drove an automatic car today!!!

im a huge fan of automatics...used to have a montego with an oversized engine and a kick accelerator....like the ** wind!

seriously heavy on the petrol, Avoid!

I had one for 6 month.

They're okay as long as you don't keep kicking the accelerator down hard to chamge down a gear, then it gulps it up, well, mine does.

If you do any amount of driving in cities.....they're great........your clutch leg can relax and frees up your left hand for eating, texting, v signs, whatever...

iv got one but it drinks petrol like heather eats kitkats but still a decent motor as i live in london so lotsof traffick

I mostly drive auto's the best one was also the most ugly looking car too,a Ford Scorpio 2.9 cosworth ultima est,that car was fan bleedin tastic to drive,i kept the thing for about 8 years,and was sorry to see it go,the only downside was it cost 28k new,let it go for a grand trade in have always regretted it since,I still have hunger pangs when i see one for sale.

just been out in it again today...i am gonna have to get one

only ever driven autos..

why anyone wants all that clutch and gear changing stuff is beyond me.

Had all sorts of cars in my time: manual; automatic; tiptronic; distronic; sonic the hedgehog; and I can honestly say I prefer the good old fashioned manual gearbox anyday.

Audi A4 deisel Auto, about 50 to a gallon sorted.

I had one of these once. Those were the days! :^0

http://www.rootes-chrysler.co.uk/car-development/dev-bagheera.html

Is that one of those fancy DSG gear boxes,they tend to be alot better allround than the old style auto box ?

The worst auto i ever had was a Mercedes C220 CDi est with tiptronic box that car was the most useless heap of sh*te always breaking down failing to start,in and out of the main dealer they could never find anything wrong with it.I kept the thing for 1 year then I replaced it with a Audi A6 2.7 TDi est,that car is surperb never lets me down ever,its auto box is so smooth,good motorway cruiser,and very frugal too.I would reccomend Audi to anyone,good car.

Audi,nice cars despise the dealers,the pompous prats

V.V.yes you are right,I only had the first service done by them now I use a local Audi specialist,half the price for labour,my Audi main agents are a just a bunch of tw@ts up their ars*s.

You think they're bad, try a Jaguar garage/dealership.

Thieving bastids.

ive had a driving license since i was 17 (now 38) and havnt driven since day i passed , just passed test straight away with 10 lessons mum bought me for birthday and wasnt bothered after that

thought about getting an automatic as i assume they must be so easy to drive after such a long lay off from driving , and i may have to start driving to work in near future as i dont fancy getting pulbic transport

what are the best ones at a decent price,, 2nd hand ones probably dont want to spend a load of money,, i know Audi mentioned above but im guessing these are really expensive

or where are there any good car sites to look at them,, cheers

Big Charlie,I know that for sure I had a couple of XJ's the last being a XJ40,so you can tell how long ago that was,nice cars but my god can they charge for servicing,it was not unusual to get a bill of £750 things were always dropping off it as well.People told me it was a car for a old man,so perhaps I should get another!

People told me it was a car for a old man, so perhaps I should get another!

I've got an XJ40 :(

Looks like a fish?,have a look at AUTO TRADER or PISTON HEADS,plenty to look at depending on your budget,Audi's are very well built,dont touch main agents,go for a diesel engine,dont worry about high miles they just keep going for ever,you can get a ten year old A4 1.9 TDi with say 120k miles for about 2k,those would be worth a look but say 6/8k you could go for a nice A3,hope you get on ok.

cheers will take a look at auto trader first,, heard of that before

Sorry Big Charlie,Ive put my foot in it!when I had those I was in my 30s I loved the thing but my friends said it was the wrong image for me.the first 40 i had was the little 2.9,gold in colour,after that I had a 3.2 sport in morroccan red,they never complained at that.But now with small children i need the est'.

Mines Moroccan Red, but the grand-daughter, who is 6, insists it's purple :^0

I had a MK 2 when I was 19.

That was a bird puller :)

MK2s great looking car's

They certainly were

Mine was a 3.8 manual change, pillar box red, spoke wheels and two spotlights. Petrol was about 6 bob a gallon (30p for youngsters) Reg. plate was 333 STN, probably worth a few quid today.