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Original Post: Why do we drive manual/stick shifts?
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I had a fun afternoon taking out Emily in a manual car. She didn't know how to drive a stick shift, so I thought it would be fun to teach her (apologies KT, whose car we used! I will buy you a new transmission!).
Emily took to it surprisingly well. I was braced for some severe jerking, but it wasn't the case at all. Truly amazed to be honest ;)
Emily doesn't understand why anyone would drive a stick.
We have the technology that allows the car to take over that part of driving, so why would you bother??
I can definitely understand where she is coming from. It is fun driving stick now and then, but as soon as you are in heavy traffic, starting up hill, and the like.... and then you wish you had an automatic.
Do you really get THAT much better gas mileage these days with automatic vs. manual (especially versus manual drivers that aren't great ;). And what about the cost. Is it worth the extra 1k to never have to bother with shifting? 1k adds a few cents to your monthly cost doesn't it? :)
Maybe I am just not that excited about cars, and the act of driving. When the fool rolls back into me, I wish that he had an automatic though!
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