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wow i cant believe so many americans use auto. do you lot do much racing then as it would suck to race using an auto!
My car(and most new cars) can actually manually change gears if wanted. The transmissions can change gears faster than a human, so really, even in racing, the auto would be better in my car.
Drive a real stick then tell me that slap stick shit is shifting. Its no where near the same.
As for the effort thing of driving a stick, its a reflex, for the first 6 months after trading in my 318is for a ML500 I was still hitting my break trying to hit my clutch every time I came to a stop in a hurry. That was over 2 years ago. I still when I have to hit my breaks for something in the road I reach for my stick shift hit my clutch then break as I try to downshift.
Something you cannt really do with a slap stick
You can downshift to stop with a slap stick..... Probably faster.....
Not sure what you could be talking about. Unless you are just saying you can't go from 6th to 1st.... and are you really arguing that sticks are better than slapsticks because of their stopping power? And it is the same. Exactly the same. You are doing the exact same thing with a slap stick as you would with a manual... except there is no clutch because the transmission does the "clutch" for you.
And I have driven a stick...for a few days....
Just sounds like a feeble attempt of the "manuals only omgz" people of justifying why manuals rule.
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