Help with 2002 Toyota RAV4

**CJ from Granite Bay, CA** · 01-04-2002, 12:23 PM

Which type of transmission do you prefer manual or automatic. Some automatics give the driver the feeling of shifting through the gears. However, using a manual tranny and shifting through the gears, bringing that tach up to the red line and chirping the tires is a different story.

**imported_memnuts** · 01-04-2002, 12:36 PM

At my age and a bad left hip , plenty of horsepower and torque, high-performanced tuned transmission, faster 0-60` ( most street encounters) and faster 1/4 mile E.T - 4 spd automatic.

Needless to say I do miss manual on those back road excursions but not in traffic.

**Lemonxxs** · 01-04-2002, 12:41 PM

Both!! for the daily driver Automatic please!!! 3000 miles a month will make you tired.

For fun a speedster with Manual is fun.

**Laird Sparks** · 01-06-2002, 12:36 AM

Those Manumatic, steptronic, and clutchless manual Transmissions would be my choice.

**Clean Dean** · 01-09-2002, 12:42 AM

I love driving manual when I`m <span style=`color: red`>DRIVING, but when sitting in NY/NJ traffic I admit it... I NEED THE AUTOMATIC!!!

**imported_maesal** · 01-09-2002, 02:46 AM

Manual for SURE. I don`t mind putting up with the city stop and go driving.

But I`m sure a lot of people on this forum buy cars for different reasons than I do.

**Redcar GUY** · 01-09-2002, 07:59 AM

I love the 6 speed that my car has(SS) but for everyday driving I like the auto in the Satty and the caviler>

**Jngrbrdman** · 01-09-2002, 04:06 PM

Hmmm....interesting question. If I was given the choice to live my life always in an automatic or always in a standard I`d have to have the standard. Maybe I wouldn`t feel that way if my redline wasn`t up past 8000.

I`ll admit that when I`m in a traffic jam I`d rather be in an auto but I can endure it because of the times that I`m not in traffic jams.

**dengelson** · 01-09-2002, 09:26 PM

I`m a motorcycle guy at heart so I prefer a manual tranny.

**nerdhunters** · 01-19-2002, 11:35 AM

Well, let me think about it. I`ve owned a Lotus Europa with a 5 speed, BMW 320i 4 speed, Ford Bronco 5 speed, BMW 325e 4 speed, BMW M3 5 speed, BMW M5 6 speed, gee I guess I like the manual !! I got my wife an automatic though.

**tldesigner** · 01-20-2002, 10:30 PM

Manual...manual...manual... but the Cobra clutch is murder in traffic. I have never felt a stiffer clutch pedal!

**imported_Brad** · 01-20-2002, 11:00 PM

I have a Tiptronic 5-speed in my S4 and love it. Everything else is manual.

**G Money** · 01-21-2002, 03:20 PM

I have 5-speeds in both my daily driver truck and my "baby", a `93 Thunderbird SC.

Wouldn`t change for anything, even in traffic.

If I had arthritis or an injured foot, that`d be different.

**boywonder** · 01-21-2002, 05:44 PM

I like both but if I had to make a preference, I would get a manual. Especially one with a short throw shifter.

**janderson** · 01-23-2002, 09:25 AM

There is no other way. I drive for about an hour each day, to and from work with my manual, and it does get a bit tiresome on really heavy traffic days. But in the end, when I have some teenie bopper pull up next to me in his suped up Neon, I sometimes have to break out the 7500 RPM. You don`t get that in an automatic transmission.

Hey, think of it this way; you are building up your calf muscles

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Best regards.