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๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ MILLENNIALS! don't buy motorcycle because of IPHONE amirite???
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Fucking stick shift and clutch perverts are pathetic. Automatic transmission is older than I am and considering yourself superior because you can use long obsolete technology is fucking stupid. Bet you can't drive an ox wagon, buttercup!
They would know after decades of clutching their pearls.
If you're driving a shitbox already I will strenuously defend the value of having it be manual. My starter died Monday in the middle of a road trip to see the eclipse and I just bump started it until I got back home. Unfortunately they are no longer cheaper to maintain than autos since replacing the clutch is usually an absurd amount of labor even if parts are cheaper.
But it's not hard to learn. A 15-speed bicycle is more confusing. Anyone can buy a stick shift and be getting themselves around within a couple weeks, the only reason Americans don't know how is most of the cars are automatic.
This is true of shitboxes, but the funny thing about manual people now is that pretty much every modern manual transmission is computer-aided at least and a placebo at worst.
I still prefer having one to not having it though, it makes the driving funnerer.
my favorite is the 100% fake EV manual transmission patents. They're afraid to add any new input methods. Like CVT cars should have a way to set the desired RPM so you can choose how much power is ready to go
Manuals are absolutely not obsolete technology in many parts of the world. It's only really in the USA where every car is automatic.
Do people outside of America think they're better for doing so?
Not really everyone wants to afford an automatic car if they just use it for a commute. Manual cars suck in rush hour traffic. For off road 4ร4 vehicles and other utility vehicles, a good 6 speed manual, with a transfer case with low range and a set of locking differentials offers you the ability to get pretty much anywhere and is much less complicated than some electronic 4 wheel drive system.
However if you do your licence test in an automatic car, you get a license that only allows you to drive automatics. So almost everyone does their test in a manual car, and knows how to drive manual at some point.
It's the majority according this random graphic
facts; if electric motorcycles were affordable and available for the MSF (motorcycle safety course) near me, I'd probably be riding a bike out on the streets by now.
I'm not better than anyone, I just can't concentrate on driving if my hand isn't fidgeting with the clutch the whole time