British Expats - Manual or Automatic in Canada?

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British Expats (https://britishexpats.com/forum/)

- The Maple Leaf (https://britishexpats.com/forum/maple-leaf-98/)

- - Manual or Automatic in Canada? (https://britishexpats.com/forum/maple-leaf-98/manual-automatic-canada-764918/)

magnumpi

Aug 30th 2012 3:37 am

Re: Manual or Automatic in Canada?

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Originally Posted by cheeky_monkey (Post 10255249)

i couldn't have a car with no AC.

+1

AC is a :thumbsup: for me.

dbd33

Aug 30th 2012 3:44 am

Re: Manual or Automatic in Canada?

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Originally Posted by magnumpi (Post 10255257)

+1

AC is a :thumbsup: for me.

The AC in my car hasn't worked since the car was new, it didn't seem worth making a fuss about. Do you drive outside of Canada a lot?

Jingsamichty

Aug 30th 2012 3:59 am

Re: Manual or Automatic in Canada?

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Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 10255276)

The AC in my car hasn't worked since the car was new, it didn't seem worth making a fuss about. Do you drive outside of Canada a lot?

But if I recall correctly, your car also fails to have a roof? ;)

daiske

Aug 30th 2012 4:12 am

Re: Manual or Automatic in Canada?

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Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 10255276)

The AC in my car hasn't worked since the car was new, it didn't seem worth making a fuss about. Do you drive outside of Canada a lot?

Not really.

I think it will almost impossible to resell it without AC.

dbd33

Aug 30th 2012 4:31 am

Re: Manual or Automatic in Canada?

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Originally Posted by Jingsamichty (Post 10255307)

But if I recall correctly, your car also fails to have a roof? ;)

Yes. Running the airco in a convertible is raising a postively Albertan finger at the fate of the world.

dbd33

Aug 30th 2012 4:35 am

Re: Manual or Automatic in Canada?

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Originally Posted by daiske (Post 10255336)

Not really.

I think it will almost impossible to resell it without AC.

My car or cars in general? If the former, it's a five year old VW, I'd struggle to give it away with or without options. In general, I don't think that's the case in Ontario, this is a cold place so airco isn't really relevant. I honestly can't recall which of the cars I've owned had air conditioning.

Oink	Aug 30th 2012 4:40 am

Re: Manual or Automatic in Canada?

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Originally Posted by daiske (Post 10255244)

What would you prefer, a car with AC but a quite basic interior, or a car with no AC (and black colour:unsure:), but with cruise control, USB connector, Sirius satellite radio, steering wheel-mounted audio controls.
The rest of the features are more or less the same. In MB.

I am voting for the AC, my OH prefers the other one...:sneaky:

Will it be very difficult to sell a car with manual transmission? and with no AC?

Go for AC. It'd be uncomfortable to live with and difficult to sell it without it.

magnumpi

Aug 30th 2012 5:17 am

Re: Manual or Automatic in Canada?

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Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 10255276)

The AC in my car hasn't worked since the car was new, it didn't seem worth making a fuss about. Do you drive outside of Canada a lot?

I sit in my car for 8-14 hours a day. It gets a bit warm without having the AC on now n again. :eek:

MarkG

Aug 30th 2012 7:15 am

Re: Manual or Automatic in Canada?

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Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 10255368)

I don't think that's the case in Ontario, this is a cold place so airco isn't really relevant.

If I remember correctly, this year I first turned the car's AC on in March.

dbd33

Aug 30th 2012 1:39 pm

Re: Manual or Automatic in Canada?

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Originally Posted by MarkG (Post 10255575)

If I remember correctly, this year I first turned the car's AC on in March.

In Florida?

Novocastrian

Aug 30th 2012 2:15 pm

Re: Manual or Automatic in Canada?

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Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 10256074)

In Florida?

He claims to be in Saskatoon. AC in March may simply be a fantasy.

Having said that, I wouldn't want a car in the GTA without air conditioning; and to keep the thread vaguely on topic, manual all the way.

An automatic costs typically $1000 more than a manual and for that you can get air conditioning.

I rest my case.

ultrarunner

Aug 30th 2012 11:12 pm

Re: Manual or Automatic in Canada?

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Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 10256104)

I believe most of us that came from the UK, would have passed our DT in manual mode anyway, so it's not like we can't drive manual.

Novocastrian

Aug 31st 2012 2:34 am

Re: Manual or Automatic in Canada?

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Originally Posted by ultrarunner (Post 10256709)

I believe most of us that came from the UK, would have passed our DT in manual mode anyway, so it's not like we can't drive manual.

Why did you quote my post and then make a completely irrelevant comment?

Howefamily

Aug 31st 2012 2:36 am

Re: Manual or Automatic in Canada?

I wouldnt want to go through a Nova Scotia summer without AC in my car. Isnt it meant to be warmer than here in Ontario in the summer?

iaink

Aug 31st 2012 2:44 am

Re: Manual or Automatic in Canada?

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Originally Posted by Howefamily (Post 10257019)

I wouldnt want to go through a Nova Scotia summer without AC in my car. Isnt it meant to be warmer than here in Ontario in the summer?

Dbd is talking for show I expect. 29Â° here today (again). Its been a long hot summer. AC in the car is a good thing sometimes. AC at home also a bonus, although my $150 hydro bill ($170 without the government rebate) not so much.

Ive had cars here where the AC didnt work and I survived, although its not great in or after a thunderstom when the windows are closed.

Ive never had one that didnt have it originally though.

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