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Manual is niche in Norway now. The manual sale is close to zero. And you will have problems selling your old manual car. This shift started before EV’s took ove

• saiya-jin 4y ago
  I drove older bmw 3 series (e46) for more than decade with manual. Loved it, defended it, it simply gives you much more control over car and onnetion with it, helps you to be split-second precise when ie you need to accelerate hard to get to desired revs. No common automatic transmission works as well on ICE cars. But I reall it took me quite some time to get really good with it,, half a second makes a lot of difference. Then you switch cars ie for vacation and you are almost beginner again since so many changes re pedals resistance, timings, engine torque curves etc change across brands. Then the car broke down last year and we went for bmw 5 series, which you can't even buy in manual (just to be clear I would never pay full price for these otherwise great cars, rather 20-25% for ca 6 years old). Its so much easier especially for longer driving. My mental load decreased by up to 50%, with also the help of laser projection of speed, limits and navigation on dashboard. With 2 small kids, having a car thats too sporty is actually a major drawback anyway (so ie Tesla's 0-100 times leave me uninterested, why would one do this to your closest ones), unless driver self-centered a-hole. With family in mind, I wouldn't go back. Sport mode makes it already more agile than I (and rest of family) want, basically 0 lag on gas pedal.