Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transmissions

Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by mhkhung on Thursday November 17, 2016 @11:25AM (#12978804)

Automatic transmissions are way more reliable, with the computer shifting gears at perfect timing each time. None of my automatic transmission cars (1st hand, sold after 4-8 years) ever need to have its gear box repaired. Manual transmission, on the other hand, more than 1 thing would break for sure after 4 years (right after the warranty expires of course) for sure. Gearbox, clutch cables, ...

Cars with auto transmission costs and extra thousand but you get it back when you sell the car, plus you won't rack up expensive repairs and towing.

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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by thebspatrol on Thursday November 17, 2016 @11:39AM (#12978930)

Wait, you're suggesting that manual transmissions have more points of failure than automatic transmissions?

Not only are automatic transmissions significantly more complicated, they also fail catastrophically.

Your clutch is a consumable part. Consider it a writeoff. You might replace it once in your time owning the car if you hold on to it forever, and you still haven't made up the $2k difference in MSRP/whatever the difference may be on the used market.

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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by bischofs on Thursday November 17, 2016 @11:38AM (#12978912)

Not true at all, I am not sure what you are even talking about. Automatics are way more complicated and error prone, a stick is literally just gears, synchronizers and some torque shafts. Also manual transmissions having problems with "Gearbox"? What does that even mean?

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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by fnj on Thursday November 17, 2016 @02:36PM (#12980679)

Obviously you don't drive VWs!

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