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According to the article, one study found that driving a manual transmission appeared to help a select group of males with ADHD maintain better focus while driving, however, one psychiatrist's opinion does not mean these findings will benefit the general population overall.
According to the article, one study found that driving a manual transmission appeared to help a select group of males with ADHD maintain better focus while driving, however, one psychiatrist's opinion does not mean these findings will benefit the general population overall.
Yup. I don't have ADHD and have been driving manuals and automatics for decades with no issues. I have the same focus driving my manual sports car as I have driving my automatic sport sedan or my single speed EV. The problem is not in the tool being used, but in the tool USING the tool.
People get bored driving automatics and consciously or not, they fill that boredom with things that often are dangerously entertaining.
Driving a manual is interesting and NOT dangerously entertaining because it puts more emphasis on being in sync with the surroundings. The driver tends to look ahead, including much farther so than staring with blind faith at the brake lights of the car immediately in front. The driver becomes very aware of where in the rpm range the vehicle accelerates most quickly OR gets the best mpg OR where the tires grab just enough up a dirt slope to get going without any wheelspin, and so on.
Automatics shift, too...but the drivers likely don’t know when unless it is a foot stomp occasion.
With highway driving, it can be boring whether it's a stick or automatic.
I always look ahead when driving. It is a good habit when driving either a stick or automatic.
I have had several cars with automatics with shift kits and I definitely knew when they shifted because it was immediate and firm (could chirp the tires from 1-2 and 2-3).
Again, I have owned several cars with automatics. One was a '66 Dodge Dart GT V-8. I drove it regularly for 16 years and always knew when it lost traction. It had a Torqueflite automatic with a B&M shift kit.
There is a reason why stick shifts have almost gone the way of the dinosaur. Very few people actually want them. In most cases automatics get better gas mileage than the 6 speed manual and from what I see, many manuals cost more than the automatic. In a few years the only manuals left will be in high performance cars.
DING-DING-DING!!! Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
The overwhelming majority of drivers don't want to get rid of automatic transmissions because of their efficiency, reliability, convenience, and necessity for some drivers with mobility issues or limited physical ability.
Automatic transmissions have been developed to such a high degree that the only "advantage" of a manual transmission virtually boils down to simply a preference.
I wonder how many here who've responded to this thread or will respond favoring a manual transmission, actually in fact currently drive one on their normal commute/daily ? Probably few. And how many consistently only purchase manuals.
People pay with their wallets and, generally speaking, no one wants manuals in the U.S.
It's different in certain other countries where it is actually the opposite. I was in a country in SE Asia for 2 weeks last year, and everyone, from my cousin to almost all the rideshare and bus drivers all drove manual transmission.
I wonder how many here who've responded to this thread or will respond favoring a manual transmission, actually in fact currently drive one on their normal commute/daily ? Probably few. And how many consistently only purchase manuals.
People pay with their wallets and, generally speaking, no one wants manuals in the U.S.
It's different in certain other countries where it is actually the opposite. I was in a country in SE Asia for 2 weeks last year, and everyone, from my cousin to almost all the rideshare and bus drivers all drove manual transmission.
While I'm retired now, was driving a manual trans for my commute since 1973 - 2019 and most of those years were on the GSP.
I wonder how many here who've responded to this thread or will respond favoring a manual transmission, actually in fact currently drive one on their normal commute/daily ? Probably few. And how many consistently only purchase manuals.
Here's one.
Got my driver's license in 1976. I've never owned a car with an automatic transmission.
Self driving cars are great as long as they arent driving on the same ROADS WITH CARS WHICH ARE NOT..... tHERE IS NO SELF DRIVING CAR THAT CAN KNOW WHEN A FOOL WILL SUDDENLY FOR NO REASON SLAM ON THE BRAKES OR PULL OUT IN FRONT OF YOU. LOL
I wonder how many here who've responded to this thread or will respond favoring a manual transmission, actually in fact currently drive one on their normal commute/daily ? Probably few. And how many consistently only purchase manuals.
We have and do own both but prefer a manual over automatic. My 16 year old was taught to drive in a manual. Yes, we are members of the Manual Gearbox Preservation Society.
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