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Except anything fast, and I'm talking fast not off the showroom cars won't be having a manual transmission. Most people aren't going to put a Liberty's gears 5 spd or a Lenco in their "street racer", not saying it hasn't been done , I've seen it but it isn't common.
Not when you can fit a 7 Speed Getrag DCT on a Miata floorpan. (Ponder... )
Actually a lot of folks are installing Getrags onto Supras, and RX7s these days.
I drive with my left foot on the clutch and right foot on the gas and then drive that’s how you drive a manual, child's play my good man. Easy peasy. Manual transmission out before automatic so certain people had no choice but to drive a manual including woman. Man can’t believe it’s going on 27 pages glad we’re not talking about a horse and buggy, lol lol.
I drive with my left foot on the clutch and right foot on the gas and then drive that’s how you drive a manual, child's play my good man. Easy peasy. Manual transmission out before automatic so certain people had no choice but to drive a manual including woman. Man can’t believe it’s going on 27 pages glad we’re not talking about a horse and buggy, lol lol.
I just don't think a lot of people today want to be bothered. Instant gratification and all that. At some point their phones will drive their car for them, and they'd be just fine with that.
Not when you can fit a 7 Speed Getrag DCT on a Miata floorpan. (Ponder... )
Actually a lot of folks are installing Getrags onto Supras, and RX7s these days.
Track cars and drag cars are completely two different beasts. I'm from Detroit so the mention of "street racing" is generally the drag racing type. A fast street racing car , to me , would be mid to low 8's .
My brother is a truck driver and even though he drive an automatic he misses a standard. Me? I drove a standard once a long time ago. My uncle decided to take me out and teach me once in his VW Beetle. I did OK out of the gate, until.....I was coming up to my first stop and he told me to downshift. He never mentioned going down a gear at a time so at 40mph starting the downshifting process went from 4th to 1st and the VW stopped on a dime. That was it for me.
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?
You know by experience, listening to the engine, and looking at the tach if you have to but most people I know don't need the tach unless they are just learning. When you learn what you're doing the car "tells" you what gear it needs to be in. If the engine is whining then the gear is too low. If the car is jerking the gear is too high. I don't know anyone past the learning stage that needs to ever look at the shifter to know what gear they are in. The position of the shifter tells you that. As far as the steering wheel, if you believe you need both hands to steer at all times then you should never drive a manual.
I don't know if I'd say I "enjoy" a manual. I don't mind it and I'm glad I know how so I will never be stranded no matter what car is available. My husband had a manual when we met and I refused to have a car in my driveway that I didn't know how to drive. I made sure my kids all knew how to as well when they learned to drive. Since then we've picked up some really good deals because a car with a manual transmission is harder for a dealer to sell. Sometimes it's nice having one because 90 % people don't know how and will never ask to borrow my car.
I don’t see how you can possibly drive a manual safely on a highway with tons of traffic (rush hour)
Uh, I did a commute on Houston freeways you probably are familiar with or at least heard of (Katy, Southwest, 45 North, Gulf, all into downtown or Galleria area) for over 20 years, almost always in a car or truck with a stick. The tough one was an 86 F-150 with a really stiff clutch spring, but it was never a problem in Houston traffic 'cause it's so flat. Austin was a whole nother thing, but neither I, the truck, nor my fellow drivers were ever in danger.
Go find (or make) a friend with a car with a stick shift. Get him/her to show you the basics. Watch some YouTube videos. Spend a weekend afternoon in an empty parking lot. Learn by doing, grasshopper.
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