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  • [M] forget self-driving cars; bring back the stick shift

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 5 22:35:05 2019
    On Fri, 5 Apr 2019 20:29:43 -0400, Arif Khokar <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    more difficult to find vehicles with stick shifts

    I think it should be a requirement to learn on....its about
    mental/physical coordination.

    Fuel mileage wise, autos vs sticks today are about same, or same mpg.

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  • From Arif Khokar@21:1/5 to JAB on Sat Apr 6 06:30:05 2019
    On 04/05/2019 11:35 PM, JAB wrote:

    I think it should be a requirement to learn on....its about
    mental/physical coordination.

    It becomes second nature once you've been driving one long enough.
    FWIW, I didn't learn how to drive one until about 5 years after I first
    got my license. But now I have over 20 years of experience driving one.

    Fuel mileage wise, autos vs sticks today are about same, or same mpg.

    For me, the fuel efficiency difference isn't really a consideration. I
    just like the fact that I can choose the appropriate gear to go up or
    down hills in advance rather than waiting for an automatic to react and
    choose the gear for me.

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