I'm confused still. I mean... breaks let you stop. Unless you're on ice or going extra fast there shouldn't be a problem stopping unless you have bad breaks.




I stand by if you supposedly "need" more control then you're doing something wrong.

I mean I've been in two accidents. One, I was at a stop sign sitting. The girl was sitting behind me in her car. A car zoomed by. She took this as it was time to hit the gas... right into the back of me. The other one, I was going a bit too fast in weather I should not have been driving in for any reason (a near complete whiteout) and the girl I hit hadn't cleaned any snow off her car except for a bit on her windshield so I hit her since her breaklights were covered. Manual wouldn't have helped with those.

I've had close calls when I needed to stop fast or go quick... And I've always been able to do it in an automatic. I mean... I love jumping off the line when its red and turns green and I'm rarely if ever beat by anyone. I've driven things from a a super old Camry (an auto, though) to a brand new Honda Civic and its fine. Its about how you drive the car. And in bad weather, its about your tires.