Manual or Auto - which do you prefer?

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Originally Posted by silestanix

I'm a Manual man through and through but my C70 is an automatic; have had to revert to automatics as I have problems with my left knee (I'm only 26 too ) .

Saying that though, the C70 (and my previous V70)'s autoboxes are one of the best I've used. The adaptive means exactly that, changing when required according to the situation. On the flip side, I drove a Vauxhall Insignia CDTi 160 for 6 months last year and it's got to be one of the worst auto boxes I'd ever used, I had to use the tiptronic instead 80% of the time as the gearbox just 'slipped' under heavy acceleration...quite poor.

Hi silestanix. Sorry to hear about the knee, hopefully it can be fixed. My first auto was a Vauxhall Carlton, which was great. No problems accelerating although, being an old duffer, my right foot is fairly gentle 99% of the time. So you're saying you used "heavy" acceleration 20% of the time? Seriously, its certainly not good if you need a quick manoeuvre and the gears slip. Did you have it checked?