Saturday, November 10, 2007

• Pricing of vehicle
  
  Vehicles with manual transmission are usually cheaper than vehicles with automatic transmission.

• Fuel consumption
  
  Manual transmission has better fuel economy as compared to automatic transmission. This is because manual transmission has better mechanical and gear train efficiency compared to automatic transmission. Manual transmission also has certain fuel-saving modes of operation (eg. Keeping the rpm low by shifting to a higher gear early) .

• Maintenance
  
  It is cheaper to maintain a vehicle with manual transmission because a vehicle with automatic transmission is more complicated device and requires more maintainence.

• Control
  
  Manual transmission offers the driver more control of the vehicle compared to automatic transmission. It also offers better driving on steep and winding roads. Drivers of manual cars can also downshift to a lower gear for more power, while an automatic transmission driver can only play with the throttle at the drive mode. That is why the transmission of performance cars are mostly manual and semi-automatic.

• Push start
  
  Vehicles with manual transmission can often be started using the push start way when the battery goes flat. Vehicles with automatic transmission are unable to utliize the push start method when the battery goes flat.

• Moving a malfunction vehicle
  
  Vehicles with manual transmission can be moved manually by pushing the vehicle at neutral gear when the engine malfunctions. This is quite useful in situations where the vehicle broke down in the middle of the road, and must be moved to the road shoulder immediately.

Advantages of Automatic Transmission

• Easy to drive
  
  Driver of vehicles with automatic transmission do not have to shift the gear manually and step on the clutch.
  

  
  so many advantages on manual car.. auto only one ah? ehehe.. getting manual!!