Kids these days...Is this one of those weird “back in my day…” things?
I mean if you like it, go for it. I’ll stick with the non-stick, thanks.
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I've driven both but prefer a manual. It's fun to drive one to me.
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Sort of a back in my day, yes, because I learned on a manual (taught by my mother, who like my grandma also drove only manuals, ya nancy boys), and the first car I drove was a manual. Also, the second car I drove was a manual, the first car I bought myself was a manual, and the second car I bought myself (my current ride) is a manual. It's manuals all the way down.
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Whoa, I thought I was the only one over the age of 30 who didn't care to drive stick. I owned a 5 speed S-10 for 3 years, and my wife had a Mazda 626 5 speed when we got married.
I do love watching The Amazing Race when youngsters go to South America or Europe and have to self-drive manual transmissions they can't drive lol.
That being said, if I were to get a classic car or truck, I'd probably have to go manual. 3 on the tree 60s or 70s C-10 would be pretty cool.
I do love watching The Amazing Race when youngsters go to South America or Europe and have to self-drive manual transmissions they can't drive lol.
That being said, if I were to get a classic car or truck, I'd probably have to go manual. 3 on the tree 60s or 70s C-10 would be pretty cool.
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A CNN article that should warm the hearts of manual haters:
Opinion: The long overdue death of the stick shift car
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/opinions ... index.html
Opinion: The long overdue death of the stick shift car
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/opinions ... index.html
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Stick shift is more fun. When I am Palo Alto, I plan to get a stick to drive some. But reality, I will be just as happy getting paddle shifters and doing the same thing without the clutch.
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None of us are manual haters, we just don't care. That's the difference. My TL-S has paddle shifters. I think I used them for a few weeks, then got bored since it was more of a novelty.
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I don't hate cassette or CD players, I personally just don't want one in my car. Give me Bluetooth and Apple Car Play.
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See I don't see the manual transmission as technological improvement. More like Betamax --> VHS.I don't hate cassette or CD players, I personally just don't want one in my car. Give me Bluetooth and Apple Car Play.
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Also, if you never learned to drive a manual then you don't have any experience to form an opinion between the two.
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The manual transmission was a tremendous technological improvement over its predecessor, which would have been "no transmission." Because manuals predated automatics by decades. The first mass-produced automatic (GM's Hydramatic) didn't come along until 1939.
Huh, TIL that Ford bought Hydramatic transmissions for use in Lincolns from 1949 to 1954. I knew that Rolls-Royce and Bentley used GM transmissions for decades, but I didn't know that Ford once bought them.
Huh, TIL that Ford bought Hydramatic transmissions for use in Lincolns from 1949 to 1954. I knew that Rolls-Royce and Bentley used GM transmissions for decades, but I didn't know that Ford once bought them.
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I grew up on a farm driving the farm truck around… of course I can drive a stick… but times change and I don’t want to drive one now.Also, if you never learned to drive a manual then you don't have any experience to form an opinion between the two.
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You associate it with unfun work. I get it.I grew up on a farm driving the farm truck around… of course I can drive a stick… but times change and I don’t want to drive one now.Also, if you never learned to drive a manual then you don't have any experience to form an opinion between the two.
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FFS, this is why most of us can't stand the 'only manual' crowd. You enjoy stick shift, congrats, want a medal? Nobody else cares.
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This x100.FFS, this is why most of us can't stand the 'only manual' crowd. You enjoy stick shift, congrats, want a medal? Nobody else cares.
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Yinz need a vacation.
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Yes I do. T-minus 50ish days.Yinz need a vacation.
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Manuals are fun, and I’d probably prefer one if there wasn’t a lot of city driving involved. But I’m also not gonna go out of my way to buy one.
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MWB has the right take. I enjoy manuals as long as I’m not sitting in traffic every day. If you have one long enough, there’s no thought to the process, it becomes second nature.
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Indeed, deploy the tool that fulfills your mission. 2 out of 5 of my cars are automatics. One of them is a 1-speed. They all serve their roles well.
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There are some awfully defensive people here.
Not sure where the anger is coming from.
Not sure where the anger is coming from.
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MWB has the right take. I enjoy manuals as long as I’m not sitting in traffic every day. If you have one long enough, there’s no thought to the process, it becomes second nature.
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Right? I"m picturing NTP66 in traffic, peering into the car next to them just to make sure "that mother **** isn't one of those ***** driving with three pedals."There are some awfully defensive people here.
Not sure where the anger is coming from.
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You prefer something different than me?! DIE
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