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Topic	Can you drive a stick shift?
adjl 12/28/22 11:24:39 AM #32:	Far-Queue posted... It really only provides a benefit in certain scenarios (on steep grades, in inclement weather, etc) And even then modern automatics have made immense strides in offering the user options to adjust the gears. Day-to-day driving there's almost zero benefit to driving a manual over automatic. Even some of the newer semis that come with automatics have switches so you can downshift going up or down grades. Yep, that's pretty much what I'm getting at. Aside from finding it more fun, there's really no reason to choose manual over automatic. Whatever benefits might have existed in the past haven't existed for decades. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:970458393] in Can you dr... [t:80291862]...</cite> <quote>Far-Queue posted... </cite><quote>It really only provides a benefit in certain scenarios (on steep grades, in inclement weather, etc) And even then modern automatics have made immense strides in offering the user options to adjust the gears. Day-to-day driving there's almost zero benefit to driving a manual over automatic. Even some of the newer semis that come with automatics have switches so you can downshift going up or down grades.</quote>Yep, that's pretty much what I'm getting at. Aside from finding it more fun, there's really no reason to choose manual over automatic. Whatever benefits might have existed in the past haven't existed for decades. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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