• @ArbitraryValue
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    1621 days ago

    I would guess that there’s more demand for manuals from older people than from younger people. Younger people can’t be nostalgic about stick shifting.

    • @[email protected]
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      1521 days ago

      I think there’s a word for it, but essentially false nostalgia. Gen. Z absolutely has a lot of nostalgia for things people say were great despite never experiencing it themselves.

      • @[email protected]
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        420 days ago

        Most of EU still drives manuals (most older models and newer floor models of VW group). I’ve been in an automatic once in my entire life.

        And how do you engine brake with an automatic, is that a thing?

        • @[email protected]
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          220 days ago

          Same as with a manual transmission. Just let go of the throttle. Essentially all modern cars have some sort of a manual shift mode.

          • @[email protected]
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            220 days ago

            Not true. Your transmission is upshifting when you let off the throttle because it’s assuming you want to coast.

            • @[email protected]
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              120 days ago

              I have never seen a car upshift on coasting. I know BMW is a fan of essentially putting the car in neutral when you let go of the throttle. But that is the only manufacturer I’m aware of that does that.

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              120 days ago

              Depends on the car, some of them are smarter about it. I remember my dad’s old pickup would downshift if it picked up speed while not touching the throttle, like when going downhill

      • @[email protected]
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        121 days ago

        I’m nostalgic for 80s music, but I’m pretty sure the only thing I was interested in when they came out was reading the Beano and seeing what games were on this months covertape of Your Sinclair magazine.

        I suspect my actual nostalgia is of playing Vice City in my early 20s.

      • @ArbitraryValue
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        321 days ago

        I meant manual transmissions, not supercars.