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.

 

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!!!