A little over twenty years ago I switched. I think it used to be there were many upsides to manual, including better mileage. I think that has since flipped, or at least been largely mooted.
I still preferred manual for driving in snow, but I think even there if you have an automatic that shifts up/down, the advantages are mostly just a placebo, I think.
No one was buying manuals, and even those weak sales were declining. Modern automatic have more gears and shift more efficiently.
I tried to always buy manuals, then I got married to someone who struggles with manuals. Now we have automatics sad times
I drove manual for nearly 20 year of my life and then I got married and had kids and now I have a Minivan and it’s the fucking tits.
A little over twenty years ago I switched. I think it used to be there were many upsides to manual, including better mileage. I think that has since flipped, or at least been largely mooted.
I still preferred manual for driving in snow, but I think even there if you have an automatic that shifts up/down, the advantages are mostly just a placebo, I think.
The main advantage for me is I can accelerate faster in a manual, automatics just can’t keep up out of the gate