Converting Toyota Yaris 2007 1.3liter manual to automatic

[MadMax]

Why all this sudden desire for autos?

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by MadMax

Why all this sudden desire for autos?

I wonder as well. I can think of a number of good reasons why CTScott would decide to do a conversion, but I can't understand why someone with one car would want to convert a manual to an automatic. If someone has a commute that is so long and congested that it is driving them crazy to drive it with a manual transmission, why would they want to 'disrupt' a car that has been reliable and possibly introduce even more stress into the situation? Perhaps I just don't understand how irritating a manual in traffic can be to some people.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by MadMax

Why all this sudden desire for autos?

I bought a 2007 that I am rebuilding for a friend. It had bad synchros on the MT, so I planned on swapping in a junkyard tranny. Since his wife and daughter will also be driving the car (and neither has ever driven MT), I figured that I might as well put in an AT instead of a MT.