button controlled clutch. Came into it's own in stop start driving on the many motorway hold ups. Once the World gets back to normal I'll get one fitted. Worth a look at their web site?

 

[Al n Val]

Previous mh had a Vehvac Auto Clutch fitted. Still a manual gearbox but with button controlled clutch. Came into it's own in stop start driving on the many motorway hold ups. Once the World gets back to normal I'll get one fitted. Worth a look at their web site?

what a bloody good idea, i didn't even know these existed

 

[Peter Goadby]

Auto for me. One less thing to worry about when driving on lanes with steep hills and blind turns. When we did the test drive we did manual first then an auto. My wife made the instant decision for the auto for the reasons stated above. I don't drive a large vehicle other than the MH so don't do that many miles and the auto really makes driving easier and more relaxing

 

[Sus3v]

Kinu was a super Well behaved dog - socialised, good in town, etc. etc., until my husband died, when the dog took it upon himself to protect me from almost every other Dog - which Could be difficult Although there’s lots of forest around here - he would behave for my sons, without fuss or problem

he eventually got a sort of leukaemia associated with the atomic bombs - I do miss him; some days he would walk for hours, other days he would walk 200 yards, sigh a bit, and head for home. Akita would be a bit too big for me now

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[Haitchjay]

Sus3v beautiful boy. They steal your heart

 

[SuperMike]

Full auto for me, but only if it's got an proper Allison Transmission. Biased, who me.

 

[dunnah01]

what a bloody good idea, i didn't even know these existed

My first autoish was a Porsche 911 sportomatic from 1978 which used similar setup so been around a while.
I've had fully auto Porsche and Jaguars which were great but dull, 4 robotised manuals including the Porsche sportomatic, Maserati duoselect, Smart Brabus Roadster and Fiat Comfortmatic. I've had umpteen manuals. You drive each one to the gearbox and soon learn how to make it work for you. The Comfortmatic us the best robotised unless you use the duoselect in sport mode - nothing will ever beat the rev matching on downshift of the Ferrari based engine noise

 

[Haitchjay]

dunnah01 you sound as though you have as much love of cars as I have. Since passing my test I’ve had about 30 different cars, ranging from Minis to Maserati’s. Never owned a Jag tho. Had auto on the Mas and lovely to drive but not as enjoyable as a manual sports car. Porsche was a manual and just loved the sounds I could get from it. Now retired I have a the Smartie as my main car and love that for completely different reasons. Took an all electric for a test drive and yes, went like bleep off a shovel but without that roar it just didn’t cut it.

 

[dunnah01]

dunnah01 you sound as though you have as much love of cars as I have. Since passing my test I’ve had about 30 different cars, ranging from Minis to Maserati’s. Never owned a Jag tho. Had auto on the Mas and lovely to drive but not as enjoyable as a manual sports car. Porsche was a manual and just loved the sounds I could get from it. Now retired I have a the Smartie as my main car and love that for completely different reasons. Took an all electric for a test drive and yes, went like bleep off a shovel but without that roar it just didn’t cut it.

It sounds like we have a similar disease although moho's have become the current challenge.
I've got a tuned Smart Brabus in the UK which my sister in law is trying to relieve me of. An absolute hoot of a machine which I can't wait to take for a spin once I get back to the UK post Covid.
I had an auto Màserati 3200GTA which was just bonkers, especially in the wet, but the auto box was a bit agricultural. I also had a Quattroporte DuoSelect which was just an incredible piece of machinery. The flappy paddles in sport mode genuinely sent tingles down your spine with the theatre involved.
I've also had a Porsche 944 auto which was also a really good piece of kit but a manual would have kept me more interested. The 911 Sportomatic was best described as unorthodox. The micro switches on the gear lever had minds of their own so gears could be a bit random at times but as an early 3.0 SC it was a great experience.
The Jag was the lowly X-Type but still a lovely place to be.

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[supervario]

manual every time auto is for old farts who ca nt drive simpler and no electronics its more money now for a manual on a wagon and when your warranty is out on auto its empty wallet time so keep on dropin them cogs

 

[dunnah01]

manual every time auto is for old farts who ca nt drive simpler and no electronics its more money now for a manual on a wagon and when your warranty is out on auto its empty wallet time so keep on dropin them cogs

You do remember that this is a motorhome forum not F1.com

 

[Al n Val]

You do remember that this is a motorhome forum not F1.com

just excuse him, he’s talking bo!!ox

 

[Happy1]

2017 fiat comfortmatic on a 3500 chassis upplated to 3850 gears changed up and down too quickly very stressful, same box on a 4400 chassis like a dream must be different software, also can change like a manual at a flick of the wrist no clutch pedal, and cruise does not disengage when you change down on a hill, best of both worlds in my mind

 

[Henry Walpole]

Mercedes 9G-Tronic is a dream to drive.

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[Minxy]

We have always had manual cars and motorhomes/campers, however having an 'addiction' to Smart ForTwo cars all of which apart from the first have been full auto we got 'spoilt' so when we bought our last MH in October last year we were fortunate to be able to get a new spec'd up Carthago Compactline i-138 with an auto for very little more overall than a manual version with very little kit it was a no brainer. We took it for a test drive and it was lovely - hubby was surprised just how good it was as he'd read some of the comments about the comfortmatic with some loving and some absolutely detesting it.
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As he's got a bit of a dickie left hip it has helped it due to his not having to lift/lower his foot/leg all the time for the clutch especially as we like to go to out of the way places, do lots of winding back roads, up/down mountains etc, so means he doesn't have to constantly keep changing gear manually and can instead concentrate on the road. It's has very smooth gear changing and once he got used to its foibles he soon settled down and found it a joy to drive - as he does most of the driving the choice of manual or auto was up to him in the end but now I doubt if he'll ever want a manual one again.