Originally Posted By: silverrat
Originally Posted By: addyguy
It's just a real pet peeve of mine.
Maybe I'm showing my age, but I can't stand the way people in society are becoming so automated, and the reaction you get to anything that has to be learned, and done manually.
Maybe I'm just too much of a car guy, but soo many people I know think it is stupid to know anything about a vehicle...driving a standard is stupid, there are automatics that do it for you, don't check anything on the car, you don't want to get dirty...members of our society are actively discouraged from doing anything themself. I can't even check my oil level in my parking lot w/o getting dirty looks....
I'm with you. I can understand if a person is not physically able or they didnt have a choice of the vehicle, but to avoid manual trannies and to prefer an automatic is weird to me. At this age where I am able, and that im not restricted to driving a vehicle not offered with one eg. minivan id much rather drive a manual. Some people think it's too much of a hassle to "worry" about shifting, but after a while you dont have to think about it, it becomes "automatic".
I know people like that. My friend thinks I'm nuts to change the oil on my car, and work on it. He asks why I don't just take it to the dealer or jiffy lube, like when the alternator died. He can't stand getting dirty and greasy when I couldn't care less really. Though I do like automatics. I will probably learn to drive a manual for sake of knowing how, but I still probably will prefer automatics in cars. I can't see any good, real, solid, reason to get a standard over an automatic. Today, if you notice, most cars have better rated fuel efficiency over their manual counterparts.
Originally Posted By: addyguy
It's just a real pet peeve of mine.
Maybe I'm showing my age, but I can't stand the way people in society are becoming so automated, and the reaction you get to anything that has to be learned, and done manually.
Maybe I'm just too much of a car guy, but soo many people I know think it is stupid to know anything about a vehicle...driving a standard is stupid, there are automatics that do it for you, don't check anything on the car, you don't want to get dirty...members of our society are actively discouraged from doing anything themself. I can't even check my oil level in my parking lot w/o getting dirty looks....
I'm with you. I can understand if a person is not physically able or they didnt have a choice of the vehicle, but to avoid manual trannies and to prefer an automatic is weird to me. At this age where I am able, and that im not restricted to driving a vehicle not offered with one eg. minivan id much rather drive a manual. Some people think it's too much of a hassle to "worry" about shifting, but after a while you dont have to think about it, it becomes "automatic".
I know people like that. My friend thinks I'm nuts to change the oil on my car, and work on it. He asks why I don't just take it to the dealer or jiffy lube, like when the alternator died. He can't stand getting dirty and greasy when I couldn't care less really. Though I do like automatics. I will probably learn to drive a manual for sake of knowing how, but I still probably will prefer automatics in cars. I can't see any good, real, solid, reason to get a standard over an automatic. Today, if you notice, most cars have better rated fuel efficiency over their manual counterparts.
