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I'll just take the bus (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/memes@sopuli.xyz

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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (10 children)

Manuals are more engaging. Getting a smooth shift or a perfect rev match on a downshift is very satisfying. Shifting gears when your have a car with a smooth, very mechanically connected shifter feels even more satisfying.
If you ever have to gun it in an emergency with a manual the acceleration is instant. In an automatic you have to wait a few seconds for the transmission to figure out what gear it wants to be in before anything actually happens.
Generally, in an automatic, the connection between the engine and the wheels doesn't feel very mechanical. It feels like they are connected by a rubber band.
In a manual you feel much more like the car is an extension of you.
Going back to driving an automatic usually feels like you're being handed a children's toy. The whole experience feels hollow and neutered like it's missing something substantial.

I guess there can be some elitist mindset to being able to do something that fewer and fewer people can do. But thinking that this is the main reason why people love driving stick is downright ignorant.

[–] 474D@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago (7 children)

No automatic takes "a few seconds" to gun it, I think you might be the one with the flawed experience

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

Manual: floor it, instant pull. If I want to downshift I will.

Automatic: floor it, hesitation, downshift, revs go higher but nothing happens because it isn't sure if it wants to downshift again, hesitation, downshifts, revs go crazy and outside of power band or just at the top end of it, shitty pull, upshifts almost right after. Finally some pull after wasting three seconds.

I've driven countless various automatic vehicles. They all do that to varying degrees of disappointment.

[–] AngryMob@lemmy.one 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Are any of those countless cars ones that have any sort of sport mode? Because i only experience that in cars with no modes (ie permanently in eco mode) or when in the eco modes. Which is a fair enough critique i guess, but also, theyre eco cars for a reason. Nobody cares what happens when you floor it in an eco box while its already upshifted and cruising.

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