> it's funny to observe the newfound US love for stick shifts Nobody in the US loves or drives stick shifts. There's been a steady drop in manual transmission

> it's funny to observe the newfound US love for stick shifts Nobody in the US loves or drives stick shifts. There's been a steady drop in manual transmissions here from about 12% of the market in 2000 to 2% of the market today. The noise around them is just a very small vocal minority of enthusiasts who pine for the "old days". I'm definitely one of those enthusiasts, but I have to face reality that they're effectively gone. I haven't had a stick for a daily driver since about 2010. I do still have older manual sports cars that I can drive and enjoy when I wish.