Speaking of transmissions, I love the guys who decry the lack of availability of manual transmissions. I point out that F1 cars haven’t had manual transmissions for what? 2 decades at this point? And do they also want carbide headlamps and a manual crank starter?
They tend to get huffy at that point, which I enjoy.
I don’t get the relevance. F1 drivers are not driving for the enjoyment of driving, they are looking for the best way to win a race.
I am not trying to win a race with my corvette, I want to enjoy driving it and I enjoy the control operating the clutch and transmission gives me. An automatic is boring.
An automatic corvette is fine if you are of the gold chain and rolex crowd cruising around trying to get laid and need the prop to pull it off. Not so much if you want to enjoy driving it.