Submitted 1 year ago by ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Someone bring this sniveling fool to me! I grew up on a farm and when I learned to drive, I started with a 5x3 manual double stick and then “graduated” to a 15 speed. I will have this fool crying in his pablum within a mile.
I’m all for automatics. What transmission you drive does not lessen the driving experience.
Maybe I’m kidding myself but I feel like even if I won the lottery I still wouldn’t replace my -07 Nissan Pickup. I’d probably have the thing entirely rebuilt but it’s basically my dream car as it is so other than customizing it even more there’s nothing newer trucks have that I wish mine did too. The only downside to older vehicles is the increased need for maintenance though I’m much rather fixing a 15 year old truck today than 2023 truck in 2038.
04 Nissan Frontier over here. I specifically bought it because it has a manual transmission which is hard to find in the US. I drove all the way up to Seattle from Portland to get it. There are maintenance issues given its age, but I still love it. Apart from the bullshit bells and whistles, it’s still every bit as capable as any new pickup in its class. I’ve doctored it up a bit over the years, so it’s not fully stock anymore.
Yeah I ignored all the automatics aswell. Mine has a 6 speed manual, 4x4, low range and a rear diff lock.
They’re called Navara here in Europe. I’m not sure how different it’s from Frontier except that it has a 2.5 litre turbo diesel rather than petrol engine. I think it’s a damn nice looking truck despite its age and with modifications it can be made to look even better. Mine is all murdered out.
i have an 08 cobalt and its been more reliable than any other car ive owned. only once has it not started but thats because the design is horrible for winter and shorted some shit needed to start the car
Pretty sure they’re for personal transportation, though I do know that some humans use them for attracting a mate.
Where is the switch for the pussy magnet?
My car doesn’t even have gears.
I don’t even have a car
Car what car what is a car ah a horse carriage
Unless you have Nascar-level skills, a modern automatic is going to be more efficient and better at successfully changing gears as needed than you are. The only reason to have a manual transmission these days is ego.
It’s also kind of fun. 🤷
My experience with modern automatics is that they are dogshit and constantly changing gears at times that I don’t need it to. Just a bit of a hill? Pull it out of overdrive. Very slightly accelerate on the highway? Put it in 2nd gear! Even really nice vehicles like the Toyota 4Runner have absolutely terrible auto transmissions. Just ruins the experience for me.
that would only make sense if everyone could see that i was driving a stick
Manuals are still better for rocking the car back and forth to get out of snow when stuck.
Alright fine, you can have your manuals in Minnesota and Alaska.
1995 Ford F150 5 speed manual. I have no complaints.
You might not, but anyone who has to breathe around it will.
Love my automatic!
I dont get this problem on me pushbike.
Your standing foot is your break, Your driving foot is your accelerator. And unless it’s fixed gear you have a gear stick.
Nah I meant this whole fear of “the volume knob” and change tbh. Motorists are SO fixated upon their freedom yet will sit for hours in traffic jams, driving nowhere fast.
The right most picture is a manumatic with lightning links and iirc you can push start on them.
These are valid criticisms but you approached this conversation in the worst way possible. If you are trying to get people on your side, this ain’t it bro.
This is Lemmy Shitpost, not Sensible Discussion 😆
My car is an automatic
Of course it is 😂 😂 😂
I believe this is what the children call a “meme”
I just typed that into the internet, I had no idea these mind viruses are snatching away the young 🤪 🤭
Did “Statement made up by the utterly deranged” not give away the sarcasm?
I LIKE MY CARS LIKE MY MEAT
RAAAAAW
I love this meme… Where can I find a collection?
That’s a good question, I actually have no idea where it comes from originally. We only have two examples on this thread, though I’m sure I’ve seen a third one on Lemmy a while ago.
A lot of them are anti cars so I should probably ask the ‘fuck cars’ people
I had a Datsun 280zx that I roll started for about a year before it rolled as far down the hill as it would go one time without starting. The car is still sitting at that spot 20-something years later.
I would’ve just called upon a team of rednecks to push start it.
I think the point was that roll starting didn’t work anymore.
My favorite car ever was my 1986 Toyota Corolla manual. It was my mom’s first and then I inherited it in the late 90s. The tire rod snapped one day and it slammed into a parked car. I was more devastated about losing the car than I was what it would cost me in damages.
I drive an automatic now. A Prius. I don’t regret it because it’s a really good car and was a really good investment in terms of savings on gas, but I do miss that Corolla and I really miss the feeling of control I had when I drove a manual.
i remember reading a study when Prius first came out. Over the life of the car, meaning from construction of the parts, to end of life of the vehicle, a Prius pollutes more than a Hummer.
Okay? I got it because it’s saving me a lot of money.
If it sounds wrong, it probably is wrong so you should check snopes first.
A Prius polluting more than a Hummer is based on bad research that’s so bad it’s an outright lie.
Some of the nonsense in the paper was that a Prius would be completely dead at 109,000 miles while a Hummer would last for 379,000 miles. Another was charging the R&D to develop the Prius as environmental damage while ignoring the Hummer R&D. And last was the claim that the nickel in the Prius was an environmental nightmare despite it being recyclable and that the Hummer uses more nickel in its chassis than the Prius uses in its battery!
But Rush Limbaugh talked about the paper as if it was gospel so the lie lives on forever.
Why is that? I would expect an SUV to pollute more, both in production and over its life span.
Why is this on shitpost? Wrong sub.
not shit enough for you?
It’s a shitpost???
I love my manual xB.
There is dual-clutch transmission which can do both
Oh how I love my manual Honda Accord. Before that, had the Civic, the Geo Prism, the Chevy Nova (not the muscle car one, the wee economy car) all with manual transmission. Before that a 1960s mustang with a ridiculously hard to use 3 speed transmission, not hydraulic. Manual transmission is the one thing that makes an otherwise unremarkable car fun to drive. Even one of my kids is converted now, always wants to drive my car not the automatic.
Yes, automatic transmission is more efficient but if the clutch fails it’s a $500 repair not a $5,000 repair. I’ll probably never again have a gas powered car but want this one as long as I can keep it running.
r3df0x@7.62x54r.ru 1 year ago
You don’t need high capacity assault style sporting features on a car. Manual transmissions are sporting features. Any car with two or more sporting features is a sports car and no civilian needs to own something like that for transportation.
Zehzin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
2002 Honda Civic with the little spoiler owners celebrating their new sports car
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Does two seats count as a sporting feature aswell, because if they do then I own a diesel sports truck
cmhe@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Well, where I live automatic transmission is an extra feature that you pay extra for. And I thought that automatic transmission allows you generally to accelerate faster, because you can have much more gears and gear switching is faster as well. So to me that seems like a sport feature.