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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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[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At one time, manual transmissions were more efficient than automatic. But that's been almost half a century ago now, and you still hear people in the US saying that manual is more efficient.

[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

It's not half a century ago, more like 10-15 years. Basically the old style with 3-4 speeds and a torque converter wasted power, and I still had one of those (brand new) from '06 to '09. Most automatics now have mostly the same innards as a manual, often a 6 speed, but with automatic actuators.