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[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

My ex tried to teach me to drive stick on the way home from urgent care.. my urgent care. Because it was convenient for him at that time. He refused to teach me several times before then because it was inconvenient. (why yes, I did leave him decades ago over abuse, thanks for asking! Tho it was not the specific thing)

I don’t care if manual is superior in some irrelevant way; I refuse to learn now due to trauma. Pretty sure I looked just like this picture.

[–] Redacted@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago

Hey glad your free of that

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 12 hours ago

Different technology, different pros/cons. You don't need to learn it in the same way you don't need to learn to calculate the sheer force of a raindrop on a window: you just don't need to.

Learning manual is one of those things that requires some understanding of what's going on, a lot of time, and patience. It's a feel thing, but you need context. After that, it's muscle memory - and context.

Honestly, most people do all parts of it wrong. So don't feel bad.

[–] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago

Meh, stick is simpler so if anything goes wrong it's easy to fix or less things to break. The only other reason is that it forces you to pay attention to your driving, so, if your into cars, it's more enjoyable to go for a drive.

Automatic is superior, especially now. You aren't missing much.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Thing is, it's not superior in any way, quite the opposite. Maybe things were different decades ago.

[–] Rev3rze@feddit.nl 4 points 11 hours ago

Though I drive an automatic now, I do still feel like manual transmission gives you a little bit more control. I miss being able to use the clutch in the friction zone for fine control at low speeds or even reversing. Plus I miss being able to downshift at higher speeds for a bit more torque. The last one is achievable by just pressing the accelerator to make the automatic shifter understand what I want to do, or by using it's manual override but that feels less natural to me for some reason.