Actually, I'll have to agree with vasudeva on this one. Mainly because not everyone is a perfect driver. many a times I have seen that most of the people while driving a manual keep their foot on the clutch pedal, thereby suppressing it by 20-30% without noticing it. Now THAT actually wears out your clutch and pressure plates sooner reulting in replacement.
Therefore if one was to do an apples to apples comparison of the maintenance then you would actually end up paying more for the maintenance of a manual (if the clutch and pressure plate replacement cost was to hit you due to your driving style) as compared to that of an automatic. |