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Originally Posted by Splat
There is no quasi BS with driving a stick. you just drive it, anybody can do it.
Your long trip analogy is BS. Since you would be primarily in same gear for extended periods of time, not changing gears so therefore just like at and you become lack of awareness. don't you agree ?
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Sure anybody can drive MT and I haven't said otherwise. But for myself, coming from extended driving in AT, MT is a much more involved process. Like EK_Golfer mentioned in his post above, MT requires commitment and when you do commit, it rewards you with satisfaction and a sense of achievement.
As for the long trip anecdote, I shifted to 4th quite a few times for some aggressive passing on the highway. Sometimes I'd put it into 5th for steeper inclines. If I was driving AT, I'd just modulate the throttle *yawn*. Besides, Great Ocean Rd is very twisty - gave me plenty of time to practice heel-toe and experiment with traction loss
