Manual licence - automatic car

MountainAshIRL

Have a manual license, can I drive an automatic car or van with it?

Lewis_Benson

Yes.

Atlantic Dawn

Just watch out for the insurance on driving vans, generally a standard car policy will not cover goods vehicles.

MountainAshIRL

Lovely thanks its actully a camper so tax and insurance should be grand

Wishbone Ash

MountainAshIRL wrote: »

Lovely thanks its actully a camper so tax and insurance should be grand

If it's over 3,500kgs, you'll need a C1 to drive it. (Some of the larger ones can't be legally driven on a .

MetzgerMeister

If you do your test in a manual car you can drive both manual and automatic. If you do your test in an automatic you can only drive automatics.

zg3409

MountainAshIRL wrote: »

Lovely thanks its actully a camper so tax and insurance should be grand

I heard campers can only be insured if you are the registered owner. You might not be able to use driving other vehicles extension. If in any doubt ring your insurer with the reg. Particularly if buying something, insurance can be expensive. You may want fully comprehensive driving if other vehicles if camper is 50,000+ and you have little experience driving it.

shanec1928

zg3409 wrote: »

I heard campers can only be insured if you are the registered owner. You might not be able to use driving other vehicles extension. If in any doubt ring your insurer with the reg. Particularly if buying something, insurance can be expensive. You may want fully comprehensive driving if other vehicles if camper is 50,000+ and you have little experience driving it.

camper policies usually either have named drivers or open drive, but states that the owner cant rent it or take money for its use.

theguzman

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

If you do your test in a manual car you can drive both manual and automatic. If you do your test in an automatic you can only drive automatics.

A ridiculous system and Switzerland has recently abolished that. That such outdated manual cars still exist in 2020 is beyond stupidity, Irish people's love affair with poverty paddy spec cars with manual gearboxes is something that is quiet frankly depressing.

PrettyBoy

theguzman wrote: »

A ridiculous system and Switzerland has recently abolished that. That such outdated manual cars still exist in 2020 is beyond stupidity, Irish people's love affair with poverty paddy spec cars with manual gearboxes is something that is quiet frankly depressing.

Have a good cry about it to yourself there.

mickdw

theguzman wrote: »

A ridiculous system and Switzerland has recently abolished that. That such outdated manual cars still exist in 2020 is beyond stupidity, Irish people's love affair with poverty paddy spec cars with manual gearboxes is something that is quiet frankly depressing.

It would be a sad sad day if manual disappeared completely.
There is alot more to manual cars than just being the cheap option.
Driving technique will be lost too. Will we quickly become a country of people who cant do 'stick shift' as the americans would say.

_Kaiser_

mickdw wrote: »

It would be a sad sad day if manual disappeared completely.
There is alot more to manual cars than just being the cheap option.
Driving technique will be lost too. Will we quickly become a country of people who cant do 'stick shift' as the americans would say.

I don't see the issue. For most people an auto is more practical and better in traffic I'd think. They've also come a long way in the last 20 years in terms of reliability and efficiency and general availability outside premium marques or Jap imports.

The whole hill start, clutch and managing gears seems to be the biggest hurdle for people when they're learning. Don't see anything wrong with removing that entirely and allowing them to focus on actually driving the car and observing the road around them than worrying what gear they're in.

Besides, from the awful grinding sounds I hear regularly in car parks, it seems many never really get the hang of it

Auto ftw.. would never go back to a manual myself.

mickdw

Ya i agree that current autos are no doubt best for day to day driving but would be terrible if the average driver lost the ability to drive a manual.
Nothing like going out for a drive (safely) on a nicely surfaced rural good driving road with a petrol engine and a manual box.
Ive got 2 of them but will will habe an auto as my main car next.

vickers209

We are probably heading into the last decade of manual driving

With electric cars comming everything will be auto.
Makes me sad to think my 5 yo son might never get the chance to drive a manual or do hes driving test in one
If he does will be the last generation to do so

Del2005

vickers209 wrote: »

We are probably heading into the last decade of manual driving

With electric cars comming everything will be auto.
Makes me sad to think my 5 yo son might never get the chance to drive a manual or do hes driving test in one
If he does will be the last generation to do so

Never mind driving manual vs auto we're getting close to the time when people won't need to drive. With autonomous vehicles coming in the next decade or so people won't need to learn to drive and insurance will be an issue for us that can.

Heres Johnny

theguzman wrote: »

A ridiculous system and Switzerland has recently abolished that. That such outdated manual cars still exist in 2020 is beyond stupidity, Irish people's love affair with poverty paddy spec cars with manual gearboxes is something that is quiet frankly depressing.

Cannot for the life of me understand how you could care what transmission and spec levels people drive. How does it affect you to cause this depression?
I prefer auto myself, have had loads of them and will continue to but couldn't give a toss what other people have

MetzgerMeister

theguzman wrote: »

A ridiculous system and Switzerland has recently abolished that. That such outdated manual cars still exist in 2020 is beyond stupidity, Irish people's love affair with poverty paddy spec cars with manual gearboxes is something that is quiet frankly depressing.

Cool story bro

swarlb

Christ, I wish people would put an end to this nonsensical notion of 'paddy spec poverty cars'.... ye'd swear there was a section of motor manufacturing devoted to supplying the 'Irish' market with cars that were available in no other country.
Oh, and in answer to the OP's original question.... one word....
Yes.

galwaytt

theguzman wrote: »

A ridiculous system and Switzerland has recently abolished that. That such outdated manual cars still exist in 2020 is beyond stupidity, Irish people's love affair with poverty paddy spec cars with manual gearboxes is something that is quiet frankly depressing.

Consider : you own a manual car.

You're friend who has an automatic-only licence, and who's never driven a manual asks for a loan of it for something important.

But hey, you can't see any issue at all.....sure whats the worst that can happen ? :rolleyes:

At the very least, Switzerlands move is premature.

pcardin

swarlb wrote: »

Christ, I wish people would put an end to this nonsensical notion of 'paddy spec poverty cars'.... ye'd swear there was a section of motor manufacturing devoted to supplying the 'Irish' market with cars that were available in no other country.
Oh, and in answer to the OP's original question.... one word....
Yes.

either you only had one car in your life or you have never been in the cars in other countries. Ireland does indeed have the "emptiest" cars in Europe. Even Mercs and Beemers are on absolute minimum spec. And, preferably manual. Its not that car manufacturers have devoted section "Ireland only", it is perhaps that nation is just stingy. Irish are great bunch of people, almost everyone is a great musician. Unfortunately, cars and driving is not your thing (whether you like it or not).

Brian Scan

pcardin wrote: »

either you only had one car in your life or you have never been in the cars in other countries. Ireland does indeed have the "emptiest" cars in Europe. Even Mercs and Beemers are on absolute minimum spec. And, preferably manual. Its not that car manufacturers have devoted section "Ireland only", it is perhaps that nation is just stingy. Irish are great bunch of people, almost everyone is a great musician. Unfortunately, cars and driving is not your thing (whether you like it or not).

What is unfortunate about it?

Wishbone Ash

pcardin wrote: »

... Ireland does indeed have the "emptiest" cars in Europe. Even Mercs and Beemers are on absolute minimum spec. And, preferably manual. Its not that car manufacturers have devoted section "Ireland only", it is perhaps that nation is just stingy....

Not stingyness but more to do with the way VRT is applied to each 'extra' whereas in other countries there is a fixed VRT for the model regardless of what extras come with it. If the VRT for a poverty spec car was the same as one with all the goodies, there would be a much greater uptake of highly specced versions.

CoBo55

theguzman wrote: »

A ridiculous system and Switzerland has recently abolished that. That such outdated manual cars still exist in 2020 is beyond stupidity, Irish people's love affair with poverty paddy spec cars with manual gearboxes is something that is quiet frankly depressing.

Quite not quiet. Please try and spell properly while paddy bashing, thank you.

alta stare

I prefer manual. We have some automatic vans in work and i hate driving them. I cant imagine id ever intentionally buy an automatic. Each to their own i suppose.

Montage of Feck

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