₦airaland Forum

GideonG:
Hello Nairalanders,

Please I need your honest advice.

I am considering buying a Toyota Corolla 2010 as my first car, but the one I am seeing is manual transmission. I know most people prefer automatic, especially in city traffic, but I also hear that manual cars can be cheaper to maintain, more fuel-efficient, and sometimes more durable if handled well.

My concern is that this will be my first car, and I am still thinking about whether manual transmission is a good idea for a beginner, especially with Nigerian traffic and daily movement.

Please for those who have used manual cars before, especially Corolla manual:

Is it advisable for a first-time car owner?

Is the maintenance easier or cheaper than automatic?

Will it be stressful in traffic?

Does it affect resale value badly?

What should I check before buying a manual Corolla 2010?

I will appreciate your sincere advice before making payment.

Thank you.

kingjoe:
Are we still talking about manual cars in 2026.
My brother manual car is an outdated design,same way you have blender in our homes compared to previously owning manual grinder for our cooking.
Just learn it during driving school to know it .

helinues:
it's wise and advisable as a first time car owner to get automatic car

Use that to master driving before going for manual

GideonG:
Hello Nairalanders,

Please I need your honest advice.

I am considering buying a Toyota Corolla 2010 as my first car, but the one I am seeing is manual transmission. I know most people prefer automatic, especially in city traffic, but I also hear that manual cars can be cheaper to maintain, more fuel-efficient, and sometimes more durable if handled well.

My concern is that this will be my first car, and I am still thinking about whether manual transmission is a good idea for a beginner, especially with Nigerian traffic and daily movement.

Please for those who have used manual cars before, especially Corolla manual:

Is it advisable for a first-time car owner?

Is the maintenance easier or cheaper than automatic?

Will it be stressful in traffic?

Does it affect resale value badly?

What should I check before buying a manual Corolla 2010?

I will appreciate your sincere advice before making payment.
easier

Thank you.

GideonG:
Hello Nairalanders,

Please I need your honest advice.

I am considering buying a Toyota Corolla 2010 as my first car, but the one I am seeing is manual transmission. I know most people prefer automatic, especially in city traffic, but I also hear that manual cars can be cheaper to maintain, more fuel-efficient, and sometimes more durable if handled well.

My concern is that this will be my first car, and I am still thinking about whether manual transmission is a good idea for a beginner, especially with Nigerian traffic and daily movement.

Please for those who have used manual cars before, especially Corolla manual:

Is it advisable for a first-time car owner?

Is the maintenance easier or cheaper than automatic?

Will it be stressful in traffic?

Does it affect resale value badly?

What should I check before buying a manual Corolla 2010?

I will appreciate your sincere advice before making payment.

Thank you.

CharleyBright:
Where did you hear this kind of theory?
Learn to drive Automatic first before Manual?
That's awkward advise.
If you learn to drive Manual, you can drive Automatic.
But if you learn auto first, you will have problems with Manual while learning.

koladata:
Go for it bro , its not that difficult to drive it, fuel is expensive , any car that will reduce fuel consumption

Owning a car is no longer a luxury, if it won't solve economic problem for you don't buy it. Manual cars are cheaper to maintain and it consume much lesser fuel.

My fuel cost is now over 300k per month excluding maintenance. At this point I would choose keke napep over rolls-royce because its no longer about the luxury , its about how it effect my life, my business, my savings. There lots of meetings i now miss because I don't want to waste fuel. If keke napep can ply highway at this point, I don't mind getting a keke

helinues:
I am not particularly talking about the driving part but the safety and gaining confidence on road with first car.

There is anxiety sometimes when changing gear most especially in traffic, the calmness and confidence need to be mastered before enjoying manual car.

CharleyBright:
Dude, be honest and tell me, do you drive a manual? Yes or No.

I am almost sure you have never driven a Manual car and that is why you are talking about anxiety with changing gears in traffic.
There is absolutely no big deal with changing gears in traffic if you learnt to drive Manual cars. Infact, you can change gears with your eyes close and unconsciously if you have been driving manual for over 3 months.

See most of you that learned to drive Automatic without learning to drive Manual first always come with these kinds of crappy talk.
If you go to driving school, they will advise you to learn to drive Manual instead of automatic. E get why.
They use Manual to teach you how to drive.

The reason is that when you use a Manual car, you are learning to "Drive a Car" .
But when you use an Automatic car, you are learning to "Move a car".

All you people driving automatic cars, only know how to move a car . Go back and learn how to drive a car with Manual.

My neighbor had a terrible experience some years back. His wife was in labour at midnight and needed to rush to the hospital.
His automatic car couldn't start. I had travelled when he called for help. I told him to go collect my car keys and drive his wife to hospital. Lo and behold, he only knew how to drive Automatic and my car then was Manual. It was then it dawn on him that he did not actually know how to drive but only knew how to move an automatic car.

Go back and learn how to drive using a Manual drive which would give you an advantage of being able to drive both automatic and manual.

FineUsername:
Please you guys should stop this @the bolded. Don't assume you know how deep people's pockets are.

Bluffly:
I have been driving manaual all through.

helinues:
You are mixing things together. Learning a car is different from what the discussion is all about

Is It Wise To Buy A Manual Transmission As A First Car?

The op is asking about buying first car. Whether you learn manual or automatic driving, which do you think you will enjoy the driving most on your first car

helinues:
it's wise and advisable as a first time car owner to get automatic car

Use that to master driving before going for manual

GideonG:
Hello Nairalanders,

Please I need your honest advice.

I am considering buying a Toyota Corolla 2010 as my first car, but the one I am seeing is manual transmission. I know most people prefer automatic, especially in city traffic, but I also hear that manual cars can be cheaper to maintain, more fuel-efficient, and sometimes more durable if handled well.

My concern is that this will be my first car, and I am still thinking about whether manual transmission is a good idea for a beginner, especially with Nigerian traffic and daily movement.

Please for those who have used manual cars before, especially Corolla manual:

Is it advisable for a first-time car owner?

Is the maintenance easier or cheaper than automatic?

Will it be stressful in traffic?

Does it affect resale value badly?

What should I check before buying a manual Corolla 2010?

I will appreciate your sincere advice before making payment.

Thank you.

kpankpangolo:
If you’re asking, you already know it’s wrong. Will you perform interstate travels? Do so with a manual transmission and find out.