And where are you from? And how old? Not “do you” but just if you know how.

I’m in the US, mid 30s and can (and do) drive a manual transmission.

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    I’m from Europe, I was taught on manual transmission and drove with it for 10 years. But I switched to automatic (actually not on purpose, I didn’t notice the car I was buying had it), and now vastly prefer it.

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        I wouldn’t buy an automatic bike, coz I ride bikes for fun.

        The daily get-to-work shitbox? I don’t want to babysit the gearbox, just do your thing while I chill to some tunes.

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        Manual is more fun if you enjoy driving, automatic is easier if you just want to get where you’re going. That’s literally the only real difference.

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          It’s the engine size really, I have driven the automatic version of my car (SEAT Mini) and it was awful. However trying a bigger car was much better.

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          I knew someone that has that issue on their Fiesta, luckily that was only for those specific vehicles.

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        And modern automatic gearbox are actually more performant and use less gas than human shifters. We’re not driving 90s cars anymore.