Hey for everyone living in the New York area (Any of the boroughs or Long Island) what is it like driving a manual transmission everyday? I was reading it can be annoying in tight stop and go traffic? Which is usually how it is here during rush hour. I’m in Long Island if that helps anyone here. Opinions on getting one, or stick to automatic?
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You’ll get use to it to be honest I’ve been driving manual in queen’s for over 8 years sometimes I drive into the city.
What you won’t get use to is shitheads scratching your car and driving away while you’re parked
As a European that’s driven manuals all my life in cities its something you get used to fast. At some point you don’t even register whats happening, its all done subconsciously.
Only reason pick an automatic if its one with all the whistles, like if it can drive in traffic completely automatically. Thats a nice feature.
I mean, there are cities with far worse traffic (New Delhi, Sao Paulo, Lagos) yet people daily manual all the time - in cars often without A/C. I think it is a matter of perspective. In USA, our perspective is predominantly automatic therefore a manual is seemingly much worse. But for people in developing countries - until recent times - manual represents a majority market share and that’s all they know.
I was recently in Eastern Europe. Everything: passenger venicles, delivery vans, ambulances, fire trucks, police cars, taxis, buses, trucks, street sweepers, army vehicles, etc. is all manual (or for the most part). That would never fly in USA, not because the human brains are different, but perspective & culture never taught us to grow up with manual. It’s a pretty automatic society. But again, all perspective.
Don’t do it.