Manual Shifting, A Dying Technology

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Originally Posted by talnlnky

When you can push start an automatic.... and you can shift it just like a manual, without any lag... then i'll consider an automatic.

My first car was an 86jeep, I decided my 2nd would be an auto (mazda 626), and after driving the mazda for a year I decided I would never buy a manual again because it's annoying on hills, and when you want to drive sporty, and more importantly, it was too easy to fall asleep at the wheel. It was hard for me to stay awake in that car. Something about having to moving two feet and the stick keeps a driver awake.

I push started my automatic geo metro once... put it in N then slammed it into L once it got a little speed. Worked pretty great, except for the issues getting it up to speed in the parking lot I was in...

As far as MT keeping me awake, I'm not sure there is much of a difference... on the highway, you don't have to shift and in stop and go traffic, if having to stop and accelerate isn't enough to keep you awake, I don't think adding the shifting into it helps much.