Posted on 02/25/2024 2:23:39 PM PST by Red Badger
I haven’t owned a vehicle with an automatic transmission since 1979.
I drove a manual for 35 years before finally getting an automatic in 2013.......And that was in city traffic too.
Don't miss the damn things at all....LOL!
“I hopped into his Celica and realized I had never driven a stick before. It took me all of about five minutes to figure it out.”
If you were like me back then, you knew the principles behind clutch and tranny operation (so you know what needs to be done, just got to get the coordination going), and you also weren’t a woman.
2019 Fiesta ST, Zetrag 6 speed. Mine has 4,500 miles on it. Rarely been in 6th.
Getrag
In some ways I agree but having experienced the cars of the 70s-80s firsthand I appreciate the quality of todays vehicles
I remember when a car with 60-80k miles was considered high mileage and generally well on way to being worn out
Currently driving a v6 Acura with over 80k miles that looks and runs almost like its new and other than oil changes and a battery never breaks
seems modern women now come with a stick too.
I taught my daughter many years ago at 15, she’s now 36.
It took about 10 minutes...........
There are lawsuits over the "ecology" transmissions:
https://lemonlawexperts.com/fords-new-transmission-proves-far-from-tough/
https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a43398900/gm-will-face-class-action-suit-over-8-speed-gearbox-issues/
https://www.carcomplaints.com/news/2021/nissan-cvt-lawsuit-settlement-reached.shtml
https://www.cars.com/articles/ford-focus-fiesta-transmission-settlement-what-owners-should-know-420135/
https://www.classaction.org/silverado-tahoe-sierra-transmission-lawsuit
https://www.classaction.org/subaru-ascent-transmission-problems-lawsuit
https://considertheconsumer.com/consumer-class-actions/honda-transmission-class-action-lawsuit
https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/consumer-products/auto-news/toyota-class-action-lawsuit-alleges-transmission-defect/
I must agree fully with your comment.
We have a 2015 Subaru and a 2018 F150. The Subaru is OK, but the Ford just sucks to high heaven in the over done department. I cuss every time I get in it, for some annoying feature will pi$$ me off before we get on the road.
We have a 97 Silverado. What a pleasure to drive. Comfortable, safe, easy to drive and has nearly 200,000 miles on it and uses zero oil. Of the three, this is the one both the wife and I agree is a pleasure to drive. It’s simple and fun.
The new VWs I drove in Germany were all stick.
How are recent VWs concerning reliability? I don’t see them on the road as often as Toyotas, Honda/Acura, Kia/Hundai, Nissan and even Subaru.
Don’t know.............😎
More cars sold in the United States have automatic transmissions, not because they're better, but because the majority of cars in the United States are leased first and then sold after the lease. It's easier to sell a used car with an automatic transmission than a manual transmission.
I enjoy driving a manual.... it’s fun.
It's part of the definition of driving. A vehicle with an automatic transmission is "operated", and the operator is barely more than a passenger.
Bless you.
What really surprised me was that all of the buses that I rode in Shanghai and Beijing had manual transmissions. Traffic crawls along there about five feet at a time.
I agree other than I believe that automobile tech peaked in the seventies not the 90s. When the insurance companies and the three letter agencies started tinkering with the auto industry they killed the automobile and created the transportation pod. You may as well be driving a dishwasher.
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