I have owned vanagons with both manual and automatic.
I did like shifting the manual, and felt more in
control of my speed. I did not have to use my brakes
as much as I do in my A/T.
The automatic is nice because I can sip from my coffee
while making a slow turn. In my manual I would have to
shift while holding my coffee, and making the turn. I
do find that I use the brakes much more with the A/T.
Now that I have had both, I would stick with the A/T,
it is smooth and climbs hills fine. I was just up at
Angels Camp weekend before last, and it cruised as
expected.

Rick
Sacto

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Rick

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