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Re:How America lost its love for the stick shift by jabl on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @12:30AM (#17965569)
> Driving a manual car isn't about efficiency. It is about driver engagement.

Speak for yourself. I have a manual (actually, I've never driven an automatic, come to think of it), and I couldn't care less about "connectedness with the car". My car is a device that takes me, and sometimes my family, from A to B as safely and conveniently as possible. It's a car, I'm not in a relationship with it.

YMMV.

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Re:How America lost its love for the stick shift by PascLeRasc on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @12:55AM (#17965661)
Some people really like engagement and fine control in their things. There has to be something in your life, like coffee or operating systems, where you can understand this.
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Re:How America lost its love for the stick shift by jabl on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @03:13AM (#17966187)
Sure. Just saying that deriving great satisfaction from owning and/or driving cars isn't some universal trait in humans. For many of us, it's just a means to an end.
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Re:How America lost its love for the stick shift by 1123581321 on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @12:56AM (#17965666)
Sorry, can you connect what you’re saying for someone who hasn’t driven manual? Are you saying you only drive manual because it’s safer and more convenient? Or that there’s no difference and you happen to drive a manual out of habit?
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Re:How America lost its love for the stick shift by andrewaylett on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @01:55PM (#17971260)
UK resident here; I've been driving for 20 years and never had the opportunity to drive an automatic.

I suppose I could have gone looking for one when we were buying a new car, but they're not exactly common.

I do enjoy driving a manual car, but I can't honestly say my preference is due to personal experience.

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Re:How America lost its love for the stick shift by jabl on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @03:06AM (#17966161)
The second. In my country (perhaps I should have said in my previous post that I don't live in the USA) manual transmissions are the norm, although automatics are certainly becoming more popular.

I don't have anything against automatics per se, I can well see myself getting a car having one in the future.

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