USA Very hard to find the cars I want in manual anymore. 20 years ago at least you could find medium and full size sedans and pickups…a few. Now there are no trucks (except for small Toyota), no full size cars (except $100k bmw sports sedans, etc.).
Definitely not buying a slush-box to replace my 20 year old car. Driving is already boring enough. I guess I will try to find well-preserved used or try to import something.
I think its a industry standard that was developed over the years. Now its difficult to change.. Bit like the metric vs the imperial. I learned obviously stick in EU and drove like 3 different systems and i will choose automatic every time if the car has more than 150/180hp.
We don’t really have much choice here in EU to chose auto when buying cheap cars. Theres no mechanics for automatic shifters ( there are but LOT less).. This causes a fix of 3000 vs 1000 euros if manual. I know by experience.. My last 3 cars where automatic.. So, you end up paying more while buying because special config and then if breaks..
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Very hard to find the cars I want in manual anymore. 20 years ago at least you could find medium and full size sedans and pickups…a few. Now there are no trucks (except for small Toyota), no full size cars (except $100k bmw sports sedans, etc.).
Definitely not buying a slush-box to replace my 20 year old car. Driving is already boring enough. I guess I will try to find well-preserved used or try to import something.
I think its a industry standard that was developed over the years.
Now its difficult to change.. Bit like the metric vs the imperial.
I learned obviously stick in EU and drove like 3 different systems and i will choose automatic every time if the car has more than 150/180hp.
We don’t really have much choice here in EU to chose auto when buying cheap cars. Theres no mechanics for automatic shifters ( there are but LOT less)..
This causes a fix of 3000 vs 1000 euros if manual. I know by experience.. My last 3 cars where automatic..
So, you end up paying more while buying because special config and then if breaks..
It's primarily an economic issue, as far as I can see.
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