Originally Posted by Pharmacist

not sure what you mean that i do it a lot. i have a stick shift, so yeah, i shift gears a lot while driving. yes, things change, but not always for the better. this trend towards automated gearboxes is absolutely pointless and unnecessary. no one who buys these cars goes on to compete in le mans or touring car championships. so it's really not that critical to save those few milliseconds per lap by having an auto transmission. perhaps if ferrari and lambo owners take advanced driving courses, that would shorten their lap times much more than an electronic gearbox. besides, why not simply have both transmissions as options so that people can choose what they like? even if 5% of buyers want a manual tranmission, just make 5% of the cars witha stick shift and everyone goes home happy. no need for the stick shift to join the dinosaurs.