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My father in law decided randomly one day I was going to learn to drive manual. So he started up the pickup truck, and said "it's easy to get started going down hill" as he demonstrated rolling down a steep hill. Then he u-turned, parked the truck at the bottom of that steep hill, turned off the engine got out and said "your turn". Dick.

[–] palarith@aussie.zone 21 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Lol volkswagen autostart

Slows down for speed bump.

Engine turns off.

[–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] palarith@aussie.zone 2 points 5 days ago

Yeah. Know problem in my polo. Have to turn stopstart each time you start the car

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 3 points 6 days ago

Autostart and lane assist are turned off in my car.

[–] Trollception@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

🤮 So glad my stop-start has been broken on my Hyundai for years now, everything else works though

[–] Zip2@feddit.uk 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Just get an auto with paddle shifters, best of both worlds without having to feel like you’re operating Victorian era machinery. Modern auto boxes change faster than you can, and give better acceleration and economy.

I love driving and passed my test in a manual. I wouldn’t go back now.

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I thought paddles would be cool. My first 335i was a dct and I eventually sold it for a real manual 335i. It's really gonna suck when manual is truly gone :(

[–] xpgld@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

6mt 335 gang unite. I love mine.

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

I've had my 2011 for 9 years, best car

[–] haych@feddit.uk 3 points 6 days ago

No thanks. I like a manual gearbox because it's fun, I feel in control. I don't want to rely on electronics for something less fun. I don't care if automatics are now faster, or if paddles are faster. They're not as fun.

[–] Dumbkid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 days ago

I feel like learning manual is easy if you already know how to drive. My newest car is a stick shift and I just started driving it. Took like a month to be comfortable, but I was able to drive it and get from point a to point b without being good at it. Really just first gear that's annoying.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Only thing I drive is OP's mom wild with pleasure.

[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world -1 points 6 days ago

You don't have to drive stick...

[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 78 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I always hated this instruction. When instead I had it explained that one can think of it as fading the clutch out and fading the accelerator in (and that points in between are fine too) I immediately understood and never had an issue again. Admittedly I stalled a few times when switching to a different car whilst I learned its specific tolerances, but conceptually I was golden.

...now I drive an electric car.

[–] Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 45 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Also it's never taught that you should lift the clutch to the bite point and keep it still until the car builds up some momentum. I think people do it so subconsciously that it doesn't occur to them that that's the key to moving from a standstill.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (8 children)

I love teaching my friends how to drive stick. The first lesson is how to make the idle car move by lifting the clutch foot so slow that you can feel the car move and keep going slowly until the foot is off the clutch pedal. It's about a 15 minute lesson and the driver understands what to do with the clutch. The gas is easy.

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[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I enjoy driving, so I drive a manual. People who don't enjoy driving, or who merely drive because there's no other alternative, should not drive a manual.

That being said, nobody should drive a tesla.

[–] Zenith@lemm.ee -3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I love driving but I will not drive a manual unless there’s no other alternative, it’s 2025 I shouldn’t have to be doing that for my car

[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don't like my car doing anything I didn't explicitly tell it to, or not doing what I do he'll it to, like not downshifting when it's time to downshift.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Exactly. I hate those little gear shift recomendations. Fuck off I will shoft to 5th when I want to and not when you say because your dumb ass cannot see the hill we are about to ascend in 200m.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

My parents insisted I learn on a manual, and while I didn't appreciate it at the time, I do now.

The regional DMV office where I took my driving exam had the most notorious parallel parking setup in the state. It was two traffic cones next to a very large, 3 1/2 foot diameter log (representing the curb) and was on the side of a circular cul-de-sac. So not only did you have to account for the curvature, if you got too close to the "curb", you were gonna have a very bad day lol.

If you're wondering: I nailed it (they let you practice after hours which helped).

[–] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)

What does manual transmission have to do with parallel parking?

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[–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

To anyone wondering why some people prefer the control a stick offers over automatic, I tell them: it's like listening to Beethovens 5th over the radio vs ACTUALLY CONDUCTING the orchestra.

[–] Mozingo@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (4 children)

As someone who's never conducted an orchestra or driven a manual, this simile doesn't really help at all.

[–] Noobnarski@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

In an automatic the car decides when to shift gears and to which gear. And it also decides how softly or hard it should do this.

In a manual car you have to do all of this yourself, but that also means you decide when and how to do it.

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[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Heard the manual vs automatic argument million times. I learned to drive using manual, my first few cars were all manuals and this is all I knew for a long time.

When we bought our first car together with my wife we got an automatic. She is a less confident driver, and wanted an automatic car. I dont mind it at all, got used to it and now I don't miss manual at all. She is a much safer driver, under stress or in a sticky situation the manual transmission is a an extra thing to worry about and I feel calmer knowing that she can fully concentrate on the road instead of shifting.

I think manual is great for experienced drivers, but automatic is so much safer for beginners and people like my wife.

[–] nikosey@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

i had a manual mustang cobra a long time ago and dealing with the clutch in stop and go traffic could get exhausting. my leg would actually start getting tired after a while.

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[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Press the clutch with your left foot, slowly release it as you slowly press the accelerator with your right foot.

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