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Old 01-18-2017, 05:27 PM   #267
richie incognito
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Originally Posted by Darkone View Post
Well if I drove the car as a daily driver... I would have opted for an automatic. Shifting during rush hour traffic in traffic jams is no fun...
daily driving a manual is a piece of cake. Rush hour or not. I live, work and drive downtown; every car I have ever owned is a manual. If you are good at it, you won't have any issues.

And the starting from a stop on an incline is another poor reason. Learn to drive your car and you will have no issues. I daily drive a 2011 STi, which comes with hill assist. dumbest thing around; i turned it off within a day. Once you have a feel for your clutch's engagement point, no hill, mountain or slope should give you trouble.

ultimately, it comes down to this: do you want to drive a manual car or do you not care. "driving it in traffic" is not a con, that is the whole thing. If you do not like to drive your manual car when other cars are around you do not like to drive a manual car. The only person you need to satisfy is yourself.
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