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I've been driving an automatic since I passed nearly a decade ago. In that time whenever I tell anyone I drive auto, it's usually met with some level of derision. I think that attitude is changing, but I'm still kind of confused by it in the first place.

Why?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Speaking purely for myself, not just my countrymen, I didn't want to learn how to drive an automatic because then I wouldn't know how to drive a manual.

Now I've got years of experience with a manual I'd have no objection to owning an automatic