• AA5B@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    A bit of a catch -22. If you can’t get them, how can you buy them?

    Three cars ago I finally gave up on a manual because I couldn’t find one anywhere. There were only a few specific model where it was a choice and I wasn’t interested in them. Turns out to be a good choice, as Boston traffic was much easier to deal with in an automatic.

    Two cars ago I got a CVT and it is an amazing piece of technology! Worked out really well.

    But now I have an EV, no transmission.

    I gave up on teaching my teens to drive a manual because that technology is almost gone. And with EVs being the future, there’s no longer a reason for it to exist