• MisterFrog@lemmy.world
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        11 hours ago

        As someone who prefers not to drive where possible, and in a country where manual for regular cars is not common, why do people think manual is so great?

        Gives you some more control on your gears, sure. But heck, the only time I ever, ever need it is going up or down very steep hills - for which there are low gear settings on most cars which you can switch on for those moments.

        For most people, it’s just a massive waste of time to learn, when an engineered solution already exists and presumably doesn’t add significant enough cost to be worth not having it (I assume, because of the lack of demand, here).

        Is it just, for the “love of driving”? Okay fair enough, but that’s your hobby then, not sure why we need to like it also

        In any case, do enlighten me because I don’t get it haha

      • easily3667@lemmus.org
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        1 day ago

        First it was the butter churn, then the washboard, and now they’ve come for our clutches

      • Final Remix@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        BMW was even pushing customers to stop ordering manuals a few years back, so they could just focus on automatics.

        • rabber@lemmy.ca
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          1 day ago

          Yeah I literally spent 3 years looking for an n55 335i msport manual. And that was almost 10 years ago. Never selling this car lol