Is AT more reliable and less prone to flooding?
 

Because it's impossible to stall the car by mistake when the engine is still cold. So the AT 8 is more reliable in a way provided you do the proper warm up / 6k revs every other day drills religiously? Thanks!

Having a AT also PREVENTS you from performing the easiest fix of an flooded engine, the pull / push start. Getting an AT because your worried about flooding is silly.

If anything a manual is more reliable being that they rev 1500rpms more than a AT 6spd.

The sticky says 6k rpm every other day is sufficient for general engine maintenance. :Wconfused

I wouldn't say the AT is more reliable.

I see a lot of postings about 2nd gear synchro crunching and clutch replacements on the M/T. I have rarely seen any postings about problems with the A/T...

The AT has no clutch to start with...

I terms of sheer reliability calculations, the less complex the individual components the more reliable the overall system. An automatic transmission is a complicated unit with many moving parts. Having said that AT's themselves are far more reliable now then years past.

The premise of this discussion is rather silly however.

Unless a transmission is prone to flooding...I believe the OP was referring to the overall engine reliability on a AT 8 vs MT 8.

+1 this. If your worried about flooding, then even in the most remote chance, you're not going to be able to do the push/pull start.

This topic of discussion is just silly.

If you want reliability.... get a Honda or a Toyota

^ Heard on the news this morning that Toyota is shutting down its sales and manufacturing of many models due to a sticking accelerator issue, so .......

It's still a reliable car :) And at least they are addressing the actual issue and not allowing anyone else to be put at risk.

not any more!!!:kiss: