• Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    The fact that it’s a manual ruins the joke. They don’t make manuals anymore, and no one who owns one would put that windshield on it.

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        13 hours ago

        I always thought it seemed kind of dumb to own a manual nowadays considering how prevalent automatics are and how simple they are to drive. I had never ridden a manual but it seemed like too much work.

        Well I got a motorcycle earlier this year (most are manual), and now I definitely understand the appeal of a manual vehicle. I actually get annoyed at my automatic car due to the lack of throttle response compared to my bike. It’s a lot more fun on the bike. And I have a slow as fuck bike.

        But I still don’t know if I would replace my car with a manual car because it can also be nice to just chill while driving.

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        2 days ago

        New ones aren’t. In fact, most new cars in Europe are electric.

        So unless there’s some manual electric out there I haven’t heard of I’d say most new cars are automatic.

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          1 day ago

          ☝️🤓 ACKSHUALLY

          EVs aren’t automatic, either. They just have a single, fixed gear like those hipster bikes from a few years back.

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      Not most standard cars, no. Mazda still sells one or two manuals. Cadillac still had at least one as late as last year. They’re almost dead, but not quite. I walk, bike or take public transportation most of the time. Sometimes I’ll go a few months without driving. Still, I’ll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I give up the stick shift. [Shakes fist and yells at cloud]