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The point is not that they're more common. Anyone that has wanted a fast car in the last 60 years could either buy or build one. Even a regular old car is plenty enough to kill yourself and plenty of other people if you're reckless enough. Besides that, it's much easier to create a stupidly dangerous car through sheer neglect of tires/brakes than to actually buy one that way.

Your argument is comparable to banning sharp knives because someone started selling them cheaper than butter knives. Both types have always been sufficiently available and dangerous that making one more common than the other isn't going to change anything

The TC only locks under light load on the highway, and isn't 100% effective there because the hydraulic fluid still produces a lot of drag.

My 1998 Saturn noticeably cut fuel on deceleration, it was easy to tell since the exhaust system was perpetually breaking

I can't find anything official either. Most of the guys I know also drive stick and none of them have worn out a clutch unless they take their car to the track. Seems to be a pretty well known among stick drivers that manufacturers build them to last the life of the car these days. Can anyone from Europe chime in on this?

I can't find anything official either. Most of the guys I know also drive stick and none of them have worn out a clutch unless they take their car to the track. Seems to be a pretty well known among stick drivers that manufacturers build them to last the life of the car these days. Can anyone from Europe chime in on this?

This is unfortunate given that manufacturers regularly game fuel mileage tests fof automatics to give buyers a sense of better gas mileage(to justify the higher price). Real world tests by consumer reports and others continue to show that manual transmissions get better gas mileage in real world conditions on top of being much more reliable.

And before someone mentions it, a clutch wearing out during the working life of a modern manual car is a joke. I've driven multiple manual cars to over 200k miles and never had to replace a clutch. If you wear out a clutch your car is defected or (more likely) you're utterly terrible at driving stick

Downshifting to slow down uses zero fuel. Modern cars cut fuel completely when coasting is detected based on throttle position and whether gear is engaged among other sensors. This is only used a lot in manuals since the torque converter causes freewheeling at lower rpms. It's known as deceleration fuel cut and it's standard in OEM and aftermarket engine controllers.

Typically the engine "restarts" when rpm drops to a bit above idle speed but as mentioned it doesn't happen as much in automatics because of the freewheeling. In automatics it only occurs when deceleration starts at high rpm or the clutch within the torque converter is locked during steady highway driving. I assume shifting into "low" may enable deceleration fuel cut in more situations assuming the driver may be using it to slow down, but I have no evidence of that usage

Okay, first you should reach out to anyone you know for a job doing anything. References can get you past all kinds of roadblocks including DUI. At this point it's probably a given that you should stop drinking completely until you have your shit together.

If you really want to be a developer here is the path I wish I would have taken:

First, save up money. Unless you're in driving distance of a good school you will need to move. Find a state with a good loan/grant program and solid state schools. This is vital. Some states/schools will cover you 100℅ with loans/grants and others don't offer jack. Try to find a place that gives grants so you don't end up in a debt hole later. Apply like crazy until you get into one. Move. Immediately begin the residency requirements for that state so you pay in state tuition and get in state grants. If the timing is off, delay starting school until you have residency.

You can reach out for part time jobs through the school. This is only a good path if you're really serious, if you fail out you will be in a much worse place than you are.

Once you're in school you will be fine money-wise until you graduate. A lot of people would recommend community college but most have a failure rate of 90℅ and it will delay your degree a few years, something you might not want to do at your age. 26 is fine for college these days, I didn't start until 23 and I wasn't out of place at all

Hacker news is regularly gamed by various media promoters just like any social media site. It doesn't take a lot of votes to get to the front page as long as you get them quickly, so 10-30 sock puppet accounts is enough to bring anything to the first page