How America lost its love for the stick shift
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#2Sitting in traffic did it for me.
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#3You’ll pry my manual transmission from my cold, dead hands. Hopefully not because you’re a paramedic and I’m wrapped round a tree...
Joking apart, I’d swap my manual for an ‘automatic’ with paddle-shift manual controls.
If I was commuting in a city I’d definitely want an automatic though.
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#4Sitting in traffic did it for me.
4 way stop at the top of an icy hill for me.
Interesting they chose a picture of a floor shift automatic for the article.
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#5You’ll pry my manual transmission from my cold, dead hands. Hopefully not because you’re a paramedic and I’m wrapped round a tree... Joking apart, I’d swap my manual for an ‘automatic’ with paddle-shift manual controls. If I was commuting in a city I’d definitely want an automatic though.
Doesn’t most automatic transmissions have that? My old VW Touran have paddles on the wheel for changing gears. I only use it when driving down steep hills though.
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#6I preferred stick because it allowed me to accelerate faster and better control my driving. Now that most cars offer some sort of turbo and manual-like like transmission option, I much prefer our new future of automatic.
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#7I like a stick shift, but I'm most likely never going to buy a new car, so I'm at the mercy of its popularity amongst new-car buyers.
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#8Manual transmissions are great anti-theft devices, though! ;)
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#9You’ll pry my manual transmission from my cold, dead hands. Hopefully not because you’re a paramedic and I’m wrapped round a tree... Joking apart, I’d swap my manual for an ‘automatic’ with paddle-shift manual controls. If I was commuting in a city I’d definitely want an automatic though.
Doesn’t most automatic transmissions have that? My old VW Touran have paddles on the wheel for changing gears. I only use it when driving down steep hills though.
Older automatics (my previous Opel/Vauxhall Astra G) had 3 modes, two being for slopes. But not always manually choosing the gear you like, which modern automatic transmissions do appear to have.
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#10I bought the new JL Wrangler. For a vehicle that is about fun and adventure I was between the automatic and manual.
When it came time to order and saw the automatic was a $2k option, it was an easy choice. I could have gone either way.