Just Asking

[jennyjoan]

Can you buy brand new Hyundai 10 with gears. Not automatic

[douglas9401]

Yes

[barry1010]

They do 6 manual models and 4 automatic, no idea of availability, though

[Khandro]

Out of interest; why would you, or anyone, not want an automatic car?

[bednobs]

Auto s tend to be more expensive both to buy and fix

[aelmpvw]

interesting, haven't driven a manual for thirty years, wonder how easy i would find it?

[ToraToraTora]

Automatic all day long, wouldn't dream of getting a manual car now. I've had a few track day cars that were manual but that's different. What with modern traffic it must be a nightmare driving a manual these days.

[jennyjoan]

right - some of you have given me food for thought re the automatic.

Why I didn't think of the automatic was my deceased friend hated hers (it belonged to hubby) as she felt she had no control over it.

So she warned me never to buy one.

Having said that an automatic would do me nicely (if I could control it) - as I am finding it extremely painful to use the gear stick because of broken shoulder over the years probably now has rheumatism

So yes I may look into an automatic

So is it easy to drive after driving gear stick for 40 years now

My neighbour has an automatic and so I may ask her to let me have a go in a secluded car park

[jennyjoan]

also stopping at so many traffic lights pains me greatly

[ToraToraTora]

drive with one foot, stop or go, what could be simpler to control??

[Hymie]

A few of the many reasons to drive a manual rather than an automatic are; being in the correct gear for the road conditions, the car not changing down the gears when you want to accelerate (saving fuel), no energy lost in a torque converter – although I would admit, automatics are much improved from the days of only having three gears.

[ToraToraTora]

jj, the best advice I can give is plant your left foot and don't use it at ll. D to G, R to reverse, forget all the +/- tiptronic stuff you don't need it. Then Brake/accelerate with the right foot, make sure you put it in P when you get out, no need to use the hand brake at all.

[jennyjoan]

just chatted on chat line with my local garage - brand new far too expensive for me as I only want a wee run-around. So it would have to be an oldie automatic.

I'll call down next week

TTT - D-G means ?

[jennyjoan]

where could I browse valuations of the automatic hyundai i10 - can't seem to find sites - also the "chat" man not very knowledgeable.

[ToraToraTora]

D(rive) = Go forward, (R)everse = Backwards

[ToraToraTora]

just do a search on ebay
https://tinyurl.com/78bex3zv
sort by distance and Voila!

[ToraToraTora]

oh sorry also filter for automatics

[jennyjoan]

thanks all for answers

[tiggerblue10]

I have a manual licence but have only driven automatics. I was fine with the gears but my clutch control was the main issue. The only problem with automatics is when you're going up a hill....well for me it is anyway! Lol

[barry1010]

I would never go back to a manual gearbox, love my automatic

[jennyjoan]

what kind of a problem Tiggs