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Why do British people have such a dim view of Automatic cars? (feddit.uk)
submitted 9 months ago by Oneeightnine@feddit.uk to c/askuk@feddit.uk
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I've been driving an automatic since I passed nearly a decade ago. In that time whenever I tell anyone I drive auto, it's usually met with some level of derision. I think that attitude is changing, but I'm still kind of confused by it in the first place.

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[–] Mac@mander.xyz 2 points 9 months ago

And yet any time you change throttle input they change gearing and have horrible "lag". While they may be always engaged they're never in the right "gear".