Thread 717759967

>>717759967 (OP)
>*americans

>>717759967 (OP)
No car company makes manual transmissions anymore, retarded boomer.

>pointless timewasting mechanic is removed
>old people want it back just so they can antagonize young people for no reason

>>717760073
fr

>>717759967 (OP)
>it's better because it's more complex
gatekeeping bullshit

>>717759967 (OP)
Ya man, cause millennials were all using manual so much.

>>717759967 (OP)
I never learnt to drive manual because that was my act of petty teenage rebellion against my mother saying I should.

>>717760172
why would you relinquish fine control?

>>717759967 (OP)
You have to learn manual to get a driving license... isn't the same in America?

I'm a zoomer and I can drive a manual doe

>>717760249
In most Euroland countries if you get your drivers licence on automatic you can ONLY drive automatics.

>>717760249
no. technology in america has evolved past the point of manual transmissions

>>717759967 (OP)
Automatic is distinctly American and bad driver problem.

>Drive a shitbox with a manual transmission
>Take off is slow and the shifting slows down the car even more
>I don't mind it at all
>The problem is that some dickhead behind me in their Ford or Jeep or GMC or some other douchebag car will ride my ass expecting me to hit 60 as soon as the light turns green
>>717760073
>>old people want it back just so they can antagonize young people for no reason
I thought manuals were getting popular among young people

>>717760249
America has already acknowledged their population is too dumb for manual transmissions.

My nephew learned how to use manual after two practices, don't tell me this filters /v/?

>>717759967 (OP)
I like stick shift simply because it gives me a meager amount of mental stimulation in an otherwise dreary and shit driving experience because of all the traffic. I'd kill for some fucking public transit so I could just not drive anymore since it's so mindless and enervating now.

>>717760497
what irrationally filters people is the fact every manual feels different. this is something you get accustomed to in couple of drives, but the initial DISCOMFORT hurdle is there.

I literally had to learn how to do manual before I got a car licence. Good bait.

I learned on my uncle’s old shitbox but is there actually a benefit?

>tfw following the gear shift with a perfect clutch release
i miss my 2005 dodge neon rt sometimes

>>717760057
Uhh yeah they do, Toyota, Nissan, Porsche at the top of my head

>>717759967 (OP)
These were soft cancled not because they were complicated but because American roads have 1000x the niggershit drivers, bikemutts and welfare kid obstacles to dodge, so safety takes up all of driver's ed now and there is no time to learn how the vehicle actually fuckin' works.

>go on vacation in central america
>car rental company warns that most of their fleet use manual
>very excited since I haven't had a manual car since the mid 2000s
>get there and they hand over an automatic SUV
>wife sees this as a free upgrade so we go with it

Sad

>>717760248
This "fine control" is bullshit for the most part. Maybe in the old days of shitty four-speed slushboxes, but a modern auto is great.
I was also a manual elitist for a long time, but lately I've been driving some rentals which were autos and I think my next car will probably be auto as well, no reason not to.

There's no worse feeling than stalling when a traffic light opens. Keep doing your thing autobros

>>717760172
it's not that complex and it helps you understand how engines work

>>717760829
You have to be mentally retarded to stall your own car.

>>717760208
Lol, showed her.

>>717759967 (OP)
I can't drive at all. Cars give me anxiety attacks and I feel like fainting.

>>717760807
I drive in a place with tons of slopes (an island) and it's great to have manual. Engage a lower gear when going downwards to enjoy a bit of engine braking and not be pressing the brakes all the time like a retard, engaging the right gear in the right powerband when going up, etc

>>717760249
Kys obsessed fag

>>717760249
many zoomers are now only doing their driving test in automatic

>>717760926
least zoomer post of all time

>>717760926
post tits

>H shifters
>mfw
Everyone knows going fast means sequential.

>>717760926
Everything gives zoomers anxiety attacks.

>>717760829
Just don't stall, lmao

>>717760618
the only benefit is being able to buy cheaper shitboxes

>>717760931
I'll give you downhill, that's the one part where a manual can be better, though most autos these days have a manual mode too if you want it.
On the other hand, hill starts are a real pain in a manual.

>>717759967 (OP)
How do you Park with this shit??
Manualfags are the worst thinking they're so superior because they jerk off their transmission lever whenever they do anything. You have to be gay to own a manual car.

>>717759967 (OP)
I own 5 cars and 4 are manual.
I don't understand how you could like videogames but not like driving a manual. It is so satisfying to get right. I grew up not really driving and then only driving automatics so I bought a simrig to learn on. Best gaming related purchase I've ever made

>>717761152
yeah I guess your parents and grandparents were gay too

>>717760249
Buddy the driving test here is going through a 10mph parking lot while avoiding cones and doing over exaggerated head movements then parallel parking

>>717760807
it's bullshit if you drive on endless flat plains

>>717759967 (OP)
It is my understanding that you should not break and come to a complete stop while in gear. Is this true?

>>717760680
>Porsche
Oh sweet summer child.
Not in a number of years. They have "F1" style paddle shifting now. And only that. So "manual" in the sense that you can suggest a gear to the computer running the automatic.
Know a dude who had porsches. Switches to BMW because if he's going to drive a fancy car he wants to interact with it. Not the same without the stick.

>>717760680
Mazda still does as well

>>717761152
What do you mean park, you stop the car. That's it. You can pull the handbrake if you want but if a car is left in gear then it's not going anywhere anyway.

>>717760926
>something new makes me uneasy
This is normal. Normal people overcome it and then it becomes second nature. You're just weak.

>>717760057
Most of them do it because repairing is more expensive.
I always laugh when people push it too hard at launch and the car shifts up twice and tells the 40yo mom to chill dude.
It sound ridiculous.

>>717761368
just press the clutch and brake at the same time

>>717759967 (OP)
Oh cry me a fucking river
Did my stupid test with manual and passed. Fuck off.
And i'd still rather just take public transport.

>>717760073
>>717760172
If you don't know how to manually shift gears you don't know how to drive.
You are no different from a child with one of those remote-controlled toy cars.