Automatic or Manual

ps have a great time we love it up there

Thanks for the quick response. I'll probably be driving around town 80% of the time so it sounds like an auto is the go.
Best wishes
Hank

autos are great on steep uphill sand dunes also

Manuals are more fun
Manuals cost less to rebuild
Manuals don't need to be rebuilt every 200,000 k's


Auto's don't need replacement clutches

autos need rebuilds every same as auto.... specially if you drive them for fun..

autos have less linkages
autos have no clutches
autos have no pressure plates
autos have no master cyl probs
autos have more + than - against manuals...

its what you prefer. Drive both is the simple answer......

Autos are better at everything except steep or difficult decents and minimising fuel usage, but most 4WD autos aren't any fun (no "sports" shifting). There's an old saying - you steer and auto and drive a manual. Horses for courses.

Autos are better at everything except steep or difficult decents and minimising fuel usage, but most 4WD autos aren't any fun (no "sports" shifting). There's an old saying - you steer an auto and drive a manual. Horses for courses.

sports shifting? LMAO...

Anyway, look at 90% of rock hoppers, and serious 4b's they arent Auto for no reason....


Whats fun about changin gear 401480923184098320498230948 times in 5klms as its muddy, up, down, off camber etc...?

first rule for down hill decent is dont use the brakes. If you lock up the wheels you loose allcontrol of steering and traction same as on the bithumen lock up the brakes no steering. Best vehicle for down hill control are diesal with manual gear box. Col

Autos have no engine braking.. as someone said at the bottom of the hill you will be doing mach 1245.....

You can drive along in an Auto take the foot off the gas and nothing happens. Manuals, it slows down HEAPS...

Rockhopper gears work wonders, but $1200 + fitting.. :(

and theres no such thing as a dumb question.. the only dumb question is one not asked..

WHERES THAT EDIT FUNCTION!!!

that should be "distribution" Oops!

The difference with what ? You can still use engine braking with an auto. If I am towing I use it like a manual going down a hill and keep to the speed limit without using the brakes. People seem to think that if you have an auto it should always be in the right gear but I am afraid that is not so, you can still put it in the right gear for the situation you are in. Try it sometime.

i have may be you should try it, there is a big difference. I have a diesal patrol and a mate has a petrol patrol about the same year and we compare running costs and have found a difference in brake pad wear between the 2 vehicles we have the same driving tecqnice and have found the diesal is far friendlier on pads than the petrol due to the better braking power of a diesal motor and i will say to you that there is a big difference between your vehicle and a manual. A lot of people on this forum ask the difference between a diesal and petrol vehicle and part of the equation on running cost is brake wear, same goes with auto and manual we all know that you can use an auto box to slow down by changing down gears but its not till you compare the braking power between the two that you notice the difference, its preference same as the argument between tojo and patrol. I am a semi truck driver and know the power of a manual gear box to have complete control of 40 odd tonne. Col

I am a truck driver to and know that the exhast brake is very effective on the truck. Does your mate change down in his auto like you do if he does he would not notice as much difference as you say. I can go down the Toowoomba as slow in the truck as i can in thwe landcruiser with trailer on .You put it in a lower gear.

sorry BM both our vehicles are manual, i also disagree about exhaust breaks being very effective if you compare it to a jake break you will know what i mean. I will take a punt here and presume you drive a jap truck and will agree that they are superior in exhaust brakes, but i will also say that i can come down the Towoomba range fully loaded ie 42 tonnes and not touch the brakes and not touch the jake brake which if the truck was an auto would be impossible to do and that also applies to a 4x4 towing, i think u have me wrong an auto will help to pull u up but if u compare it with a manual, and then a diesal there is such a big difference that you cant compare a manual and an auto. I will also say that an auto is far superior in other applications ie beach work for an example . so i am not bagging autos just saying they dont have the braking of a manual and on top a diesal .Col

You've come to the right place then .. I learn heaps from th is forum .. just the best .. have fun ..
Jack

try jumping into a manual and feel the difference. Col