Originally Posted by Nirvanaspartan
wow theres lots of tension with automatic and maunel transmission...damn i'd hate to be in the middle of this but why is manual, from what i have heard and this isnt my personal opinion but from the dealership parts saleman he told me that automatics keeps its value better then manual transmission because of the clutch replacing and that people perfer automatics because in traffic its a bitch to keep shifting and etc.
so what do you guys think i mean its coming straight from a honda salesmen ?
Someone feel free to correct me if am wrong, but the reason automatics "hold their value"/are more expensive at dealerships is because the automatic takes more technology. A 5speed/manual is considered "standard" transmission, equipment-wise. It depends on peoples' preferences, but if you enjoy driving a stick, you'll drive a stick. If you can't drive a stick, or you don't like it, you'll drive an automatic. Personally, owning one of both types, I can't stand driving the automatic. A lot of people don't like having to hassle with a stick, so, since it's more "electronic/technological" the dealers have automatics priced as more because of the equipment.
anyways, that's what I've been informed. Someone correct me if I'm wrong..