Dave is a licensed auto mechanic with over 40 years in the trade. For the past 24 years h has operated Dr. H.Honda Specialists in Etobcoke(Toronto). Dave the neighborhood mechanic can be heard on AM740 radio each Saturday at 9 AM Hi Dave: I started looking at new cars. I notice that there is a little or no price difference between standard and automatic transmission. What’s your opinion between the two choices….. Sean, Cambridge Interesting question…Personally after 40 years behind the wheel I have grown to hate a manual transmission.