Auto vs Manual which one is stronger?

I will admit there are times I have had to get creative where an auto would have been better but for the most part I have no issue on any terrain, and I go some fucking places.

The one time I wanted an auto was on hells gate when I had to stop almost at the top. I used the ebrake to hold me while I slipped the clutch a little, then I popped everything at once. Course with an auto I'd be slipping the TC and building heat like crazy.

About the same spot as this FJ.





Really I just wish I had a cralwer box.

The rest of the time I don't mind driving a manual. Then again I'm early 20s so...

As to which is stronger... I'm not really sure. I'd expect the manual, aside from the clutch, should last longer than the auto. However, I'd expect they're both going to last a long time. Which can handle more abuse? Hard to say. Does it really matter...? They're both decent transmissions. Yeah there are things to dislike about both of them, but in the end, they're both pretty decent overall.

Drive whichever floats your boat. I'd drive an auto, I'd drive the manual. I don't really care. I am in my HD auto tranny class now though and manual transmissions are a lot easier to work on, IMO.

 

That's pretty awesome!

 

Oh no no... never ever. I'm a puss.

 

I wouldn't subject my vehicle to that. Nor would I attempt it in a vehicle I didn't own.

 

Subject it? You're not pushing past any failure point. The only thing that you might be subject to harsh operation is the TC/auto tranny due to heat build up, or the clutch on a manual. Theres enough traction to walk right up that in 4lo. No shock loading on any gears. etc... etc...

I do own my vehicle. Outright.

 

If you know how to drive a manual you won't roll back at all, especially in 4lo.

also to the cell phone comment if you weren't kidding.

 

I wouldn't try that in my Taco, but i would on a 4 wheeler anyday

 

lol I did it in my Taco but I wouldn't on my quad.

 

lol

 

More clutches in an automatic stick only has one.

 

No issues with my auto. 88k so far plenty of offroad in 4L. I do a drain/fill (Not full flush) about every 15k to keep some fresh stuff in there. Since I started that the fluid has always looked fine. Its no harder than changing engine oil

 

I think it is the advancement in the soft materials and fluid that make the automatics so strong these days compared to the past. The mentality used to be that metal is always better, but as with synthetic winch lines, this is not always the case. As for the auto tranny heating up, I have the towing package oil cooler and a scanguge, and I have not seen my transmission temperature ever really rise. It is pretty steady. I think engineers are smarter than that. Heat up that manual clutch on the other hand and wouldn't it fade just like brakes?

 

I watched your video last night was wondering how a manual would be on that

 

I've learned to drive in a stick and have always driven a stick. Sure, I've had autos but even my auto has paddle shifters.

But my question is why is your left leg shaking? My old commute was two hours each way, hitting three traffic jams and I never had that kind of problem.

 

so true

 

The engine drives the impeller, they're connected, so when you're holding the the truck from rolling back like that but the turbine can't really move, that fluid has to do something. So it's bouncing off all the angles like crazy. That's what causes heat build up. If you're "stalling" your truck a lot you'll see temp rises.

Auto transmissions can handle a lot of abuse if well designed, no doubt about that.

Tough but doable, especially if you don't have to stop. I had to slip it a few times going up though and not just when stopped. Need lower gears.

 

I like to distance run, maybe that's it.

 

i'm happy with my 5 speed. 72K miles and zero issues. keep on truckin

 

I do kicking patterns for show.

 

I agree.
I love MT, especially in sport sedans and sport cars. Love rowing gears but do hate the occasional stop and go traffic. Plus, with all the wimps out there now days, no one will ever borrow my truck because they don't have the slightest idea how to shift it so that is an added bonus. At least my 15 YO son will know how to drive a MT and will probably be the only kid in his school that will know how. Now days the closest thing to manuals are when you "manually" tap the floppy paddle shifters.. ha ha.. Proper vehicles have 3 pedals.