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minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·edit-25 days 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. Edit: I should have specified while already driving e.g. overtaking or accelerating out of a roundabout.
minus-squareBlaster M@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 days 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-up6·6 days agoPorches are not typically on that end honestly.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoCorvette proved that wrong with the C8. They refuse to offer the manual option because so many Boomers blew up their clutches on previous models.
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.
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.
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.