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minus-squareburble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·4 hours agoI guess some people really like leaving some performance on the table
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 hours agoYou don’t buy a manual car because it’s faster. You buy it because it’s more fun.
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·4 hours agoBut in a manual car you’re the reason why it’s slower. In an EV (or CVT) dumb programming is why it’s slower.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 hours agoIt’s still more fun with the shift points. Spinning is so much cooler than not spinning.
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoMotorcycle are more fun and cheaper.
minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoManuals can still be faster if you know you’re about to put your foot down, and you’re in the cheaper end of the market.
minus-squareBlaster M@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 hours agoAs someone that dailys a manual and has previously daily’ed a Dual Clutch “EcoShift” Veloster, manual is not faster even if you prep your downshift ahead of time.
minus-squareDionysus@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoPorches are not typically on that end honestly.
I guess some people really like leaving some performance on the table
You don’t buy a manual car because it’s faster.
You buy it because it’s more fun.
But in a manual car you’re the reason why it’s slower.
In an EV (or CVT) dumb programming is why it’s slower.
It’s still more fun with the shift points.
Spinning is so much cooler than not spinning.
Motorcycle are more fun and cheaper.
And deadlier
Manuals can still be faster if you know you’re about to put your foot down, and you’re in the cheaper end of the market.
As someone that dailys a manual and has previously daily’ed a Dual Clutch “EcoShift” Veloster, manual is not faster even if you prep your downshift ahead of time.
Porches are not typically on that end honestly.