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

submitted 1 year ago by raptir@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Agree that fun driving is essentially over, but I don't think automatic cars are as common outside North America.

In Europe ~80% of cars have manual transmission, mainly due to the (in the past) better fuel efficiency.

Modern automatic cars have often slightly better fuel efficiency, but they cost quite a bit more to buy and maintain, and very nearly everyone knows how to drive stick, so people usually don't bother.

Edit: As we stop having fun driving cars, should we finally also say goodbye to race biking, and fun motorcycling, once and for all?

[–] dom@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Disagree that fun driving is over. Have you driven a tesla?

[–] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have not.

Do they somehow make it fun to be queueing at a busy intersection?

Is driving 70km/h behind a truck somehow a blast if you're in a Tesla?

If so I'll make it a priority to try one out ASAP!

[–] dom@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are manuals fun in those instances?

[–] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

No car is fun in those instances. But that is how we spend the majority of our time on the road.

Hence, "fun driving is over".