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[feeutfo]

Given the high clutch pedal and the vibration through it, signal box style throw on the gear lever, and the dual mass fly wheel issues of the very poor manual box, the auto is far more refind and i'll stick with that thanks.

Also given my comute, the traffic even on shift hours, and going anywhere near a town means queueing, Bah, i dont miss amanual tbh.

Slight annoyance is the pick up of the auto at the apex, which is long gone by the time drive is resumed after breaking.

Use sport mode more imo.

Lol, I used to find the manual an ok box to be honest (certainly mine was fine) and as we know, the DMF on these are pretty much trouble free (way more relaible than the auto box!).

As for the throw, for me it was fine but its not to hard to adjust either.......

Your clearly just getting to old, thought of buyinga  pikey wagon 

... Oooh, Is that a nibble from Mr Steam power?

[Dishevelled Den]

A marmite subject obviously.

To use one of these impressively fancy phrases <po face on> I suppose it’s very much application dependant really <off>  

The only thing I can say about it is that I got cheesed off pumping a clutch pedal for a fair proportion of the day all the while trying to meet the expectation of the individual in the back to have a magic carpet ride through a risk area while they spoke balls to whomever accompanied them or, in the latter years, still speaking a remarkably similar amount of balls only this time on a cellular telephone.

In terms of trying to drive a manual shift in a threat situation, the auto gives the driver greater leeway in negotiating the problem and frees them from the requirement to think about gear changes as, when you see and hear rounds hit ballistic glass, the last thing you want to do is ballick about with a gear lever and clutch pedal when control of the car and escape from the situation is the main thing to occupy a drivers mind as well as trying to assess the intensity and origin of the threat.

I always managed a wry smile when new people came into the job quite convinced that auto shifts were for Nancy boys and real drivers needed a manual to display and justify their talents – a few weeks in, and many 16 hour shifts in urban environments later, they were only too pleased to take an auto when they could get one.

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

I love the mechanical "hoik the lever and thunk" feeling of the manual Omega boxes. Much better than the horrid wobbly effort with no feel that most modern cars have. Even MrsGK likes the signal box effect.

[Andy B]

I love the mechanical "hoik the lever and thunk" feeling of the manual Omega boxes. Much better than the horrid wobbly effort with no feel that most modern cars have. Even MrsGK likes the signal box effect.

that'll be because most 'modern cars' have a cable (or linkage of some sort) between your gear lever & the sideways gearbox miles away at the front of the car to change gear. On your Omega, the gearbox is more or less under neath your hand.

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

I love the mechanical "hoik the lever and thunk" feeling of the manual Omega boxes. Much better than the horrid wobbly effort with no feel that most modern cars have. Even MrsGK likes the signal box effect.

that'll be because most 'modern cars' have a cable (or linkage of some sort) between your gear lever & the sideways gearbox miles away at the front of the car to change gear. On your Omega, the gearbox is more or less under neath your hand.

Exactly - one of a great many reasons I prefer RWD cars. But not all of them have the long throw that I love. Mainly because it's idiotproof...

[Omegatoy]

CHANGE IT TO MANUAL nuff said!!

[serek]

CHANGE IT TO MANUAL nuff said!!

+ 1 here 

[jonnycool]

CHANGE IT TO MANUAL nuff said!!

+2

[VXL V6]

Your car, your rules. 

I like the laziness of the auto coupled with a big V6 and equally I like the manual on the DTi so you can keep it 'on the turbo'.

[millwall]

when i saw the title i thought you had been to brighton for the day with no lube

keep it a auto

[cem_devecioglu]

experienced auto and manual on the same car..  it wont be exaggeration to say, its the difference betwen a pussy home cat and a wild tiger..
 
no more autos , never again!!

[Dishevelled Den]

when i saw the title i thought you had been to brighton for the day with no lube

keep it a auto

  Outstanding. 

[Ken T]

I think the auto is more becoming the transmission for today's roads. On my daily commute along the M62/M60 etc, often we are stopped, move off, stop again etc. If I want I can drive using accelerator, when we stop, just press the brake, when we move off again change to the accelerator etc. No need to mess around with this silly gear lever thingy.  And you see the guy in front, moving about, changing gear, letting off the handbrake, lurching forward cause he's heavy on the clutch, spilling his coffee etc. Or you can sit with the car in gear, having to keep the clutch pedal pressed down, wearing out the clutch.

There are too many cars on the roads, so there will always be queues of traffic, so auto kind of makes sense. Around here there are few roads with twisties that haven't got all manner of road calming cr*p, so a sports car would be nice but where can I use it ?. The occasion when I feel the need for speed, I floor the pedal, the car roars nicely and accelerates beautifully, and oops that's 30MPH, slow down  . I can always go onto the motorway but that's about as much fun as a wet fart . Before long roads will be full of skoda's and boxes like peug 106's doing 50MPH in the fast lane, like tonight, so enjoy our Migs while we can.

I did have to left foot brake in my last auto mig, when the diff front bearing went. If I came off the throttle, the prop shaft started vibrating up and down violently, shaking the car to bits, I had to keep revs up and keep torque on the bearing and slow down using the brakes. Got a bit busy at times.

Ken

[05omegav6]

It was already cold and wet and dark when you did the exhaust... With the car high enough and with help swapping the box out would have taken a couple of hours. Only a day by yourself.

[05omegav6]

PS only 27 (iirc) bolts.