If I was driving 8-10 hours per day I’d want an auto… I know manuals used to be cheaper and are still a little cheaper, but I’d have thought the reduced effort would be appealing.
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Manuals service and overhaul more easily, so if you are putting miles and miles and miles (err, kilometers) on your vehicle and you need it to be reliable and fixable with hand tools – get a manual. Otherwise, automatics are the better choice, in modern vehicles, for performance and fuel economy. The first time I drove a DSG gearbox my entire perspective on the manual vs automatic debate changed. However, a DSG, even in its relative (to a torque converted automatic) simplicity, is still more complex and harder to fix than a good old fashioned manual.
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