Stick or automatic

One of each?

Cause, you know, sometimes you want a stick, and sometimes you don't.

My main truck doesn't have it, farm truck does.  If I had to choose, no stick. 

Especially with kids, you end up using that free hand for other stuff.

Sure, want to buy me the second car ! 

Interesting responses so far. 

For some more information though my commute is only about 5 miles.  The worst traffic jams I have to deal with is getting stuck behind a tractor.  I rarely drive in the city, most of my driving is on country roads which get quite icy/snowy in the winter season.

Dude.........it's Limited. 

Why do you want a Wrangler LIMITED with 6 speeds?

IMO - this why you should get standard.  Yes I know you can still 'shift' in an automatic, but I feel that I have more control with a standard in challenging conditions.  Plus I just feel I have more control over the car in general - automatic's sometimes rev too high when they down shift, or do it at (IMO) the wrong time.  All of our vehicles are standards  - forester, tacoma and my wrangler, we do a lot of driving and I dont see us getting an automatic anytime soon.

We have three cars, my two are stick, my wife's is auto. 

Mine is a full size diesel truck, I hate towing anything with an auto, it never does what I want it to do when I want it to. So the stick in my truck is awesome for me. I drive 12 miles each way for work, but mostly country roads, no sitting in traffic.

My wife has the 25 mile one way commute with traffic. If I had her drive I would not drive my truck, it'd suck with all the stop and go. Also if we lived in a more urban area I would prob want auto. Boise is big but not crazy busy like Seattle. I drove stick in Seattle for a bit and it got to be a pain in the rear.

So, if your commute allows it and you can find one I'd go stick. IME the tranny will last longer and I prefer to be able to get the tranny to do what I want when I want, no playing footsy with the pedal to make it work. I guess I have control issues.

if you plan on some time in the dirt, I say standard.Having the amount of off road work driving that I have done as a geologist, I much prefer standard in general, but don't mind automatic for urban and highway driving. i believe that you are more engaged and therefore more in control. When I test drove my Outback on some dirt track - I was pushing through the gears, the salesman asked, nervously, "ah - so what is it that you do for a living?" "I'm a geologist". He visibly relaxes and says, "We'll, in THAT case, lets have some FUN!"

. However, after teaching someone to drive on my Subie, I believe that standards are best for one -driver cars.

. Having said that, believe that if you teach someone to drive, you should teach them to drive a standard. that avoids having to teach them twice and saves the embarrassment of having to say "I can't drive stick".

. Everywhere I said "believe", it is just That. Anyone wanting to challenge me with facts and stats, I got nothing. Just my "feeling" for it.

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It's not like you are the only one... but out here, sticks tend to break stuff. People get too heavy with the skinny pedal and dump the clutch. After that, they burn up a starter because they stall out about 20 times on each obstacle. The only way to do it right is to get a hand throttle on the stick.

I have an auto and don't miss sticks at all. They are indeed more fun. So when you want to have fun, that's nice... but the other 95% of your time, it's just boring rowing gears. Of course, you can keep it in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd and do all the engine braking you want and crawling down stuff. Works fine for most stuff. But I will admit, gear selection is much better in the standard and you can put it where you want it. My friend has a stick, and we have the same Jeep. So I have wheeled his too.

I do like manuals, but only about 5% of the time. I do wish mine was an unlimited though.