Auto gearbox prejudice

imac
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Auto gearbox prejudice

Postby imac » Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:17 pm

Okay so here’s a question.

Am I unreasonably prejudiced against auto gearboxes?

I am looking for a fairly modern 4x4, something softroady but with some capability i.e an X-Trail, Prado, etc but they are all auto.  I have never owned a auto and I like the perceived control I have with a manual.

The reality is that I will do 80% of my driving on roads, 15% on tracks and maybe 5% genuinely off road getting to hunting areas, I don’t have a boat so it won’t be a tower.  I would like to play off road more just for fun and I am not concerned about my ‘shiny’ getting bit bashed and scratched.

Looking at the price range I am buying in (circa $35k) everything is auto and I don’t have the mechanical ability to maintain an older, higher ks vehicle which is manual.
Is my auto prejudice unreasonable?   

What are the pros and cons?

Cheers

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