<prompt> Human: My parents justification for manuals having lower resale is that the demand is lower, and consequently, that drives the price down. Im looking for a new car, and have around 5k to spend. If I want to get the best deal, should I prefer manuals?EDIT: To clarify, Im not concerned on the resale value when I sell the car, I was more focusing on the resale value when the original owner sells it, ie, my purchase price. It seems the consensus is that for two economy cars, condition being equal, one can assume the price on the manual will be lower. Does this conditional go the other way.If you have two economy cars that are priced the same, can it be reasonably assumed that the manual will be in better condition.  <response>: A manual transmission will sell for less, but that also means you can buy it for less. Those two factors should pretty much balance each other out. 