I know how to drive a 5speed manual carAnd I know it‘s easier to drive an automatic carMy question is about maintenance, which transmission is easier and cheaper to maintenance?And which transmission I‘m going to have less problem with?
Wake up people, the manual transmission is on the way out Many of you say that you love car and you are the Real drivers. What ever that definition might be You'll need to do more reading and researching for your knowledge about the transmission type and the trend toward the future, let alone the Technologies of it. Transmission does not make you a real driver nor the engine nor the Racing machine you haveThere are so many version of the transmission available right now, and we are as professional having a hard time to keep up with the training and repairing. Most of us will buy a vehicle that we want and what ever available option come with it. So ion ago when I was young, manual transmission was the only thing available Look at it now: There is 5,6,7,8 speeds; even a 10 speed Dual clutch is designed by Volkswagen with an extremely wide gear ratio spread of 10:1 and CVT, DCT, DSG, PDK (From Porsche) and so on Don't know what I am talking about? Then get online and find out if I have B.S you. One of these days in the near future, when you're going to buy a car and the only thing available is a ten speed Wet dual clutch transmission then what? I'm too old for this What that transmission is on the way out right now and most of us has not have a chance to drive it yettsk tsk. a: The Tiptronic will be replaced by the new PDK.
It depends on the transmission and how you drive it. If you drive it perfectly, then a manual transmission will always be cheaper, but if you grind gears all the time then you'll be repairing it more often. As for the automatic, it depends on what brand and such. Some newer automatics are actually pretty nice(and this coming from a guy that will only buy manual cars). Some newer cars now come with sealed transmissions, meaning you don't ever check fluid and shouldn't have to change it. Some cars are even faster with new automatic transmissions now(usually a good driver in a manual trans would always be faster than the auto of the same setup because there's more drivetrain loss in an auto). Overall though, I would say a manual transmission. Maintenance and problems can be about the same, but if something does go really wrong an automatic transmission is more expensive than a manual(brand new most cars are roughly $1,500 more for the automatic, all else equal). Plus it's just more fun to drive manual.
Maintenance on either transmission is about the same. You change the fluid occasionally. Automatics are more expensive to rebuild and tend to need to be rebuilt a bit sooner than most manuals. The normal repair to a manual is the clutch. It's a lot easier to abuse a manual clutch than an automatic clutch system. Both are designed to go 100,000 to 150,000 miles easily in modern cars, so I wouldn't worry about it at all if you are buying a new car.
