Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transmissions

Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by philoye on Thursday November 17, 2016 @07:19AM (#12976760)

This is so sad to me. Manual transmissions are just more fun, no matter which car you have. I have a 10 year old Subaru Outback and even that (top) heavy PoS gives me joy on a curvy road.

Of course I know that a modern auto is _way_ faster than a human, but I don't care in the slightest. My father in law has a Mercedes C63s and holy shit is it fast, but it would be 10x better with a stick. Spending a ton of money on a Porsche 911 but getting an automatic is baffling to me—unless you actually race it.

Life is too short, find fun where you can. Don't let the robots win.

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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by TeMPOraL on Thursday November 17, 2016 @07:41AM (#12976905)

> Life is too short, find fun where you can. Don't let the robots win.

Well, the thing is, you've found fun in how ICEs suck. You (like everyone saying the manual is better) have turned a bug into a feature ;). Personally I hope electric cars will win, and there's no manual transmission for electric cars, because electric engines have flat(ter) efficiency curve and don't need gears.

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