(November 14, 2015 at 12:21 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Manual. Quite apart from better fuel economy, you can still roll start the engine on a flat battery. With an automatic gearbox, you're knackered.
Yep. Give it some momentum, engage the second or third, release the clutch. I once got stuck on the line up the ramp to the lisbon 25th April bridge. Asked the others to give some room behind me and even started it on reverse. The problem? The starter motor was busted.