Automatic or Manual

[thunderstrike]

Back in 2006 I bought my GT with an auto trans thinking my wife may need to drive it. She never did. Not making that mistake this time.

Thought my wife how to drive a manual transmission.

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[Mach VII]

Thought my wife how to drive a manual transmission.

If it was only that easy....

 

[dx2]

automatic

 

[Sivi70980]

Manual

 

[thunderstrike]

If it was only that easy....

I know.

 

[EmCel]

Auto boys be like

 

[ice445]

I mean, if we're being honest, most top-tier motorsports series haven't had H-pattern manuals for some time: F1 started switching to sequential gearboxes en-masse in the early 90s (hell, by the middle of that decade, if you still had an H-pattern manual, you were at the back of the grid), Indycar switched in the mid 00s, sports car endurance racing switched in either the late 90s or early 00s (depending on which series and class you're looking at; I know the C6.R and C7.R had sequential boxes, and I wanna say the C5-R did as well); only major series that still uses them is NASCAR (and that won't be the case for much longer, at least for the Cup series, since the new car uses a sequential gearbox).

I highly doubt anyone who races or has raced in those series would not consider themselves a true driver just because they didn't use an H-pattern manual.

Top tier motorsports have gotten so fast that a manual doesn't make sense. The idea that the auto must be skillful because it's being used at a high level is a fallacy. Simply controlling the car at those absurd average speeds is where the skill is. Having a manual transmission would just add even more fatigue to the drivers in a sport that's already extremely physically demanding.

I personally find this whole argument silly to begin with. Just because Verstappen is out there running crazy laps with his "auto", doesn't mean your pathetically slow street car (in comparison) is just as skillful to drive.

 

[ChitownStang]

I know.

some people just aren't good with doing that many things at once and I think my wife is one of those people unfortunately... lol

 

[ChitownStang]

Top tier motorsports have gotten so fast that a manual doesn't make sense. The idea that the auto must be skillful because it's being used at a high level is a fallacy. Simply controlling the car at those absurd average speeds is where the skill is. Having a manual transmission would just add even more fatigue to the drivers in a sport that's already extremely physically demanding.

I personally find this whole argument silly to begin with. Just because Verstappen is out there running crazy laps with his "auto", doesn't mean your pathetically slow street car (in comparison) is just as skillful to drive.

Verstappen demolished the field last weekend!! its amazing to watch those cars take those corners at those speeds and G's... thats balls and skill!

 

[Qcman17]

Fred Flintstone is the only real manual driver I know of.

 

[Stage_3]

My current Mustang is an A10, but the previous one was a 6MT.
I do kinda miss the 6MT at times.

 

[shogun32]

Simply controlling the car at those absurd average speeds is where the skill is. Having a manual transmission would just add even more fatigue to the drivers in a sport that's already extremely physically demanding.

men of yesteryear handled the task and lived to tell the tale. So is modern man just weak then? Cars of yore were vastly harder physically to drive and no safety measures to speak of.

 

[ChitownStang]

My current Mustang is an A10, but the previous one was a 6MT.
I do kinda miss the 6MT at times.

My 15gt had the BG fluid and Mgw shifter.. I miss that mechanical connection alot !

 

[ice445]

men of yesteryear handled the task and lived to tell the tale. So is modern man just weak then? Cars of yore were vastly harder physically to drive and no safety measures to speak of.

We all know the answer to this lol

 

[Silver Bullitt]

men of yesteryear handled the task and lived to tell the tale. So is modern man just weak then? Cars of yore were vastly harder physically to drive and no safety measures to speak of.

I just never get tired of watching the old grump shift that Camaro.

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