this is for folks who drive a DCT. knowing what you know now would you go back in time and get a stick instead?
Seriously, suss, you're the first person I've ever heard of that didn't buy a stick because the top gear ratio wasn't tall enough.However had they made a proper 6 gear manual available with a sufficiently tall overdrive ratio it would be tempting.
Its not the only reason, but given my last car with a manual was 18 years old and had essentially the same 5th gear and axle ratios the car would be spinning at a similar engine speed at 70 mph as confirmed by running the gear ratio vs vehicle speed calculations factoring in the rolling radius of the tire and the other factors.Seriously, suss, you're the first person I've ever heard of that didn't buy a stick because the top gear ratio wasn't tall enough.
Well we are all happy for you[clap]I own a Man!
I think you need to have a been a member for at least 30 days and have like 30 posts before you can vote. I may be off on the numbers but I know its more posts than you have.Wonder why I can post but not vote.
Yes, many high performance cars, sports cars, exotics, etc. no longer offer a manual transmission as they are now considered inefficient and slow.It's getting harder to find new cars with manuals
horsepower isn't a problem in the u.s. in the countries where it is of course sticks are the norm.Sticks are for kids??
AUTOMATICS are for kids. And lazy people. And wimps ("Waaa! I spend too much time in bumper-to-bumper traffic every day to drive stick. Waaa!"). And people who would rather be doing almost anything other than driving or being engaged therein (you know, like putting on makeup, cradling their Big Gulps and/or Big Macs, texting or blabbing with their cell phones plastered to their ear, NOT checking their mirrors or signaling, or camping out in the left lane and going the same speed as - or slower than - those in the right).
Oh, wait - that's it: Automatics are for AMERICANS.