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Violet_Crumble

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18. I would have agreed about mountains until last weekend...

Fri Jun 4, 2021, 01:36 AM

Jun 2021

My new Golf GTI with its farting DSG transmission won me over. Lots of hairpin bends and stopping due to rockslides being repaired, but I felt I had a better grip on the road and more control of the GTI than I ever did with my old car with hits manual transmission. Then again, my old car was old and didn't have sports mode, while the GTI has sports mode and has like 8 gears. Plus it looks so cute and sporty! And I can hook my phone up and use Google Assistant to do the voicey thing!

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Why Stick Shifts Are Going Extinct. The End of the Stick Shift. [View all] Yavin4 Jun 2021 OP

Sad, in a way. I get a lot of pleasure from shifting. lagomorph777 Jun 2021 #1

My guess is that this is an outcome from being in a car dependent culture. Yavin4 Jun 2021 #3

It's just a general technological progression Happy Hoosier Jun 2021 #14

I was just never a big fan stopdiggin Jun 2021 #48

I'm wit'cha Happy Hoosier Jun 2021 #94

And once you're long out of practice or have never learned at all... JHB Jun 2021 #51

Possibly, though I find that when I do need to use stick, I remember just fine. Happy Hoosier Jun 2021 #95

My 2007 VW turned 118 this year.... OAITW r.2.0 Jun 2021 #2

I have always driven manuals dflprincess Jun 2021 #4

That is too bad, the young people will never know what they are missing. Bev54 Jun 2021 #5

My 30-year-old daughter refuses to buy anything else. Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #10

Yes my son, in his 30's had stick in his trucks, although not now Bev54 Jun 2021 #12

I know what I'm missing... brooklynite Jun 2021 #63

I lived 4 years in SE Asia and drove stick, on the other side of the road Bev54 Jun 2021 #91

I won't miss the 2400 dollars I spent on my previous vehicle when the tranny went. Marrah_Goodman Jun 2021 #90

I've always believed stick shift drivers are better drivers Ron Obvious Jun 2021 #6

I agree with you. You absolutely have to pay more attention... 3catwoman3 Jun 2021 #9

Had that happen to me in SF shanti Jun 2021 #19

Subaru stick Impreza has a button for that burrowowl Jun 2021 #33

That's nice! shanti Jun 2021 #99

heck, my 2017 Chevy Colorado automatic has hill assist OriginalGeek Jun 2021 #103

Some of those SF hills with the stop signs at a moonscape Jun 2021 #20

yep. and wore the clutch out stopdiggin Jun 2021 #50

It's one of the reasons I still have a car with stick shift. GoCubsGo Jun 2021 #55

There's no doubt in my mind that those of us that drive stick shifts MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #59

I can drive a stick shift iemanja Jun 2021 #79

1994 Audi S4 Casady1 Jun 2021 #7

You can't mess with your phone if you have to deal with a stick shift. tanyev Jun 2021 #8

My 30 y/o daughter, who has never driven anything but a manual, Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #11

Love manuals in mountains. But in a big city, gave in to autos at age 48. Hoyt Jun 2021 #13

I would have agreed about mountains until last weekend... Violet_Crumble Jun 2021 #18

Is that yours in the pic? ms liberty Jun 2021 #42

Nah, it's a doppelganger, except mine's got tinted windows.... Violet_Crumble Jun 2021 #66

Great car for fun in the mountains. RegularJam Jun 2021 #49

I have a VW Golf 1.8T auto now. Love that car, and would love a GTI. Had an original 1984 GTI. Hoyt Jun 2021 #71

All I drive are manual transmission vehicles UpInArms Jun 2021 #15

Same here. GoCubsGo Jun 2021 #52

My 21 yo insisted on buying a manual two years ago MissB Jun 2021 #16

I learnt to drive in a manual... Violet_Crumble Jun 2021 #21

Automatics are all part of the great dumbing down Blue Owl Jun 2021 #17

You can NOT blast Radar Love in an automatic ChubbyStar Jun 2021 #25

Lol, why not use crank shafts to start engine?? Nt USALiberal Jun 2021 #37

In Europe, the rental agencies still have a lot of stick shifts- dawg day Jun 2021 #22

Funny Related Story ProfessorGAC Jun 2021 #41

Hah! Not if they know you are American! GulfCoast66 Jun 2021 #47

I can see that you stick-lovers live in flat level-ground areas FakeNoose Jun 2021 #65

I remember reading that manual burns more calories dawg day Jun 2021 #88

Pittsburgh? Hah! Those aren't hills, they're barely pimples! GoneOffShore Jun 2021 #111

When I was renting cars here, I would specify manual. There was never a problem. GoneOffShore Jun 2021 #108

Have seen you in a while. How is Lyon treating you! GulfCoast66 Jun 2021 #109

Actually we're in Aix-en-Provence, only three hours south of Lyon. GoneOffShore Jun 2021 #110

2006 Toyota Corolla 5 Speed alphafemale Jun 2021 #23

I can drive a stick shift vercetti2021 Jun 2021 #24

My husband wants to buy a used Tree Lady Jun 2021 #26

My oldest son drives autocross and his car is an S2000. mnhtnbb Jun 2021 #36

We bought are very first automatic a few years ago. A Honda Fit, couldn't get a manual. yonder Jun 2021 #27

I had a Fit with a CVT auto... hated it. When I came to a stop it always took off in faux second gea mitch96 Jun 2021 #43

... yonder Jun 2021 #73

My wife's car is a 2011 Honda Fit Sport MurrayDelph Jun 2021 #74

The CVT on a Prius (I had a prius V) and it's pretty good. I also test drove a new Honda CRV mitch96 Jun 2021 #92

1998 BMW M3... ah the memories Layzeebeaver Jun 2021 #28

Last time I drove a manual transmission ... Straw Man Jun 2021 #29

I just paid $655 today on repairs for my 2005 Ford Focus 5-speed here in San Francisco. NBachers Jun 2021 #30

2020 was the first year in which sales of automatics were more than manuals in the UK muriel_volestrangler Jun 2021 #31

A few years ago I was in Ireland and EVERY car/truck/taxi I was in had a manual.. mitch96 Jun 2021 #45

I have two stick shifts. One is a 2019 model. NutmegYankee Jun 2021 #32

I restored and drive a 1970 Volvo 1800E PCIntern Jun 2021 #34

Bwah-ha-haa, just wait 'til you see what's really coming Rstrstx Jun 2021 #35

I see that happening RandiFan1290 Jun 2021 #44

Hated stick shifts! Still do! This thread cracks me up! Nt USALiberal Jun 2021 #38

Not scientific, just a feeling, but I think standards made me a better driver. chriscan64 Jun 2021 #39

Sticks are a blast to drive Deminpenn Jun 2021 #40

"Do think that stick shifts give drivers more control". Yes. The combination of b eing able to mitch96 Jun 2021 #46

I have that same transmission in a Mustang DVRacer Jun 2021 #77

Manual transmissions save gas ripcord Jun 2021 #53

Over what maybe an old school non lockup converter DVRacer Jun 2021 #78

I regularly beat the fuel economy of the automatic version of my car. NutmegYankee Jun 2021 #107

BS, big rig to VW van, stick is far superior to any automatic transmission. denbot Jun 2021 #54

I'm right there with you on that denbot. MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #61

Last truck I drove before retirement was a Volvo auto liberaltrucker Jun 2021 #93

Hubby always buys stick and all the kids learned to drive both Maeve Jun 2021 #56

When I was visiting Ukraine, 90% of the cars were stick shifts Tommy Carcetti Jun 2021 #57

I used to drive nothing buts sticks. MR2 Turbo, Corvettes, Miatas...but my legs & knees are, Dial H For Hero Jun 2021 #58

Even the trucking industry are phasing out manual trans, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #60

A long time ago, Tracer Jun 2021 #62

The end of push starting, too, I guess. Roisin Ni Fiachra Jun 2021 #64

Including me, multiple times. Ilsa Jun 2021 #69

What? I used to start an automatic when I was in college. It had a carborater...old car and Demsrule86 Jun 2021 #81

I'm old, so I grew up with manual transmissions. MineralMan Jun 2021 #67

An automatic transmission is a great theft deterrent Jose Garcia Jun 2021 #68

Isn't it a shame that nobody has to crank the engine anymore? brooklynite Jun 2021 #70

This message was self-deleted by its author tinrobot Jun 2021 #75

I have 2 vehicles- one is a manual and frankly it's a pain Arazi Jun 2021 #72

Drove a stick for decades. Now I drive electric. It's so much better. tinrobot Jun 2021 #76

My sister loves them...she has always driven a stick. Last time I was home, I took her car Demsrule86 Jun 2021 #80

My first car in the 80s was a stick shift. I wouldn't want to go back. Politicub Jun 2021 #82

Given how much our American lifestyle forces us to drive, this was inevitable. Yavin4 Jun 2021 #83

I was trained to drive stick years ago... Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2021 #84

Good. (nt) Paladin Jun 2021 #85

My first driving lesson was learning to shift for my step dad. Hotler Jun 2021 #86

It will soon join the choke knob in the museum dalton99a Jun 2021 #87

I can drive one, but there are things about it that are annoying to me Marrah_Goodman Jun 2021 #89

It'll never end for me Polybius Jun 2021 #96

I used to be a manual transmission purist as well. beaglelover Jun 2021 #97

Even automatic is push button now. ananda Jun 2021 #98

As a smoker and habitual coffee drinker when I drove a stick LanternWaste Jun 2021 #100

It took me several months to find my used Audi TTRS Ghost of Tom Joad Jun 2021 #101

as passenger...shifting makes me motion sick and nauseous Demovictory9 Jun 2021 #102

I can drive a stick shift car like I ride a bicycle or motorcycle. I don't have think about it. hunter Jun 2021 #104

I have my first automatic now. I miss my sticks! nolabear Jun 2021 #105

Looking to replace my 5 sp Focus soon... EX500rider Jun 2021 #106