All hail the Unimog!

As a classically trained driver I’ve found automatics make people drive worse because they have to think less. And they already barely think.

US: predominantly automatic transmission, low speed limits

Germany: predominantly manual transmission, higher speed limits and no limits on around half of autobahns (motorways)

US road deaths per capita twice of Germany.

Draw your own conclusions.

It’s been difficult to find manual transmisssions for a couple of decades here in the US. That ship has sailed.

While most of my life I vowed my kids would learn manual, I gave up on that idea because

• manual transmission cars are rare and disappearing
• automatics now are more fuel efficient
• CVT are reliable and even more efficient
• EVs don’t shift

My kids started driving in a world of automatics and will soon be in a world with no transmissions

• Wanted to Start on a Steep Hill? We had a Tool for that: it was Called "Flooring the Gas while letting go off the Clutch"

IT AIN'T NO GOOD MORNIN' WITHOUT THE SMELL OF NICELY BURNED CLUTCH

You guys do realize this is supposed to be a parody of boomer bullshit arguments right?

Oh good I got here before the lemmy fuck cars brigade showed up

My Volkswagen flashes a message when I put the key in the ignition; "Depress clutch to start"

So I tell it that the majority of Yanks don't know how to use it and it starts every time.

The perfect transmission UI was the Teletouch on the Ford Edsel. And if anyone tries to argue I'll say "nuh uh," run away, and cry.

i miss my stick

Lol that handbrake start is utterly useless if you live anywhere that's actually hilly all over.

You've got to learn the proper clutchwork from the very start or you'll be taking years on every hill.

Unless you're starting from a cold start on a hill without ABS, I guess it could a safety precaution.

I still hate to this day one of my parents cars. The gear shift is on the side of the radio and the radio controls(what isn’t touch screen) are underneath.

I've always had a manual car. I love them. That is until I ended up dating a younger woman and we moved in together. Several years later the manual turned into the second car only I drove. That got sold and we now have two cars she can drive.

One day I might teach her how to drive manual. We live in a really flat area with no major hills, so it shouldn't be a problem. One day maybe,

Daddy needs his coffee.

Seriously, the automatic is so much better for using a truck as a tool. I still drive a stick right now and I'm lucky I miss rush hour most days because we start and end early, one job site.

I'd never choose a manual for dealing with taking tools and materials around the Metro while the assholes I'm trying to service cut me off in stop and go traffic.

And IMO we need to start racing EVs, leave combustion for the 20th century old timer events

oshit I have been bamboozled by a shitpost

Bought a new car last fall and looked everywhere for a manual, they are indeed getting rare in the US. Ended up with a Jeep Gladiator sport because it's a convertible 4x4 with a stick shift and so far the driving experience has been nice. You can tell Stellantis cheaps out on some of the plastic trim stuff and we'll see just how reliable it is after a few years. Would be sweet if Toyota would make a convertible or T-top 4runner with a stick shift in the US.