Automatic transmissions SUCK!

[TheMightyFavog]

Every problem I've ever had with any of the cars I have driven stems from one thing: The transmission.

Who the hell thought that the automatic transmission was ever a good idea anyways?

[Manifestor_of_Light]

1. They're great in the big city traffic. Clutches wear out fast in the city,

I don't like stick shifts. Cuz I'm a city girl.

[Kali]

2. no, motor vehicles in general SUCK

[KG]

3. in 30 years of driving, i've only had one AT go out on me.

unless set up correctly and comforatably, manual transmissions are an instument of torture.

[Skittles]

4. fuuny, I have never had such problems

sure it's not the way you drive???

[Throd]

5. No they don't

I have a 1959 and 1968 car that have never had a tranny problem even once.

Are you messing with the lever while the car is in motion?

[The Traveler]

6. I prefer standard tranmissions myself

But in the metro-Atlanta area, one wears through clutches rapidly.

I've had good luck with A/Ts myself. The one in my 91 Camaro finally bought in after well over 200,000 miles. I neglected that car horribly for several years prior to that. (The engine crapped out about the same, for the same reason ... neglect. So I built a bigger engine and stuck a trans ripped from the wreck of an 84 Camaro in it. Runs like a bat now.)