The "dangers" of manual transmissions

captainaudio · 06-06-2016, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by minn19

I actually do notice sometimes and am kind of surprised to see it.

Wait, I'm watching them shift and I'm distracted. MTs do cause distracted driving.

There is always a (perhaps remote) possibility that someone is using the shift lever to manually shift an AT.

minn19 · 06-06-2016, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by captainaudio

There is always a (perhaps remote) possibility that someone is using the shift lever to manually shift an AT.

True, could be, but from what I see, some people really get into it then.

JamesGames · 06-06-2016, 11:26 PM

Some garbage.. anything can be made into an argument.. ever see someone slip their foot from the brake onto the gas or depress the gas instead of the brake pedal in an automatic car and slam into the car in front? I personally know of two cases..

1) Some kid was reaching out at In N out and slipped his foot off the brake and onto accelerator in his camry and slammed into the wall
2) My friend almost got smashed in-between a gramps cadillac and his G35 when he was walking in-between the two cars at a gas station trying to get back into his car. Gramps accidentally depressed the accelerator or slipped off brake as well

Anyways

Back to my unsafe manual I go

Devilzmantis · 06-06-2016, 11:27 PM

Automatic drivers are more dangerous. They ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz behind the wheel so bored...

dzvero · 06-07-2016, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Agamemnon

I second that! MT vs DCT has been beaten to death on this forum. I drive manual but went DCT for my M3. Drive what you want.

you dont understand, its dumb to discuss the mt been distraction

GrussGott · 06-07-2016, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Devilzmantis

Automatic drivers are more dangerous. They ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz behind the wheel so bored...

Look, you gotta deal with the shit that goes on in your car ...

and I gotta deal with the shit that goes on in mine.

captainaudio · 06-07-2016, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by JamesGames

Some garbage.. anything can be made into an argument.. ever see someone slip their foot from the brake onto the gas or depress the gas instead of the brake pedal in an automatic car and slam into the car in front? I personally know of two cases..

1) Some kid was reaching out at In N out and slipped his foot off the brake and onto accelerator in his camry and slammed into the wall
2) My friend almost got smashed in-between a gramps cadillac and his G35 when he was walking in-between the two cars at a gas station trying to get back into his car. Gramps accidentally depressed the accelerator or slipped off brake as well

Anyways

Back to my unsafe manual I go

If that doesn't prove that anything can be made into an argument I don't know what does.

I suppose in both of those cases if the drivers had been driving MTs they suddenly would have been transformed into safe drivers.

Any car can be driven poorly. Ever see an MT driver roll back into the car behind while trying to start up a hill?

captainaudio · 06-07-2016, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by dzvero

you dont understand, its dumb to discuss the mt been distraction

Well stated!

JamesGames · 06-07-2016, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by captainaudio

If that doesn't prove that anything can be made into an argument I don't know what does.

I suppose in both of those cases if the drivers had been driving MTs they suddenly would have been transformed into safe drivers.

Lol no way, the automatic drivers in manual cars would probably fare worse, just wouldnt crash in those ways. Just saying the insurance claim was funny to me. I own both and I feel manuals are safer.. one more step between the accelerator and the wheels! Just disagreed and thought it was funny. That's all

Efthreeoh · 06-07-2016, 06:28 AM

Okay let's start with this...

On Line Driving Course.....

'nuff said.

dzvero · 06-07-2016, 11:48 PM

ban the OP

self driving cars are coming...

eluded · 06-09-2016, 12:59 AM

I wish I had the power to ban people.

#Savethemanuals

zx10guy · 06-09-2016, 07:44 AM

This reminds me of a joke one of my friends told me a long time ago. He said he would want a manual because it will equal out the leg strength between your right and left leg. He said if you were to be stuck in the desert with no geographical land marks to get your bearings, you can conceivably be walking in circles if you drove an automatic due to the right leg getting more use and being stronger.

eluded · 06-11-2016, 02:39 AM

Not in the new 340 with the brake/hill assist feature.

#Winning

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Originally Posted by captainaudio

Ever see an MT driver roll back into the car behind while trying to start up a hill?

06-06-2016, 11:26 PM	#47
JamesGames Major 1335 Rep 1,481 Posts Drives: E60 550i\|F82 M4\|F48 X1\|VA STi Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: SOCAL iTrader: (0)	Some garbage.. anything can be made into an argument.. ever see someone slip their foot from the brake onto the gas or depress the gas instead of the brake pedal in an automatic car and slam into the car in front? I personally know of two cases.. 1) Some kid was reaching out at In N out and slipped his foot off the brake and onto accelerator in his camry and slammed into the wall 2) My friend almost got smashed in-between a gramps cadillac and his G35 when he was walking in-between the two cars at a gas station trying to get back into his car. Gramps accidentally depressed the accelerator or slipped off brake as well Anyways Back to my unsafe manual I go
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Devilzmantis Captain 415 Rep 732 Posts Drives: E92 M3, 991 Turbo S Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Oakland, Ca iTrader: (0)	Automatic drivers are more dangerous. They ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz behind the wheel so bored... __________________ 2016 BMW M4 ZCP, 2011 BMW M3 ZCP, 2015 BMW I3 SOLD-2015 BMW M4 Convertible ,2006 Porsche 911,2011 BMW Z4,2001 BMW 330ci
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06-07-2016, 06:28 AM	#54
Efthreeoh General 19392 Rep 19,809 Posts Drives: The E90 + Z4 Coupe & Z3 R'ster Join Date: May 2012 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	Okay let's start with this... On Line Driving Course..... 'nuff said. __________________ A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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dzvero Lieutenant Colonel 546 Rep 1,514 Posts Drives: 2015 M$4 F82 Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: CA iTrader: (2)	ban the OP self driving cars are coming...
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zx10guy Brigadier General 5549 Rep 3,344 Posts Drives: 2013 135i Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: DC iTrader: (0)	This reminds me of a joke one of my friends told me a long time ago. He said he would want a manual because it will equal out the leg strength between your right and left leg. He said if you were to be stuck in the desert with no geographical land marks to get your bearings, you can conceivably be walking in circles if you drove an automatic due to the right leg getting more use and being stronger.
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