I’m nearly 50, and everyone I know has had some experience with a manual. For a great deal of them, the first time they stalled it, ground it, or hurka-jerked it, they said, “that’s some bullshit” and never tried again.

No insult, but if it takes a stick to get you to do that, you’re driving wrong.

Get a motorcycle, you’ll be almost psychotically obsessed with paying attention after a few trips on two wheels.

So you’ve never used your left hand for shifting while simultaneously holding a double cheeseburger and your right hand for holding your cellphone while steering with your knees?

You are paying more attention, but you’re paying more attention to the car, not the road.

That’s probably just because you haven’t driven manual for a couple of years. I have both manuals and autos and a motorcycle and I don’t pay any more or less attention when I’m driving one of them.

But using that perspective to look back into history can cloud your vision and cause you to assume people back then enjoyed them.

Considering texting just started being popular in my 20s, I can say for certain that they will find a way.

If you’re not actively aware of the mental effort it might as not exist.

History says otherwise. there are plenty of people who grew up driving sticks (back when they may have still been called “standard” transmission) but most of them switched to an auto later on.

Give it a few more months and report back

I guess it can if you’re really into the idea, but most non enthusiasts I know who can and do drive manuals, it’s as automatic (pun sort of intended)to them as driving a slushbox.

and that’s about it*. Fridge, washer, dryer, oven, car. all appliances. And just like how almost nobody today would want to buy a wringer or twin tub washer, almost nobody today wants a car where they have to tell the transmission what gear to be in. Why? they don’t enjoy driving any more than they enjoy doing…

That right there is bullshit. Anyone that drives a manual knows that.

I love manuals, but the benefits of having one have become practically nonexistent aside from “I like the feel” and that it’s a pretty good theft deterrent.

A simple “my bad” is all you needed to say. In the future, maybe you should at least read the first paragraph.

Thanks for the link, I skimmed through it yesterday but missed the connection between the Maverick name and the C2 platform when I saw the CNET article.

It’s executive behavior....scan the report for photos, charts, graphs, and then start asking questions about shit covered in the text that wasn’t read.

You forgot the sarcasm tag.  

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