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Can you drive a manual transmission? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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And where are you from? And how old? Not "do you" but just if you know how.

I'm in the US, mid 30s and can (and do) drive a manual transmission.

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[–] JDubbleu 42 points 1 year ago (13 children)

23, US. Yes, but I find them pointless for daily driver cars. Modern automatics are more fuel efficient and just make more sense because they're much easier to operate and less annoying in stop and go traffic.

They're great for off-roading and racing, but outside of those use cases automatics are just better.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (6 children)

honestly i don't understand what makes them better for racing. can the auto not be tuned differently to prioritize speed and acceleration over fuel efficiency?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Modern, high end race cars are automatics. Low end or lighter cars will be manual.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Modern, high end race cars are automatics.

No, they're sequential manuals*. Unless you're talking about drag racing, where automatics are common.

*Edit: Or they can also be sequential semi-automatics if you want to be extra pedantic. But personally I'd classify a transmission based on whether the driver has to select the desired gear, or if the computer selects the appropriate gear without driver input, because that's the thing that matters in the end.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay that makes some sense to me.

Follow-up question: why don't modern commuter cars use the paddle shifters? Why keep the cumbersome clutch-and-stick system?