Hey, I'm a millennial and I'm 36. I always prefer manual to auto. The problem is that MPG takes a hit with manual now when it used to be the other way around. Also with auto being faster many times there is less reason to want to learn manual. Autos now are also much more able to handle power than the old slushboxes used to be. Auto is just becoming the more logical and sensible choice from all aspects.
I'm from Generation X, so I'm covered lol. Always prefer the manual, but unfortunately it seems that may be a thing of the past. Hopefully that's what will keep the GT350 unique from the 500, but I definitely would like to see a standard shift 500.
I don't have either, and cannot justify the cost vs. other family wants and needs, but if I could just have one of the two, it would be the GT350 over the GT500. Manual plus the sweet sound of the FPC revving would be my preference to over 700HP and lap time bragging rights. There is more to driving than just going faster.
Which has also been eluded to in another thread as well. Some pretty nonsensical bench racing of the Demon and the GT500...that hasn't even been tested yet. I think it would be cool to have a GT500 and if the price is right I may consider it but if not, it won't take much for me to pull back and focus again on an NA build for my car.
Someone who gets it.
Ouch lol. I mean, I was 23 when I bought my 350. I grew up with a love of cars and taught myself how to drive stick at 16 because nobody would teach me. Several of my cars have been manuals over the years, and all of my friends who remotely like cars all drive stick. I don't think I have a single friend who doesn't at least know how to effectively operate a stick. I guess I, (and them), fall outside of the "typical millennial" crowd. Not saying I'm the best gear rower out there, but I'm definitely not in the "don't give a damn about driving and don't know how to shift a car" group as you're trying to suggest. We're not all entitled, brainless, little s**theads lol.
What I should have said was that many millennialās donāt give a damn about driving and most canāt drive a car with a stick. I certainly did not suggest that millennialās were entitled, brainless little shits. I have two daughters that are millennials who are very smart, but they canāt drive a stick nor have any desire to.
Just busting your balls man. I know what you meant. I'm rather disappointed in the generation I'm unfortunately grouped with, but I truly believe the phase out of the stick shift is inevitable; whether my generation has any interest in them or not. Government and state regulations are putting a stranglehold on automakers to make vehicles more fuel efficient, and we no longer live in the era of autos being gas guzzlers. Autos are moving into gearing numbers (8, 10, 12 speed) that no stick can hope to match, all the while gaining serious fuel efficiency to boot. Going forward, I feel the autos, CVTs and DCTs are going to be the norm, and our beloved 3rd pedal is going to become an antiquated luxury reserved for only the few.
As a millennial I am going to offer a slightly different perspective here. I have owned 11 cars since I turned 16 (currently 33) and 9 of the 11 were manual. I tried a DSG in my first GTI because it was faster and got bored. It was gone in a year. Now I have an Edge Sport because I am a new father and my wife has a Focus RS so we needed something a bit bigger for our son and German Shepherd. Speaking of my wife I taught her how to drive stick when we were dating. Since I taught her she has bought four new cars. 3 of 4 were manual and the auto she had only lasted 10 months before we traded it in. I also taught my best friend on my 13 5.0. He now owns a Boss 302.
As a Millenial, I take serious offense to that. Take it down immediately. Let me know when itās down, Iāll be in my safe space.
Yea....it's always the parents fault
In my case, yes. In my kid's case, NO.
I remember Randy P testing Porsches at Big Willow and the manual and PDK were within tenths of a second.
Agreed 100%. And I would say that the best part of a manual transmission is messing around with it in traffic. l love going to the track, but I can only afford to do that a handful of days per year. But I have to drive to work 5 days a week. I couldn't even stand the boredom of driving an automatic every day in traffic. Just shoot me now! If a manual isn't available I might as well have a self-driving car and just read a book or something instead.
Yes, it is mostly possible, save for the shift lag time which is a few tenths per lap. That can depend on the track as some only require a few shifts per lap.
