If you think shifting gears is an important part of driving you are, most likely, a shitty driver. I put as much attention on the stick as I put on my pinky toe when I’m walking, I do use it but my attention is in not tripping with any obstacle, not bumping into someone, not stepping on a dog shit… I barely notice what I do with them unless something’s wrong, the toe’s hurting or the transmission acting up.
Driving manual isn’t that special, over here in Europe everybody do it, literal children, grandmas over a hundred years old, people with mental disabilities…
I think that manual transmissions still have some advantages in some cases, but I have an automatic since half a year ago (my only prior experience was one week in the States with a rented car) and I prefer it, the same car in manual was also available and it was cheaper. Zero regrets. After a hard day of work, not having to do leg series with the clutch in the traffic jams is just objectively better.
If you think shifting gears is an important part of driving you are, most likely, a shitty driver. I put as much attention on the stick as I put on my pinky toe when I’m walking, I do use it but my attention is in not tripping with any obstacle, not bumping into someone, not stepping on a dog shit… I barely notice what I do with them unless something’s wrong, the toe’s hurting or the transmission acting up.
Driving manual isn’t that special, over here in Europe everybody do it, literal children, grandmas over a hundred years old, people with mental disabilities…
I think that manual transmissions still have some advantages in some cases, but I have an automatic since half a year ago (my only prior experience was one week in the States with a rented car) and I prefer it, the same car in manual was also available and it was cheaper. Zero regrets. After a hard day of work, not having to do leg series with the clutch in the traffic jams is just objectively better.