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flip

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• Jun 24, 2006

• #1

Has anyone got a view on whether an auto or manual is better for greenlaning and generally hooning up and down hills and mud-plugging and stream wading ina Disco??

 

yella

New Member

• Jun 24, 2006

• #2

its all down to personal preference mate, i would go for an auto everytime but then i'm a lazy bastard

 

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slob

Well-Known Member

• Jun 24, 2006

• #3

its all down to personal preference mate, i would go for a manual everytime but then i'm a hard bastard

 

OutbackJack

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• Jun 25, 2006

• #4

its all down to personal preference mate, i would go for either but then i'm an ambivalent bastard

 

hard0898

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• Jun 25, 2006

• #5

its all down to personal preference mate, i would go for neither but then i'm a banned bastard

 

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Buzzcox

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• Jun 26, 2006

• #6

I'm not a bastard, but an auto means more time with hands on the wheel, rather then playing with your stick.

 

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tots

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• Jun 26, 2006

• #7

Can I add that I'm a complete bastard

 

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flip

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• Jun 27, 2006

• #8

The jury's still out but I've enjoyed the comments! Maybe Buzzcock's gotta point though..and who hasn't shifted from 3rd to 5th sometimes?

 

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discomania

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• Jun 27, 2006

• #9

Manual

 

OutbackJack

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• Jun 27, 2006

• #10

In all seriousness... you be frank and I'll be ernest...

....when I lived in the big smoke, I had manuals and wished I had an auto as I was sick of changing 5 gears up and then 5 down again at every #$%^ traffic light...now I am in the outback (not a traffic light for about 600 miles) a Manual would be better for towing and hill climbing etc, but I have an auto.

 

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bonnybaggot

Active Member

• Jun 27, 2006

• #11

Buy one of each. Try them out. Sell the one you dont like and stop be an annoying bastard.

 

wolf

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• Jul 3, 2006

• #12

I don't know about the other 'bastards' (not being one - of course) but I own an auto yet I am pretty much convinced from a lot of long mountain decents and climbs out here in British Columbia - that a manual would give you greater control

 

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amallen

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• Jul 3, 2006

• #13

A V8 with an auto box is the way to go. If you can afford to feed it.

Mark

 

OutbackJack

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• Jul 3, 2006

• #14

amallen said:

A V8 with an auto box is the way to go. If you can afford to feed it. Mark

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.Amen to that brother...but then..work pays for my fuel

 

Sheddy

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• Jul 3, 2006

• #15

I have an auto and a manual. But the manual is a haynes book of lies and its a bastard.

 

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slob

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• Jul 4, 2006

• #16

whoever started this thing about bastards, is a bastard

 

OutbackJack

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• Jul 5, 2006

• #17

slob said:

whoever started this thing about bastards, is a bastard

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In the Body Line cricket series of the 1930s, Jardine (English Captain) went to the Aussie dressing rooms after the match to complain about being called a Bastard out on the pitch. The Aussie that answered the door turned and yelled out to the aussies in the dressing room.."Which one of you bastards called this bastard a bastard?"...Jardine left, shaking his head.

Isnt that a bastard?