Until someone can demonstrate benefits of manual over auto for daily driving, my stance will remain unchanged.
Daily? Nope. but on a drive for fun? All day.
If I go for a drive to relax (pretty rare these days) doing it in the manual makes me part of the experience. I’m working with the machine. Each corner I hit at the right rpm is a small victory or achievement, and the feeling of the momentum carrying through the corners is all the more special because I DID it.
Jesus I sound like a Subaru driver.
Daily? Nope. but on a drive for fun? All day. If I go for a drive to relax (pretty rare these days) doing it in the manual makes me part of the experience. I’m working with the machine. Each corner I hit at the right rpm is a small victory or achievement, and the feeling of the momentum carrying through the corners is all the more special because I DID it. Jesus I sound like a Subaru driver.
I’ve always looked at driving as something that takes you from point A to point B.
When I’m driving, it’s about music or podcasts and keeping safe.
I guess I never found pleasure in driving rather the destination.
I wish I could enjoy it, but alas it’s not to be.
As a teen it was my escape, so it’s got a strong emotional thing for me. That probably makes it.