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[Nocty]

can you even buy manual cars anymore? I haven't seen one since like 2010 or so

 

[Highway Star]

Living in a big city. My daily is an automatic, but my Sunday toy is a manual.
Don't like crawling in traffic using a clutch.

 

[Muffdraul]

I followed in my dad's footsteps. His whole like he was militant about manual. "If you're not using manual transmission, you're not in full control of the car." Then when he got old and retired he bought his first automatic and never went back to manual. Well, I'm not retired, but I'm in my mid 50s and after driving manual my entire life I bought a new car last December. 2025 Honda Accord Hybrid Touring. Pretty much every system in the thing is automatic, and I'm loving it.

 

[Fbh]

I learned to drive with manual but my current car is automatic (wasn't even looking for one, but I bought a used one and the best deal on the model I wanted just happened to be an automatic).

If you are going to go for an actual drive manual is way more fun. But for the day to day driving around the city (which is what I do 95% of the time) I prefer automatic.

 

[Susurrus]

I used to drive a manual. Lived a lot more rural at the time, and it could be enjoyable. Now I live in a city (DC) and fuck that noise.

That being, said there's no 3rd option, EV, which are a single gear and have no transmission. A great feeling when you can just floor it and not have to be slowed down by gear changes. No stupid bubububu noises, no buzzing engine, just pure quick, quiet, and smooth acceleration.

 

[IntentionalPun]

I enjoy driving my manual sports car sometimes but also enjoy driving my automatic compact SUV at times.

I don't suddenly grow labia when I'm not driving my manual car, as much as I'd like to.

 

[sharp weiner]

It's fun getting to high RPMs in manual but after my WRX got totaled I had enough fun and went to automatic.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Automatic, I get manual vibes from the motorcycle just shifting gears on that.

 

[readonly]

Drove a manual for 15 years, now an automatic. Manual is way better but in traffic it is the worst.

 

[Paasei]

Manual being the standard here, so I only ever had that. Never even driven an automatic.

All the crossovers, SUVs and EVs are automatic. And seeing that nowadays dealers almost exclusively sell those kind of models, I'll be driving an automatic eventually.

So, for all this time, I prefer manual because I don't know any better.