TD5 manual or auto

**laney** · 13th July 2018, 08:06 AM

I have a manual which I find good to drive the duel mass fly wheel I found to be no to my liking so I put a single mass fly wheel and heavy duty clutch for its a better feel. Autos have come a long way in the past 20 odd years and You wouldn't be disappointed with that option either just a word of warning if you haven't brought one yet have someone who knows theses car to give it a good look over and if possible plug a scan tool into it to find any faults .

**whitey56** · 13th July 2018, 10:10 AM

Matty if you are on the northern bayside you’re welcome to take my auto for a run I am at Deception Bay.
When I started driving my D2 I hated the auto, the shift points are a couple of k’s to high and a extra gear would be ideal, that’s just my opinion and I have become use to it.

**Bluetoes** · 13th July 2018, 12:54 PM

Love my Td5 auto, it out performs most other standard 4wd’s for beach work. Towing is easy once you learn to drive it using TC lock up. Although it’s no sports car am really impressed with the amount of torque the relatively small engine has. It towed my 1.5 ton boat with ease sits easily at 110 on the freeways.

**ozscott** · 14th July 2018, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by trout1105

For sand work an auto box beats a manual transmission hands down and with the centre diff locked my D2a V8 is pretty much unstoppable on the beach

I have towed heavy campers and even a 23 foot dual.axle road van with my D2 V8 5 speed manual in soft sand for 16 years... and it too has been unstoppable. The auto is easier though as you have to think ahead with the manual and the odd quick change is required. Cheers

Ps back to td5 from what I have seen the auto allows them to keep the turbo spooled up which is essential for them in sand.

**rangieman** · 14th July 2018, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by ozscott

I have towed heavy campers and even a 23 foot dual.axle road van with my D2 V8 5 speed manual in soft sand for 16 years... and it too has been unstoppable. The auto is easier though as you have to think ahead with the manual and the odd quick change is required. Cheers

Ps back to td5 from what I have seen the auto allows them to keep the turbo spooled up which is essential for them in sand.

Yes but in a Td5 manual in sand one has to think ahead as well for a good result

I have done limited beach work but a lot more outback sand driving all in manual diesels with out drama .

It is no different to any other type of transmission just use common sense and it can be done with a little left foot and gear change effort

It ain`t that hard really

**ozscott** · 14th July 2018, 05:33 PM

I love that in a manual you are more a part of the vehicle. It's an organic thing. Cheers

**rick130** · 14th July 2018, 05:49 PM

I'm a dedicated manual driver, I even had a custom accelerator pedal on my old Deefer so I could always heel and toe downchanges (Ok, more a roll of the side of the foot!) but the TD5 and slushbox is a bloody good combo, there is no lag as the engine is always on the boil.

**AK83** · 15th July 2018, 08:06 PM

My vote goes to the auto too.
Makes the D2 a much nicer drive all round, as said already too, better in sand than a manual too.

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 16th July 2018, 05:39 AM

Originally Posted by ozscott

I love that in a manual you are more a part of the vehicle. It's an organic thing. Cheers

No chemicals were harmed in the making of this lame joke.

**disco2hse** · 19th July 2018, 06:45 AM

Originally Posted by rangieman

The Autos have a shelf life of around 260 ks most say and are due for a pricey rebuild at that

While I have a preference for manuals, the D2 we bought back in 2005 obviously didn't get this memo. We passed 260k some time ago.

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