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I LOVE MANUAL TRANSMISSION (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] Veedem@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ll only drive automatic. No desire to work harder at driving in the city.

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What, you don't want to shift gears endlessly while stuck moving between 10 mph and a dead stop on the freeway for three hours?

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's funny because this is the exact same argument anti-cyclists make. Lol

"Tell someone they should ride a bike and suddenly everyone has to move a fridge"

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hear me out for a second...

Maybe, just maybe, it's spending 3 hours in stop and go traffic that's the problem, not the transmission.

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed, but having lived it myself with a manual transmission, it's rough with a manual. It's one of the few scenarios where I don't prefer it.

[–] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm one of the weirdos who wouldn't mind this. I've been dailying my '97 Prelude for most of the summer since I bought it. I didn't think I'd want to drive it in traffic, but honestly, it's not the stop and go that ruins the experience for me. It's the fact that if I get hit by just about any of the trucks on the road, I'm getting a faceful of bumper and best I can hope for is to retain the use of my arms. It's basically a motorcycle that I can't lowside.

But I totally get that I'm a fringe case. I completely understand why this would just be too much for someone to want to keep up with in stop and go traffic. Besides, all that starting is bad for clutches. Autos with torque converters handle it a million times better.

Most people aren't car enthusiasts and enthusiasts need to come to terms with it. Manuals are dying. It's just the way the world is moving. Let's enjoy what we have now and appreciate we get to be a part of something we love.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

I daily a manual. More people complain about manuals in freeway traffic than there are manual drivers left. Lol