jameslb101 wrote: There's a place for both, and circumstances permitting I'd have one of each.
skodatezzer wrote:jameslb101 wrote: There's a place for both, and circumstances permitting I'd have one of each.
So that'll be next week, will it?
waremark wrote: I think the clutch pedal will soon be as dead as the starting handle.
jameslb101 wrote:Ultimately, I think the choice of gearbox needs to suit the car. Anything with sporting pretences suits a manual, while something big and wafty works better with an auto. For example, my Jag would feel as mismatched with a manual box as my MR2 would have done with an auto. There's a place for both, and circumstances permitting I'd have one of each.
TheInsanity1234 wrote:The only car I can think of where this doesn't work is the Range Rover, because it's a luxury car, means it should have an auto (which it does, and a very good one at that), however, it's a 4x4, meaning (in my view), it should have an manual because of the necessity to have the clutch control in off-roading.
waremark wrote:jameslb101 wrote:There's a place for both, and circumstances permitting I'd have one of each.
Sounds like a plan.
exportmanuk wrote:Just looking for a nearly new city auto for SWMBO there aren't that many about.
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But then I also prefer rear wheel drive and they are disappearing fast.
jameslb101 wrote:exportmanuk wrote:Just looking for a nearly new city auto for SWMBO there aren't that many about.
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But then I also prefer rear wheel drive and they are disappearing fast.
BMW i3 and Smart FourTwo are the only new cars I can think of that meet your criteria of being both auto and RWD. Upcoming Twingo is going to be rear-engined, RWD, but at this stage I haven't heard anything about auto being available.
jameslb101 wrote:Upcoming Twingo is going to be rear-engined, RWD, but at this stage I haven't heard anything about auto being available.
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