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If your transmission is manual, you will have to change gear. If it is automatic, you won't.
You don't if you're going to drive it on the street, it's cheaper to buy one with a manual transmission.
GO OUT AND BUY A 95 2.0 MANUAL JETTA. GOING FROM MANUAL TO AUTO IS CHEAP...GOING FROM AUTO TO MANUAL IS EXPENSIVE$$$$$$
Of course not. Without a working transmission you are going nowhere.
Try going to a machanic, or get a INSTRUCTION manual.
Yes. If it's coming out of a vehicle with an automatic transmission and going into one with a manual (or vice versa), then the ECM will need to be reflashed.
Unless you have a donor car that you can remove the necessary parts from this is a bad idea. The cost involved would be prohibitive. Sell this 1996 Prizm and then buy a manual one. There are many good manual transmission Prizm's and it's twin Toyota Corolla's out there. Your A/T equipped Prizm is worth more than the same car with a manual. Going from a A/T to a manual is almost always a bad idea. Going from manual to auto is a much easier conversion.
Reason is, your clutch is going out or tranny is about to be shot!
You are going to have to get a new car
Any manual shift transmission is going to be considered "standard shift". The question is moot - you already have a standard transmission.
No, No car equipped with an automatic transmission should, unless the linkage is out of adjustment and it is not going into park.
You need to downshift to reduce load and drag on the transmission. Ideally, you should downshift before or as soon as you hear the engine being put under a strain. Continuing to drive uphill without downshifting puts undue stress on the engine and slows the vehicle down under the load.An automatic transmission downshifts "automatically" (which is why it is called an automatic transmission).Note: Going downhill driving a manual stick, you don't want to let your speed get too high. You can downshift on dangerous hills or hills with curves to keep your descent within the speed limit.