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Originally Posted by FC
I still enjoy driving a MT. We've (nearly) always have had an AT car and that has been a wise decision. At this point we are happy enough with our cars that it's hard to imagine the next car not being electric. Although, as I mentioned, the LR4 might become enough of a dinosaur that we use it for niche jobs and may get a mid-size hybrid for my wife at some point. Maybe.
But for me, I can't imagine a P-car not in MT. Unless I win the lottery and get a GT3RS.
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There are some days when I’m lost in thought and I don’t even remember how I got home. Let alone shift gears to get home.
It’s deeper than second nature to me. I’m probably even more of a purist than you because I commuted to/from Cambridge (shithole) in a non-power steering 85 targa. With a clutch heavier than your mother in law.
I think in heavier vehicles the clutch and driveline lash bothers me more. In lighter cars I really don’t find manual transmissions to be all that bad even in traffic.
The last car that really bothered me was the CTS-V? The clutch on the 996TT is a bear, but I still found that to be just fine in heavy traffic.
Automatics are better than ever so I”m sure it’s still fun. But I would never, for example, have wanderlust about a McLaren or a new C8 just because it’s PDK. That just has zero appeal to me. I get the argument that “it’s faster” but isn’t it even more amazing if “I’m keeping up with you with three pedals”?