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Manual or automatic?

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NotSpaghetti Mon 02-Nov-20 18:59:05

If you take your test in an automatic I believe you can't drive a manual.

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NotSpaghetti Mon 02-Nov-20 18:58:19

I have driven both. Personally I prefer a manual and they are a bit cheaper to purchase and run (I understand). BUT, if you find driving tricky, as my aunt did, an automatic gives you a lot less to do - think dodgem car!

My aunt took dozens of lessons when I was a girl and failed her test at least three of four times. She passed 1st go in an automatic and drove well for years with no accidents or problems.

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silverlining48 Mon 02-Nov-20 18:56:24

Definitely automatic, much easier but I wonder if you take a test in an automatic car whether you are able and qualified to drive manual at some other time.
But I would never go back to manual. No hill starts. What’s not to like, much easier on the knees. Our doctor recommended automatic, he was right.

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dragonfly46 Mon 02-Nov-20 18:54:02

I would learn in a manual car then you can drive both. If you take your test in an automatic car you are restricted to automatics and they tend to be more expensive.
Having said that I love my automatic

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Trisha57 Mon 02-Nov-20 18:52:03

Sorry, that should have been "never bothered to apply for her test".

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Trisha57 Mon 02-Nov-20 18:51:23

My daughter is in her late 30s with two young children. She does not drive, although she had lessons in her late teens but never bothered to apply for her licence, as we lived in London then and it was easy to use public transport.

Now she has decided that she really needs to drive, both for the convenience (she now lives in a small town with fewer transport links), and it would also improve her prospects at work.

She is thinking that she should have lessons in an automatic car rather than a manual, as she has been told it is much easier. Has anyone here had experience of both, and what would you advise?

Many thanks.

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