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So there’s 3 pedals? Brake, gas, and clutch? That is extremely confusing and again it’s unsafe
Your wrong about that if your brakes go out with an automatic VS a manual the person driving the manual stands a better chance of slowing down faster then in a automatic.
It looks really hard and unsafe to drive a manual. How do you know which gears to shift while driving and how do you make sure you shift correctly while keeping your eyes on the road and hands on steering wheel? It looks like driving manuals is hard work, do people actually enjoy driving a manual?
I learned to drive on a manual and it becomes second nature. I prefer it over automatic except in stop and go traffic, it's a pain. All 3 of my cars now are 8 speed ZF automatics which are brilliant so there is no performance advantage of the manual but you do feel more connected to the driving in manual.
I don’t see how you can possibly drive a manual safely on a highway with tons of traffic (rush hour)
Step out of the U.S. and you'll see. Even in major congestion with crazy traffic and maybe no lane markers in the big cities---ALL manual transmissions. Even the buses, all taxis. Down here in So. America.
Europe seemed to have a lot of manuals too. I grew up driving a manual and am a pretty smooth shifter, smoother than DH!
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