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Interesting analogy vs car transmission. I always find auto frustrating because it doesn’t give me the love of control I’m comfortable with ...
by rusk 6y ago
Interesting analogy vs car transmission. I always find auto frustrating because it doesn’t give me the love of control I’m comfortable with ...
- deckard1 6y agoprobably neither here nor there, but I always see manual transmission in new cars as an anachronism bordering on placebo. Primarily because everything else is still an abstraction. Specifically steering. I recall BMW or maybe Porsche getting raked over the coals for their lifeless floaty steering in a few of their newer models. Modern steering is all emulated anyway, giving you that "road" feel. Along with cars piping in engine noise via the speakers (ugh)
- seniorThrowaway 6y agoIt's purely preference at this point and likely mainly for older people like me who grew up in the era where manuals were cheaper and more efficient. Neither is really true anymore, manuals have become an expensive option in most cases in the USA and the new automatics are more efficient. Complexity and cost to repair on the other hand...
- spullara 6y agoThere was a huge uprising against its removal from Porsche cars until they finally relented and added the option back starting with the GT4 but now it is also in the 911s.