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[-] ExLisper@linux.community 76 points 10 months ago

And of course all shit electric cars are all automatic. It's part of the NWO agenda. They want to force us all into electric, automatic cars, Over my dead body! A car that does not produce smelly fumes when driving is not a real car. What I am supposed to smell when walking in the city? Air? Fucking dumb. On top of that they make no sound! There's nothing to tune up to make my car sound like a racing machine. How I'm supposed to let everyone know I have a small dick if I can't rev my engine all the time? Not me mention electric cars don't emit CO2 so I can't lock myself in a garage with the engine running and kill myself when I realize that no one is impressed by my car and my dick is still tiny. Absurd!

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 31 points 10 months ago

I've literally seen people post that they'd consider going electric if only it had an engine sound. Seriously, people who are old enough to have a drivers license want their car to go wroom wroom.

I get it. It's the same reason all cars have a steering wheel, despite it being the most dangerous part of the interior. Joysticks just don't give the same feel as when the captain steers the boat over the seven seas.

Wroom wroom, steer steer, wroooom, change gear while turning, push pedal, wroom wroom.

[-] GiveMemes@jlai.lu 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I mean the wheel is definitely the best control mechanism for driving... whether or not it's dangerous, there's a reason the best sim racers use wheels and not controllers and it's that they provide vastly more control. So nice argument except it's all based on a false claim that joysticks are better lmaoooo

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[-] vithigar@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I was extraordinarily glad to have a wheel when my power steering failed and found myself having to turn the car using the strength of my arms and the mechanical leverage of the wheel. A joystick would've made the vehicle literally impossible to steer.

[-] axsyse@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 10 months ago

I'll just leave this here. In short: a guy wrote a physics engine to simulate any combustion engine, and then further got it working with an electric motor so electric motors can use a simulated vroom vroom

https://youtu.be/4U41OxHiqI8

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[-] vithigar@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

I've literally seen people post that they'd consider going electric if only it had an engine sound.

In many regions now it's actually mandated that EVs make additional noise when moving at low speeds (less than 40km/h or so). There were concerns that quiet vehicles would have more pedestrian accidents.

[-] zurohki@aussie.zone 30 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

electric cars are all automatic

They aren't, really. They don't actually change gears, if you want to go backwards you spin the motor backwards.

Hilariously, jump starting EVs is a thing if the 12V battery dies. And no, you can't roll start them.

[-] axsyse@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

tl;dr: my PHEV does change gears when in EV mode, as weird as it sounds

So, I drive a Hyundai Ioniq Plug-in Hybrid EV (PHEV). It's a hybrid with a larger battery so you can plug it in and drive fully-EV on the battery for about 30 miles/50 kilometers or so. The freaky thing is that the EV motor is connected to the transmission, so it does switch gears sometimes and you can feel it when it does. Even freakier is that this also applies to regenerative braking: when you slow down from a high speed, you can sometimes feel it switching gears while you brake. That all isn't too bad since it's got a dual-clutch transmission and so it switches gears pretty quickly, but it can still be a bit freaky at times.

Additionally: there are some people who have converted antique cars to EVs, but to save money they didn't touch the transmission and instead elected only to replace the engine. They still have manual transmissions in them, though I suppose you could probably just find a suitable gear to leave them on 100% of them time. Still, you can, in principle, switch gears on them.

[-] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Typically I've seen people keep their car in 2nd (or reverse IIRC? That way your controller doesn't have to support reverse and you don't have to put in a new switch on the dash) in electric swaps. Also you don't use the clutch pedal to start, only to change gears, which is a bit freaky when you're not used to it.

On the highway there might be value in switching to a higher gear though, torque/efficiency curves aren't perfectly flat even on electric motors. I would be curious to know what gains would be had on a modern electric platform like an ID.3 if one was to put in a cheap two or three gears sequential/manual transmission (for all I know the efficiency gains would not offset the additional losses from the clutch and gearbox, and even if they are some gains I'm sure that they do not make up for the inconvenience/lack of comfort of a MT).

[-] doofer_name@feddit.de 10 points 10 months ago

Over my dead body!

Be careful now. The German car and American gun industry might listen and team up.

[-] db2@sopuli.xyz 37 points 10 months ago

Or the car will be like "You're creeping forward with your driver's door open? I'm going to slam in to park without even asking first then all my dash lights will be going full xmas mode while I beep incessantly. Because fuck you, that's why."

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[-] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 26 points 10 months ago

Manual transmission is also a great anti-theft device, since most kids don't know how to drive it.

[-] phorq@lemmy.ml 18 points 10 months ago

Don't worry, AI transmission works most of the time (but every now and then it may hallucinate on the highway...)

[-] cooopsspace@infosec.pub 14 points 10 months ago

Surely the volume knob isn't a real gear stick, right?

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 25 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

2019 Ford Edge

but... it gets worse!

2023 GMC Terrain

[-] neshura@bookwormstory.social 18 points 10 months ago

That automatic transmission control is really dreamed up by someone utterly deranged.

[-] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

Oh damn I wasn't expecting to see a 2023 car with an AUX port

[-] dewritoninja@pawb.social 14 points 10 months ago

As someone studying tech, yes please, give me the dummest most rudimentary car with no computer or servos. I don't want general motors to gather my biometrics or a script kiddy to disable my steering. Dumb technology is best always. Fuck that android auto bs or whatever abomination the manufacturer adds. Just want a speaker with an aux cord so I can listen to my flacs

[-] rab@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah I couldn't have said it better. Go around asking mechanics what they drive and they are all going to say this pretty much

[-] lseif@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

YES, YOU GET IT

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[-] lseif@sopuli.xyz 13 points 10 months ago

hey i made this :) nice

[-] Juris_LLM@feddit.nl 12 points 10 months ago

Oh you mean the prndl?

[-] crackajack@reddthat.com 10 points 10 months ago

"Real men use rocks to fight." says the man to another man with a gun.

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago

I switched from manual to auto after I moved to Reading and found myself constantly dancing the clutch fandango in all the stop start traffic.

[-] ByteWizard@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

When driving an auto I have to be real careful not to try and hit the 'clutch'. Brake checked myself more than once doing that.

[-] arc@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Most of not-North-America drive around in manual vehicles. Have to wonder what the allure is of something which is kind of mundane and boring. When I'm driving a manual I'm not thinking I'm Steve McQueen, just constantly shifting gears between sets of traffic lights. If people really want to connect with a car, then buy an EV. Instant torque and responsiveness without screwing around with extra sticks and pedals or suffering the rubber banding in some automatics.

[-] deczzz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It depends on what sort of experience you want, what roads you drive, whether it's mostly country or city, do track running etc.

I like manual more for various reasons. I don't do much city driving nor do I get stock in heavy traffic ques. I drive country roads and highways and do a few track days. With a manual I get a much more satisfying experience, as it requires more skill to make fast and/or smooth shifts. The tactile feel of the manual gear shifter makes me feel more connected to my car. Flappy pads shifting automatic doesn't require the same skill nor has the same tactile feel. It's awesome for city and ques though.

I don't think we have the same idea of what it means to be connected with the car. Most EVs aren't seeking to have you drive them, they are seeking to drive you, imho (except maybe the Hyundai N range thats coming, but only because it tries to manic cars).

[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 7 points 10 months ago

This meme is pre-electric.

[-] bluewing@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

Someone bring this sniveling fool to me! I grew up on a farm and when I learned to drive, I started with a 5x3 manual double stick and then "graduated" to a 15 speed. I will have this fool crying in his pablum within a mile.

I'm all for automatics. What transmission you drive does not lessen the driving experience.

[-] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

Maybe I'm kidding myself but I feel like even if I won the lottery I still wouldn't replace my -07 Nissan Pickup. I'd probably have the thing entirely rebuilt but it's basically my dream car as it is so other than customizing it even more there's nothing newer trucks have that I wish mine did too. The only downside to older vehicles is the increased need for maintenance though I'm much rather fixing a 15 year old truck today than 2023 truck in 2038.

[-] TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id 1 points 10 months ago

04 Nissan Frontier over here. I specifically bought it because it has a manual transmission which is hard to find in the US. I drove all the way up to Seattle from Portland to get it. There are maintenance issues given its age, but I still love it. Apart from the bullshit bells and whistles, it's still every bit as capable as any new pickup in its class. I've doctored it up a bit over the years, so it's not fully stock anymore.

[-] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah I ignored all the automatics aswell. Mine has a 6 speed manual, 4x4, low range and a rear diff lock.

They're called Navara here in Europe. I'm not sure how different it's from Frontier except that it has a 2.5 litre turbo diesel rather than petrol engine. I think it's a damn nice looking truck despite its age and with modifications it can be made to look even better. Mine is all murdered out.

[-] computerscientistI@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

I don't drive a car that needs detonating dino-dhiarrea anymore. And BEVs only habe one gear. So there's that.

[-] lorez@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

You drive a car that indirectly needs dino-dhiarrea. Only moved the problem one step.

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[-] Pulptastic@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago

Baby electric vehicles

[-] s_s@lemmy.one 4 points 10 months ago

My car doesn't even have gears.

[-] Enzy@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

I LIKE MY CARS LIKE MY MEAT

RAAAAAW

[-] dope@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

1995 Ford F150 5 speed manual. I have no complaints.

[-] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 months ago

Bullshit, you definitely complain about gas prices.

[-] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago

I love this meme... Where can I find a collection?

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 1 points 10 months ago

I love my manual xB.

[-] EarWorm@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

When I drive, I am one with my vehicle! I have the gear stick up my ass and twerk to change gears, like a MAN!

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