Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agoTIL that Ferrari & Lamborghini no longer make cars with a manual transmissionwww.motortrend.comexternal-linkmessage-square163fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Ferrari & Lamborghini no longer make cars with a manual transmissionwww.motortrend.comDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square163fedilink
minus-squareShawdow194@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·22 days agoWell when your customer base is mostly geriatric…
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoI 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.
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoI 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.
minus-squarePersen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 days agoMost 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?
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 days agoSame as with a manual transmission. Just let go of the throttle. Essentially all modern cars have some sort of a manual shift mode.
minus-squareProgrammingSocks@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 days agoNot true. Your transmission is upshifting when you let off the throttle because it’s assuming you want to coast.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoYounger people can’t afford those cars anyway.
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoI meant manual transmissions, not supercars.
Well when your customer base is mostly geriatric…
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.
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.
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?
Same as with a manual transmission. Just let go of the throttle. Essentially all modern cars have some sort of a manual shift mode.
Not true. Your transmission is upshifting when you let off the throttle because it’s assuming you want to coast.
Younger people can’t afford those cars anyway.
I meant manual transmissions, not supercars.