I’m stuck on this personally. I love my manual, I have a tiny little Mazda 2 and I have driven that thing absolutely everywhere because I can control it better than any automatic I’ve ever driven. But I’ve been casually looking for a new car and I’d love to have an electric, but I don’t want to lose that level of control and everything I love about a manual.

What do you all think? What’s your take?

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    5 months ago

    What a weird nitpicky thing to argue about. Sure you can start a manual by easing off the clutch properly but that’s obviously not what we’re talking about. We’re talking about the differences between driving manual and electric and that’s clearly the use-case people will have 95%+ of their driving time. What do you think you’re adding to this conversation?

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      5 months ago

      He’s not arguing? Why so negative, that’s a good tip. I wish someone told me that when I was learning, I just sort of figured it out later.

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        5 months ago

        They’re being pedantic when the main takeaway is “it’s more complicated” and this person is going “well, actually… You do X, not Y (in this chain of events that’s still more complicated than just pressing the gas pedal)”.

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          Is being pedantic a sin here? I see nothing to suggest that they disagree with the overall point, they just want to build a more complete picture.

          I could just be overly optimistic about their intentions though

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            The conversation is people who already know how to drive stick and their opinion on electric. People just learning to use stick aren’t relevant and nitpicking over EXACTLY how a stick works isn’t relevant when the main topic is “how does it feel compared to an electric?”. “Oh, well the clutch can actually make you go just by releasing it and you’re able to crawl” is completely irrelevant and only stated to critique and sound superior. I can crawl too in my automatic car by letting off the brake. That’s not relevant here either.

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              5 months ago

              See, I didn’t read the comment as critical at all, just a friendly clarification to use their terminology, so I guess we just have to disagree there

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              5 months ago

              Thank you. I wasn’t saying they were wrong, I was just asking what compelled them to say what they said. It doesn’t add to the conversation, it isn’t for anyone who would be reading this discussion, it just seemed to be a comment made to make them feel better about themselves for being superior to other internet nerds

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                5 months ago

                It’s tangently related, we’re not on stackoverflow.

                And I dunno, you could very well be right about their intentions but I feel like you guys are jumping to conclusions. There’s a pretty massive gap between “if you didn’t know, you can start with just the clutch” and “ev’s r gay”, so until they actually follow up with something like “ev’s r gay”, I’m going to assume that they were sharing in earnest. Let’s just chill, lemmy doesn’t have to be as abrasive as other social media can be

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                  5 months ago

                  There’s a time and a place for everything. Situational awareness is important. Just because you have something to say doesn’t mean it needs to be said. Quality is important and just throwing anything into the conversation simply because you want to be heard, regardless of what the actual topic is, isn’t helpful.

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                    Again, we’ll agree to disagree on the quality of the reply. I think it was a fair comment, and I’m glad they shared. I’ve got nothing else to add, so have a good one