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17-09-2006, 08:02 AM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Victoria
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As the heading suggests. Do you have a manual licence or an automatic licence?
I have a manual one.
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17-09-2006, 08:54 AM
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V8 Powaah
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Sunshine Coast, QLD
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Got a manual licence now, but my Manual driving skills are craptacular.
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17-09-2006, 08:58 AM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Had to replace the clutch in my SS 6 speed after 40'000 km....I have a manual lisence but probably dont deserve one
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17-09-2006, 09:00 AM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Gold Coast
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In NSW I was under the impression there is only one licence, manual and automatic. If you take your driving test on an automatic your only prohibited from driving a manual for 1 year (red P's), once your off, it's ok to drive both.
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17-09-2006, 09:03 AM
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V8 Powaah
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Sunshine Coast, QLD
Posts: 1,994
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alstar5, yep thats correct. That is why i cant drive a Manual very well.
I still feel sympathy for that hired Hilux i drove last year.
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17-09-2006, 09:12 AM
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Grunt Files
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Rockhampton QLD
Posts: 466
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i wouldnt waste your time with a auto licence i would hate to have one then find that dream car and then i cant get it cause i only can drive autos
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17-09-2006, 09:14 AM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 15
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i learnt to drive manual the hard way, drove from melbourne to Sydney with my ex-fiancee, and that was the first time i EVER had driven a manual
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17-09-2006, 09:16 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 12,083
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When I got my license there was no difference.. a license was a license (so I got it in an auto just to be lazy
 ) but get to drive manuals too.
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17-09-2006, 09:24 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 1,049
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Manual, I actually have to concentrate when driving auto lol.
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17-09-2006, 10:30 AM
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Its Resonating!
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Sydney, NSW
Posts: 1,612
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[QUOTE=xr8man83]i wouldnt waste your time with a auto licence i would hate to have one then find that dream car and then i cant get it cause i only can drive autos[/
Exzactly wont I was thinking, I got a manual license but drive auto  out:
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17-09-2006, 11:12 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Is that your face, or did you neck throw up
Posts: 3,041
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I am very surprised that there are members here that can't drive a manual car. Maybe I am a little harsh, but in my opinion if you can not drive a manual competently then you should not be on the road.. It is a basic driving skill... My wife's 80 year old granny drive a manual,, How bloody hard can it be....
Note: I am not condoning driving auto's. I just seriously believe that all driving test's should be done in a manual gear box car. |
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17-09-2006, 11:22 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Barossa Valley, South Australia
Posts: 3,381
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No such thing as an auto or manual licence here in SA as far as I am aware. I just got a licence and it allows me to drive whatever car I feel like.
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17-09-2006, 11:26 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: FoMoCo
Posts: 3,441
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I got my P's at 16 in a manual. In SA at the time if you went for your P's in an auto or manual you could drive both (I beleave it's still the same). At the time my folks hounded me to learn in manual & get my licence in a manual. (which I wasnt happy about at the time) But i am now.
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17-09-2006, 12:50 PM
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IWCMOGTVM Club Supporter
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Northern Suburbs Melbourne
Posts: 17,799
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I have a full licence which means that I can drive both, which is handy when my car is a manual.
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17-09-2006, 01:02 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: WA, Perth/ Pilbara
Posts: 2,473
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I have a Manuel/ Auto Car licence and Heavy Rigid Truck licence
Haven’t driven a Manuel car in 6 months And haven’t driven any class of Truck in 2 years And I get a cool maroon coloured border around my licence instead of the blue one LOL |
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17-09-2006, 01:06 PM
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Argg..
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 58
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got a manual, used them on the farm when I was younger, (just 18 now :P) so I find it easy to drive them
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17-09-2006, 01:40 PM
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Dirty ute club member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Playing silly buggers in the gravel
Posts: 580
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Manual.
When learning I think the way I was taught is probably the best way. Start off in an auto untill your confident and can drive in all sorts of traffic without getting flustered and know all the rules etc etc then move into a manual. That way you only really have to concentrate on just trying to get the manual driving down pat as you are already comfortable driving around. Ive seen alot of people try and drive a manual the first time and really screw up as theyre trying to concentrate on doing 5 things at once. Bring out clutch and revs but not too high and not too low and looking for other drivers and everything else we just do automatically. I have my manual licence. I drive a manual and wouldnt have it any other way. MY mate said to me one day "Ive become so lazy since having an auto. Its made my driving go way down hill" and Ive noticed the same. You dont concentrate as much cos you just put your foot down and go. Dont know if anyone sees it like this but thats my 2c. |
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17-09-2006, 01:57 PM
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What's green is gold
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Shepparton
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had to gt my auto license, didnt have a manual to practise in, except the old mans FJ40, the gears were soo far apart, pump the clutch then the brake, had to hold them in for exactly the right amount of time each or they wouldnt work...
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17-09-2006, 02:09 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
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i got a auto license but i drive a manual
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17-09-2006, 02:20 PM
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The 'Stihl' Man
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: TAS
Posts: 27,591
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Seriously, if you cant get your manual licence then your very lazy, or have a good medicle excuse for it.
Anyone car steer a car, you should learn how to drive a manual, regardless if you buy an auto. It should be mandatory IMO. What if there is an emergency, and the only car is a manual, and you cant drive it because you were to lazy to get the licence.You never know when you will need it. My family always owned auto's, so I had six lessons in a manual car and then got my licence. Its easy as.
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17-09-2006, 02:27 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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17-09-2006, 02:58 PM
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LPG > You
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Posts: 4,277
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I'm on my Green P's, means I can drive whatever. I got my red P's on auto originally, then 3 months later did the test again in manual.
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17-09-2006, 03:01 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 130
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yeah go the maroon licences so much better than blue get bouncers a bit confused too
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17-09-2006, 03:04 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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with road safety an important issue, how are people allowed to get an auto license and then be able to drive a manual with no previous experience when they get their full license? if you get an auto license, that should be the only thing you can drive till you get a manual license. |
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17-09-2006, 03:11 PM
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DELANY
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 1,733
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manual license
but i drive an auto
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17-09-2006, 04:08 PM
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IWCMOGTVM Club Supporter
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Northern Suburbs Melbourne
Posts: 17,799
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They're not, it's actually an illegal practice while a person is on there P's. When your on your full licence than you can drive what you want. |
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17-09-2006, 04:41 PM
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you need experience and education to get a car license so why is the government creating a way that anyone (who has a full license but has never driven manual) can get behind the wheel of a manual car with no idea what they are doing? its the same as giving a 16 yo a car and saying "there you go, figure it out yourself....on the road". this law should really be looked at, at least from a safety point of view. |
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17-09-2006, 05:28 PM
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IWCMOGTVM Club Supporter
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Northern Suburbs Melbourne
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Missed that bit. But seriously I got my Auto licence for my P's than when I got off em I bought my manual car and drove it. Guess what no problems! Just sat in the left lane till I got the hang of it and that took a good two weeks. If your really concerned with drivers safety than a defence driving course where these kids learn to control the car if the end kicks out. Than on top of that why not have them learn basic car maintenance on the car as well. If all it took was to have a manual licence to be a good driver and save people's lives than it would be made manditory, but guess what there are as many morons out there with manual licence's who are a hazard on the road. |
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17-09-2006, 05:36 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Canberra
Posts: 13,465
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Manual. Whenever I drive an auto it just doesn't feel right. Keep reaching for the clutch when there isn't one. Everyone should be made to learn to drive in a manual car. Anyone can drive an auto. But then again some families only have an auto car which is why it will never happen.
It's not that hard to learn in a manual. It took me 1/2 day to learn how to drive the TX5. |
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17-09-2006, 05:47 PM
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The Vengeful One
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Tazzy
Posts: 12,765
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Got an Manual licence, my work bus XF is a 4 speed manual, and the EB is an auto.
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