[RM7]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

I find automatics as inconvenient. The transmission is never in the correct gear for MY intended driving move. I don't give a crap that some automatics can shift faster than I can and eek out a 4-tenths faster 0 - 60 time. When the trans is in the wrong gear, it's in the wrong gear and it takes time for it to get in the correct gear. It can't know what I am seeing and thinking.

Wait till you get knee, foot, arm shoulder or hand surgery. Then it’s pretty damn convenient.

[Vindicator3]

That's what I kept hearing from a certain member of my household as I was talking about replacing my current MT Acura with a new MT car - "I'm not driving you everywhere when you hurt your knee or get surgery, you're not as young as you used to be."

So here I am awaiting a new AT 540i, though if it had been offered with a MT, I may have gone for it anyway. Or not.

I do love my MT while I have it....

[DocL]

I've been daily driving a manual for 42 years. Two times I was in a full leg immobilizer, right and left dislocated knee, and I still managed to drive a manual. I've also had two herniated discs in my back and I still drove my manual. I guess it'll take me being unable to walk that will force me to go to an automatic.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by RM7

Wait till you get knee, foot, arm shoulder or hand surgery. Then it’s pretty damn convenient.

Well, in 2012, I did have total knee replacement surgery on my left leg. I was back driving to physical therapy and then on to work, 80 miles one way in Northern Virginia traffic just two (2) weeks after surgery. My doctor said manipulating a foot clutch was excellent PT for knee replacement rehabilitation. So, been there, done that.

Shoulder surgery, yep, that would suck, but just getting in and out of the vehicle would suck, so there's that. If it was surgery on one's right foot, that would suck for an automatic. Eye surgery would suck. Hip surgery would suck. Heart surgery would suck - all for either transmission type.

But these are one-offs.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by DocL

I've been daily driving a manual for 42 years. Two times I was in a full leg immobilizer, right and left dislocated knee, and I still managed to drive a manual. I've also had two herniated discs in my back and I still drove my manual. I guess it'll take me being unable to walk that will force me to go to an automatic.

Yup, at around 20 years old I had right knee orthoscopic surgery for my ACL. Full leg cast from thigh to ankle. Still drove my 1982 Ford Escort to U of M, 5-days a week. My only other car was my motorcycle; I tried it, but even I thought it was too risky.

[RM7]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

Yup, at around 20 years old I had right knee orthoscopic surgery for my ACL. Full leg cast from thigh to ankle. Still drove my 1982 Ford Escort to U of M, 5-days a week. My only other car was my motorcycle; I tried it, but even I thought it was too risky.

You left out the 5 miles you had to walk uphill in the snow with the cast

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by RM7

You left out the 5 miles you had to walk uphill in the snow with the cast

Left footin' the clutch and brake pedals is a bit daunting, I'll say that.

[3PedalJake]

Originally Posted by RM7

You left out the 5 miles you had to walk uphill in the snow with the cast

You left out that it was uphill BOTH WAYS

[brianeck]

Yes.

[No one]

Originally Posted by RM7

Wait till you get knee, foot, arm shoulder or hand surgery.

Wait till you die. If you can't drive it's another matter. Being mentally disabled matters as well, by the way. "-No way I'll go in a hearse! -Why? People give their lives to have a ride in it." (from a movie)

[DocL]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

Left footin' the clutch and brake pedals is a bit daunting, I'll say that.

Yep. I used my e-brake to come to a complete stop.