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> Few cars are manual steering, manual brakes, manual transmission. Tell me you are not in European or African continent without telling me.
by pjmlp 3mo ago
> Few cars are manual steering, manual brakes, manual transmission.
Tell me you are not in European or African continent without telling me.
- tonyedgecombe 3mo agoIn Europe you would be hard pressed to find a car without power steering or assisted brakes.
- pjmlp 3mo agoStill plenty to acquire around in second hand.
- tonyedgecombe 3mo agoNot really.
- pjmlp 3mo agoActually yes. Come to southern or eastern Europe, on plenty of those side road dealerships with signs on their windscreen, or parked in random places with a telephone number on them.
- danielbln 3mo agoI'm in Central Europe and there aren't many manual transmissions around anymore where I am. But if you paint with a brush of two entire continents, you might paint a little too broadly.
- trinix912 3mo agoI’m in Central Europe too and most cars are manuals. Must be just your neck of the woods. But I agree it’s a pointless debacle.
- mcv 3mo agoI think it's mostly the hybrids and EVs that are killing manual transmission. They were very common 20 years ago.
- pjmlp 3mo agoUnless you are driving an EV, or lucky to own Audi, Volvo, BMW or Mercedes top class of vehicle, most people are on manual.
- iso1631 3mo agoIn the UK, it's about 30% automatic on the road, but automatics have outsold manuals for years and about 80% of new cars sold today are automatic.
- iso1631 3mo agoMy 21 year old car in the uk has power steering, and it was low end when new