Ladies and Moms (ok Dads too) - Manual or Automatic for my baby girl and why!

ltullos

One of my fatherly accomplishments that I'm actually proud of is the both my son and daughter learned to drive M/Ts when starting out and still prefer today (13-15 yrs later). My main reason for pushing this is that I see too many AT "drivers" being passengers, as it doesn't require nearly as much driver attention and awareness. Although it was certainly more difficult for them learning to drive, I'm convinced that made them better drivers. The #1 accident cause by teens and many adults is simply lack of attention and awareness, and this is 10X worse today with cell phones. M/Ts don't eliminate that problem, but they do raise a bit of a barrier. BTW, it will also keep their retard (n.o.i.) friends from driving their cars. Good luck. The one thing that is certain is that you will need all of it you can get!