How much would it cost to switch from a manual to auto transmission on a 1999 Kia Sportage?

I was gonna buy this Kia Sportage, but then I saw it had a standard transmission and there's no way I can drive that.|||MUCH more than the car is worth. Manual is not that tough. Anyone can get the jest. Your just afraid of it. Have the dealer or owner take you out to a deserted area and practice before you buy it. Also good to learn how to start out from a dead stop on a hill. When you get that down, you've got it!!!|||it would be cheaper to trade your vehicle for another one.|||2000-3000 (USD)|||Don't even get the Sportage at all. In fact, if you're shopping for a Kia, rope a new one, or one that's a few years older than the new bodies. Any Sportage or Kia for that matter built before 05 will have a mass amount of problems not only with mechanical failures (sportages especially), drive train issues, and a lot of it isn't covered.





But, swapping transmissions is costly, no matter what vehicle you do it to. Practice driving a stick, it may save you or someone else's life one day. It's frustrating at first, but so is learning to tie your shoes.|||Like stated- probably more then its worth. Easiest way would be to locate a donor car and scavange the parts - could adapt a floor shifter to it ( unless it has one).


Manual transmissions arent that hard to operate - ive driven manual transmissioned vehicles for years. Its slipping the clutch and operating the gas thats the toughest bit - you have way more control with a manual trans then an automatic - you control the shift points- its better for slippery conditions/snow/mud - altho i admit , in traffic its a pain.