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- From: shoppa@erin.caltech.edu (TIM SHOPPA)
- Subject: Manual vs. Auto lifetime
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- Organization: California Institute of Technology
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 19:27:00 GMT
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- Hello,
- When I was looking for a car, many people told me to get a manual
- because they are much more fun to drive, give better acceleration, and better
- mileage. A few people told me that an automatic would last much longer, from
- their experience. I ended up with an automagic because I didn't want the
- hassle of using a manual in stop-and-go driving but was wondering what the
- people on the net thought of the lifetime of these transmissions? I have
- seen many automatics happily working at 150,000 miles with zero
- maintenance while it seems to me that at this point on a manual there would
- have been several clutch replacements at the very least, and the gears
- sometimes are starting to show wear. Any comments or experience?
-
- Tim (Shoppa@erin.caltech.edu)
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