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Originally Posted by rmay635703
The reason I converted my auto Suburban from an auto to manual was
1. Reliability
2. Economy
I refuse to have a google account and can’t comment but if you do be sure to show that not just elite race drivers want a manual and that cost of ownership is a huge reason
AKA Every autotragic seems to die between 100k-200k with rare exceptions manuals for me at least keep going.
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Automatics get better mileage today than a manual (the way most people drive not hypermiling). The days of a 3 speed auto vs a 6 speed manual are long gone.
I've never had an automatic fail nor has anyone in my family. I tend to age out of cars these days instead of running them until they die (I keep cars until they are 10 years old)
That said, my parents E150 van had 330K miles on the original automatic, their Silverado is over 200K, and their Prius is at about 190K. (They traded the E150 on the Prius w/ Cash for Clunkers)