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Originally Posted by Table 5
Oh boy, I'm just about to enter this hell. I'm buying a car with the intention of teaching my girlfriend. I'm not very patient, and she doesn't like being told what to do. Should be interesting.
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Originally Posted by BlackEleven
Sounds like my situation exactly. Brace yourself, my friend, you're in for it. Best advice I can give is try to remain calm.
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There are worse things. Feel lucky that you're not teaching them how to ride a motorcycle. lol
As for the original topic, I prefer standard. I've only had 6 cars over my life, but they've all be standard. Probably for all the reasons already mentioned.
That said, I can definitely see Tiptronic/paddles/whatever taking over. Look at a company like Benz for example. They have what, a couple models left that they offer with a manual? Early tiptronics suck, that's for sure. They lag on upshifts and don't revmatch on downshifts.
But some of the newer ones will smash any manual. Your body can only engage the clutch and throw gears so fast. Some of these newer computers will switch gears in fractions of a second. More fun than a manual? Probably not to me, but when manuals are all but extinct, no new drivers will care anyways. Add to that the convenience of automatic when you want it (ex; traffic) and I can see the appeal.
That said, I'm too old school and I'll probably always think that a real car has a manual.
