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Originally Posted by humfrz
So, if I understand it correctly, the MT version of our cars has an indicator, that can be turned on, which shows what gear the car is in ...... ??
If this is so, my take is that is if a driver needs that indicator ......... he/she shouldn't be driving a MT car ...... 
humfrz |
Actually I disagree. I have used it on occasion.
When you use a MT as a DD, much of what we do is muscle memory and we dont even pay attention to shifting under normal situations.
But when something unexpected happens and snaps us out of the muscle memory regime, we have to survey our situation to reacquire all the info.
I have looked down on occasion to see what gear I was in.
Before the indicator we used to take it out of gear to remind us what gear we were in.
Now if you are canyon carving or flat out racing, you definitely should be paying close enough attention to not casually forget.
How many people like to turn off the stereo and climate controls when driving hard to maximize focus on the car?
