re: CNN column: Opinion: The long overdue death of the stick shift car

My first two cars were stick shifts and I do enjoy them but I haven't had one in years. Living in Florida and dealing with traffic takes almost all the fun out of a stick shift.

But there's nothing better than a stick shift with complete power and throttle control during a nice cruise to the beach or up winding roads in the mountains.

My uncle has both a GTO and a Corvette. While I doubt he ever gets rid of the Corvette he might sell the GTO in a few years and I'll definitely be seriously interested.

I enjoy stick shifts but only for roads trips or rural driving. I would still want a car with an automatic transmission for the day to day driving in traffic.

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Glad to see CNN is consistent. They manage to be wrong about everything.

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I understand that sentiment, and you might think CNN is the worst, but then you might find MSNBC saying, 'Hold my beer, uh, make that wine spritzer.'

So dude is mad bc he sucks at driving a stick and sees dicks in everything? Sounds like a personal issue for him

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Bring it back with hand-cranked windows, manual locks, cloth seats, a radio that’s simply a USB dock + 3.5mm out in a single cab truck for around $15-20K

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Too nice. How bout a radio and a tape player that you can jerry rig to play CDs on your discman

Manual shifts are almost theft proof.

That article is borderline creepy. “Journalism” is really in the shitter.

Driving a manual is more fun. It’s funny people complain about navigating traffic in one but the only time I genuinely prefer an automatic is really long road trips. I’d probably give the automatic a very slight edge in that department.

I’ve had my current manual for 9 years and I’m not looking for a change. I’ll get an automatic when it’s time to replace because of my wife but I won’t be thrilled about it.

ETA: I see people talking about driving trucks with a stick. The truck I learned to drive in had a really finicky transmission. You had to whisper sweet nothings to get it to find its gear and in the winter it was super notchy. My current Civic shifts like butter though. Not sure if they’ve just improved with time and it has nothing to do with truck v car. Not a gear head but I’ve always wondered.