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Originally Posted by PARAGON
With an auto, you can easily stop ON the obstacle, hold your brake, get your RPMs up to a higher torque range and ease off the brake to continue. Huge advantage over a standard transmission where you would have to heel/toe drive to accomplish the same.
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Handle throttle does the same thing - just set the throttle, keep right foot on the brake, and then feather the clutch. Same as an auto, plus you get the advantage on downhills of full lockup in 1st gear.
...unless your foot slips off the clutch, in which case then you are totally f'd because your throttle is high and you are dumping the clutch, making your jeep hop over the rock you are on, smashing the right front fender on the next rock, ruining your day and costing thousands of dollars. So I hear
I was a manual guy, still am sorta, but really like an auto for the ease of use.