The main differences between manual and automatic are:
1)gas mileage -- manual owners are reporting highway mileage around 23 mpg
while my automatic (Westy) gets 19 mpg. 2) speed -- manuals are faster cause
you can wind that bad boy out, automatics are more leisurely.  Flip side of
that is I haven't found a way to over rev with the automatic aside from
manually down shifting.

Automatics don't have the 3-4 problem of the manuals but could have a whole
nuther set of problems if not maintained properly (regular fluid changes).

Chuck
'85 Wolfsburg Westy - Roland

In a message dated Wed, 22 Nov 2000  7:52:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, Robert
Osborn <OsbornSmyth@GATEWAY.NET> writes:

<<    Just a survey.  Can anyone offer evidence of performance/torque
differences between the manual and the automatic?  I have had a manual 90 gl
for two years,  and have been thinking about purchasing a 91 Carat MV,  which
is an automatic.  Are there some torque advantages/disadvantages to the
automatic?  Is there a significant weight diffenence between the manual and
automatic transmissions?

   Thanks for your observations.

   Rob 90 Gl 2.1
 >>