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Old 08-04-2020, 01:14 AM   #34 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
I don't find gridlock traffic to be very burdensome in a manual. Drive at the average speed of traffic and you rarely have to shift. Way less stressful and more fuel efficient too.
If anyone has the right to say this, it's probably me, because I drove M/T in the Bay Area for years. Steep hills, 4mph traffic, circling the block for 30 minutes looking for parking, I've done it all, and the clutch was never a problem. Clutch operation is not something I have to think about, my foot moves where it needs to.

Granted, I did get left knee pain after moving to the East Coast, and operating the clutch for a whole day did make it hurt, but I could definitely manage a shorter drive.
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