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This is a good article, but clearly written by someone who is a manual transmission fanboy. I drive a manual, too, but I recently switched from an automatic an
by daniel02216 17y ago
This is a good article, but clearly written by someone who is a manual transmission fanboy. I drive a manual, too, but I recently switched from an automatic and I know why automatics are more popular - they're easier to use, and you don't have to learn or think as much as with a manual, to get where you're going. I would say his conclusion is wrong - that the iPad/PC distinction is actually very similar to the automatic/manual distinction.
- superchink 17y agoI think that's the first time I've heard someone described as a “manual transmission fanboy.” As a fanboy myself, I love it.
- patrickk 17y agoDon't know about the States, but where I'm from they're known as 'petrolheads' (i.e. those who truly appreciate driving only drive petrol (gasoline!!) cars and wouldn't be caught dead driving a diesel, or god forbid, a hybrid). I'm a petrolhead myself naturally. As regards manual transmission, I couldn't bear the thought of not being able to engine-brake in icy condiditons, slipping the engine into neutral and freewheeling down steep hills, dropping into 3rd and gunning past those annoying 'Sunday-afternoon' type drivers and articulated trucks. An a car's ECU will never outsmart the greatest computer in the world, the iPad. I mean, human brain.
- iamdave 17y agoWhat in the world is a manual transmission fanboy? Are you just trying to rattle the cage, here?
- stcredzero 17y agoIt made more sense when the furor over automatics was new. Now no one cares, which is kinda the point.
- ubernostrum 17y agoI bought a new car a couple years ago, and was ridiculed by friends who considers themselves "serious drivers"... because I bought an automatic. Which, I guess, makes it a decent iPhone/iPad analogy since to them the important thing is to master every aspect of the car and know how to get every last bit of performance out of it, while to me the important thing is that it lets me cover longer distances easily.
- lutorm 17y agoPeople who are car enthusiasts are often MT fanboys, too. Presumably because they enjoy the process of driving.
- elblanco 17y agoI believe Lamborghini has announced that they'll no longer be offering manuals. http://www.gtspirit.com/2010/03/30/lamborghini-manual-transmission-end-of-life/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2010/03/30/lamborghini-manual-transm...