Added to that, I also think it's because a car just holds less headspace than it used to. Stick shifting fits in car culture, when a car is more than just a too

Added to that, I also think it's because a car just holds less headspace than it used to. Stick shifting fits in car culture, when a car is more than just a tool. People have emotional attachment to a manual transmission, not rational. Cars are basically appliances now. Who, apart from a narrow slice of demographics, really cares about their car? It's kind of like a washing machine in that way. I did like the article, it accurately describes what we're losing. Driving is just much less an analog experience now than it used to be.