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Originally Posted by dcb
Lol "Chest beating", funny because an ape could probably drive an auto with very little training.
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sounds like you're trying to use this statement to deride automatic transmissions, but.. when did "easy to use" turn into a bad thing? all of us use dozens of easy to use things every day when there's a manual workaround.
driving, for example, is totally easier to do than walking. i hardly see how any conclusions of intelligence and/or manliness can be drawn just from whether or not you have to select gear ratios each time you accelerate
manual transmissions offer the hard core hypermiler an added means to exploit when actively attempting to get maximum mpg, and on inherently fun cars it's also fun to squeeze just the right amount of power at just the right time out of the engine using a manual trans... in those 2 cases a manual is great! beyond that, I just don't see the point. if you want to make life more tedious, why not outfit yourself a series of little pushbutton valves to open and close your fuel injectors from the drivers' seat? after all, you can do a better job manually than some ol' computer right?
of course, it all comes down to preference as well.. if you just like driving a stick, ok cool like driving one
but liking one thing doesn't mean everything else sucks, strawberry ice cream doesn't suck just because you prefer chocolate.. it's just different. automatics have become quite good, they're really not that complex or mysterious and now that they're optimized for MPG on many cars they're becoming an excellent way for the average driver to drive the way they're used to driving and still save petroleum. Great, if you ask me
