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Originally Posted by Tcoat
Very well said!
I think a lot of the controversy stems from people believing that the auto transmissions in these cars are the crappy slush boxes from the past. They are not. AT tech has come a long, long way in the last decade and the use of TCUs has made many ATs more effective than anything in the past. MT tech on the other hand has hardly changed in the last 60 years.
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I will say that this isn’t the case for me. I know that modern autos are superior to MT. I understand that with the press of a button it will instantly and reliably shift. It’s that press of a button that turns me off. I want to perform all the steps manually. I would like to be the one matching revs. I enjoy the extra layer of complication to perform a shift. I like the challenge of executing all this stuff perfectly. If it’s a simple button press it becomes boring for me even if it would technically save 500ms per lap.
In the past people wanted a manual for these reasons and in this order:
More fun
Faster shifts
Better gas mileage
Today:
More fun
When you are buying a family sedan “more fun” may not be a big concern. When buying a sports car I would expect “more fun” to be the highest priority. But it seems like the highest priority for people today is looks and spec sheets.