I agree with most of this, but I’m not so old that I can’t push a clutch. I just happen to think, a long with a lot of people I know with supercars, that DCTs are actually more fun than manuals. I love them, even the older and less-refined DCTs.

I would be careful with the use of “we”. I understand why many people want manuals, but there are a lot of us that want DCTs. I bought several supercars despite their manual transmissions, not because of them.

Same thing...

I can think of a million of them, but the one platform with the most had to be the 1986 Hyundai/Mitsubishi “X-1”, sold as the Excel/Precis/Colt/Eagle. This testament to the enduring inability of humans to understand value featured a Mikuni carburetor with a wax-element choke that was connected to the engine’s coolant…

Reverse: That Went GREAT - “Day One For DaimlerChrysler”

CP based on its voracious appetite for air suspension parts, though I note that there is a healthy aftermarket for these parts...

I have zero problems with this...

Sooooo...slow news day?

I agree...he should have broadened this to all encompass everyone that believes in this implausible mish-mash of myths, legends and fables.

Who? All of the above.

Kudos on the Schopenhauer quote...

This is going to get lost in the noise, but...

If you get your rocks off ripping out great lap-times in a loud Viper ACR, that’s awesome, but the things you love are the racing analog characteristics. If you get your rocks off in a Challenger Hellcat or a Camaro SS (2015), then you’re probably in the minority.

Worst reason ever for doing, or not doing, anything. It’s one thing to buy a toy for the enjoyment of an extended group - family, friends, etc. - but a toy that you bought for yourself doesn’t need committee buy-in.

I’m “not using semantics to argue against what Tavarish is saying”:

I try not argue semantics at all, but the purpose for using words like “visceral” are to convey a particular meaning which, in this case, means gut instinct.

This all depends on each individual’s idea of “fun”. I will see, at the typical bike trackday, everything from old 60s Triumphs to 250cc 2-stroke racebikes to Goldwings to BMW S1000 RRs...and everyone is having fun. Same with cars...everything from classic British sportscars to bike-motored tube-frame kits to 458s.…

“Visceral” is the quintessential subjective quality - the very definition of “not objective” - and difficult to debate with someone but, if there’s a car available today that’s “visceral”, it the Viper. It’s very unfiltered and has just enough in the way of drive aids so as to be less likely to kill you than a 60-year…

There are numerous “visceral” cars available, even if they have airbags and reinforced doors. I’ve driven and/or owned most of the cars mentioned in this post and, while fun drive, are no more or less “visceral” than many cars available today.

The XB-70 Valkyrie: