• SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz
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    5 days ago

    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.

    Edit: I should have specified while already driving e.g. overtaking or accelerating out of a roundabout.

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      6 days ago

      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.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      5 days ago

      Corvette proved that wrong with the C8. They refuse to offer the manual option because so many Boomers blew up their clutches on previous models.