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    Do you prefer automatic or manual car,and are you licensed to drive auto or manual

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    +7  Views: 1428 Answers: 9 Posted: 8 years ago
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      I drive an automatic at the moment, but I can dive either. Here you have to have past your test in a manual to drive either.  If you pass your test in an automatic, you can only drive an automatic. 

      8 years ago. Rating: 8
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        terryfossil 1

        We got the same laws here Dave,we musta copied from you guys..>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<..
        commented 8 years ago

        Years ago I preferred manual but automatics have improved so much that I now prefer them. In the states we can drive either if we are licensed. 

        8 years ago. Rating: 9
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          terryfossil 1

          we can drive either if we have a manual license,,if you only have a auto license,you can only drive auto..>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<..
          commented 8 years ago

          One license covers both here, and I can drive both. I love a standard but drive an automatic.

          8 years ago. Rating: 8
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            terryfossil 1

            Duck,that means if you have a auto license you can jump into a manual and drive it in traffic,even though you have never driven a manual..????????
            commented 8 years ago
            Ducky

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            How could anyone do that if they've never driven a standard? They wouldn't get out of their driveway, let alone get down the street. Most people aren't that stupid. Even if I had a license for a backhoe, I wouldn't try to operate it without some training! Duh.
            commented 8 years ago
            terryfossil 1

            But Duck,they test you to drive a auto,then give you a license to drive an auto,and then they assume you will find out how to drive a manual with the auto license..???is that how it goes..???>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<..
            commented 8 years ago

            I am licenced to drive everything but "B" doubles.I don't mind driving manuals but it's nice to drive an auto & not worry about having to punch gears.Our current VW has both options.

            8 years ago. Rating: 8
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              terryfossil 1

              How bout a boat license Tom.??????
              commented 8 years ago
              Bob/PKB

              Does it have a clutch?
              commented 8 years ago
              Ducky

              Moderator
              Don't all boats? LOL!!
              commented 8 years ago
              Tommyh

              Terry...Open boat licence & open motorcycle licence.Had them for over 40 years.
              commented 8 years ago
              Tommyh

              Bob...The VW has a dual clutch system but no clutch pedal.The manual mode is sequential.
              commented 8 years ago
              Bob/PKB

              Thanks, Tommy.
              commented 8 years ago
              terryfossil 1

              Tom,i did not renew my gun license and i have one of the old boat licenses on my car license..i think i heard that the newer boat licenses had to be renewed..but i could be wrong..>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<..
              commented 8 years ago
              Tommyh

              No Terry. They just transferred my old boat licence straight onto my new car/truck.M'cycle licence.
              commented 8 years ago

              I can drive both but the older I get the more I like the autos. I taught Cathie thirty some years ago to drive a manual, I stopped on a hill and told her when she makes it over the top she'll know how to drive a stick shift. It worked and that's all she'll drive but the old truck did go through hell, thank God it had a tough old cast-iron transmission with a granny gear. Her latest is a 2014 VW Passat TDI with the 6 speed manual.

              8 years ago. Rating: 8
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                I have not been able to master the art of driving a stick shift so I prefer an automatic.

                8 years ago. Rating: 7
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                  One license for autos/pickups, one for motorcycles, one for semis here. 


                  My cars have had manual transmissions since 1986. Not everyone can drive them, making them less likelyto be stolen.

                  8 years ago. Rating: 7
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                    Ducky

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                    Good way to cut the odds! Too bad we are forced to think that way. :)
                    commented 8 years ago
                    Bob/PKB

                    Years ago, my sons asked what I insisted on them, and that was all I could think.
                    commented 8 years ago

                    I learned how to drive period with a manual. The first three cars I drove were manuals. My husband's father owned a used car lot, I drove all sorts of cars.....

                    8 years ago. Rating: 5
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                      Racers all usually want manuel transmissions because you can wind out the gears further and red-line the motor. The shift points, can be much higher and you can also down-shift more aggressively. But if a person owns an economy car an automatic transmission would be totally fine and probably more convenient too.

                      8 years ago. Rating: 5
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                        terryfossil 1

                        I remember those days Taj,i had a 1955 FJ Holden with a worked motor,you could wind her out much further than a auto,the cops even had problems catching me in their 1971 fancy Fords..>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<..
                        commented 8 years ago
                        Taj Emanuel

                        Nice car! It would make a great Gasser too. Its smaller which would be even better, for racing.
                        commented 8 years ago
                        terryfossil 1

                        They were built like a jelly bean Taj,so we put lowering blocks on her to get her close to the ground,and track rods for stability.best car i ever owned..>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<..this photo is about the color of mine,but mine was better..LOL..
                        commented 8 years ago


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