Which transmission are y'all going with, manual or auto?

[Tunesoul]

Just curious which transmission you guys are going with on your new JL Rubicon? I Love manual transmissions, but the Wife doesn't know how to drive a manual and doesn't want to learn. Plus we live in the San Francisco South Bay Area and being stuck in traffic with a manual transmission just plain sucks... Also, I really want the ability to remotely start the vehicle. What do y'all think?

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[Matthew/E36]

Yeah, another manual vs auto thread!


...well I have another 3-5 weeks to kill, why not lol.

 

[drogers]

This poll says a lot more about the members of this forum than it does about the popularity of the various transmissions available... A quick look at Craigslist makes it pretty clear that a huge majority of wranglers are sold with slush boxes, and yet we are the opposite here.

Worth keeping in mind he next time we collectively lose our spit over something FCA does that ‘kills’, ‘ruins’, or ‘ends’ the wrangler.

 

[Tunesoul]

Yeah, another manual vs auto thread!


...well I have another 3-5 weeks to kill, why not lol.

I did a quick search and didn't find one... My bad, but I appreciate your good ol' fashion sarcasm, thanks! :-p

 

[Tunesoul]

Found it! Oops! :-D Carry on...

 

[Hip2u77]

Just curious which transmission you guys are going with on your new JL Rubicon? I Love manual transmissions, but the Wife doesn't know how to drive a manual and doesn't want to learn. Plus we live in the San Francisco South Bay Area and being stuck in traffic with a manual transmission just plain sucks... Also, I really want the ability to remotely start the vehicle. What do y'all think?

My wife bought her '07 with a manual and didn't know how to drive it. I wanted the 73:1 crawl ratio and didn't like the auto so I said you'll learn to drive it or it'll sit and collect dust! She was driving it with no problems within a week. She wanted a manual again but like you, wanted remote start, so, 8 speed it is!

 

[drogers]

Just curious which transmission you guys are going with on your new JL Rubicon? I Love manual transmissions, but the Wife doesn't know how to drive a manual and doesn't want to learn. Plus we live in the San Francisco South Bay Area and being stuck in traffic with a manual transmission just plain sucks... Also, I really want the ability to remotely start the vehicle. What do y'all think?

Honestly, living in the Bay Area, I cant understand why you’d be all that interested in remote start. Any day hot enough to need AC, I’d have the lid and doors off, and there aren’t many days cold enough to need Pre-heating...

I never had a problem with traffic and a stick - you still gotta drive, wether it’s 50 feet or 50 miles. Now adaptive cruise or autopilot I could get behind...

 

[SuperDave]

I don’t get the traffic argument for not getting a manual. I lived, worked and commuted in heavy Dallas traffic for 15 yrs with a manual and never got tired of it. For me a manual makes driving more fun. In today’s smart phone and infotainment driving distracted world there’s an argument that driving a manual keeps you more focused on the task of driving = safety. Ultimately get what makes you happy...I’ll take a manual over auto any day of the week.

 

[sds]

I am just glad there's the option to choose. For so many other "dream vehicles" on my list, there is no transmission choice but what the "Factory" decides you need...

 

[Tunesoul]

Honestly, living in the Bay Area, I cant understand why you’d be all that interested in remote start. Any day hot enough to need AC, I’d have the lid and doors off, and there aren’t many days cold enough to need Pre-heating...

I never had a problem with traffic and a stick - you still gotta drive, wether it’s 50 feet or 50 miles. Now adaptive cruise or autopilot I could get behind...

I live in Morgan Hill where the average summer day temp is approx 95 degrees. I'm not going to take the roof and doors off everyday... Plus sometimes it's just too hot to not be running the AC. Anyway, there is no right or wrong answer, it's whatever works for you my brother.

 

[drogers]

I live in Morgan Hill where the average summer day temp is approx 95 degrees. I'm not going to take the roof and doors off everyday... Plus sometimes it's just too hot to not be running the AC. Anyway, there is no right or wrong answer, it's whatever works for you my brother.

I’m in Livermore, and it’s about the same. Roof and doors come off as soon as it stops raining, and don’t go back on until it gets too difficult to keep her dry...

 

[Matthew/E36]

In today’s smart phone and infotainment driving distracted world there’s an argument that driving a manual keeps you more focused on the task of driving = safety. Ultimately get what makes you happy...I’ll take a manual over auto any day of the week.

I keep phone in my pocket, so I can't pull it out from around the seatbelt if I wanted to.

But I do think my manual keeps me a little more engaged and anticipating traffic/road ahead. I test drove a Tesla and think a lot of cars will be like that in the near future.

 

[Tunesoul]

I’m in Livermore, and it’s about the same. Roof and doors come off as soon as it stops raining, and don’t go back on until it gets too difficult to keep her dry...

So you just leave it wide open ALL the time in the summer?!? That's gonna take its toll on the interior (UV light is really hard on interiors) for sure and do you really trust it wide open all the time in Livermore? You sir are one trusting soul, good for you!!! To each their own! Congrats on the new JL, can't wait till I get mine!

 

[Tunesoul]

I’m in Livermore, and it’s about the same. Roof and doors come off as soon as it stops raining, and don’t go back on until it gets too difficult to keep her dry...

BTW, this thread is getting way off topic! :-D

 

[maguro]

I love manuals because most of my activity partners don't know how to drive a manual.

When it comes to car pooling, we always take their vehicles.

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