CNN article bashing manual shift cars

[MisanoblueZ4]

Enjoy the reading materials……

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/opini...nos/index.html

[eliphil]

That’s what u get from cnn…… electric vehicles to the rescue what a joke

[xander_g]

CNN writes articles? Oh wait, it's an opinion...

[ppointer]

Originally Posted by eliphil

That’s what u get from cnn…… electric vehicles to the rescue what a joke

+1 on your response. Yes, I read that earlier today. What a waste of electrons. Clearly the author is incapable of driving a vehicle that has three pedals. Apparently also has a thing against alpha males. The title caught my attention and I failed to see the URL came from CNN.

[nowayout]

I went straight to the comments on the article for the laughs

[MassWholeBimmer]

CNN. No thanks.

[M-technik-3]

Communist News Network enough said. Take it with a grain of salt.

[BMWbiker]

The author did some pretty good trolling, I must say. I LOLed at the Freud reference, even though it’s a bit hackneyed.

Most of my cars were MT. Until recently, I made that choice as much because they were superior in almost every way to the AT for those cars, other than convenience. The MT car was faster, got better gas mileage, was more durable, was often smoother (driver dependent), and cost less.

The reality is that ATs are now the better choice in most ways other than nostalgic fun. I recently considered buying a Golf R. Had I done so, I honestly wasn’t sure if I would get the MT since it’s the last year of availability, or the DCT since it’s faster, smoother, thriftier, and (I think) less expensive. It also generates fewer emissions—every little bit helps.

My last two cars have been AT perforce.

Electric cars are, in all likelihood, going to supplant ICE cars, unless some other technology comes along.

But the author is correct about at least one thing in particular:

“But for those aficionados who really can’t go without a clutch and gear shifter, Toyota is planning a realistic-feeling fake manual transmission for some EV models.”

That is indeed ridiculous.

[Redd]

I stopped reading at 'renewable energy'. Another Thunberg Terrorist.

[chris719]

All you need to know is that all the article's comments are negative, even on CNN.com.

[BMWbiker]

Originally Posted by Redd

I stopped reading at 'renewable energy'. Another Thunberg Terrorist.

You say that as if it were a bad thing.

[NickyC]

If CNN is against the manual, it just makes me want to rush out and buy another.

[MADBMWX5MC]

CNN and Article = oxymoron. With emphasis on MORON....

[nunzo]

Originally Posted by BMWbiker

You say that as if it were a bad thing.

the idea of renewables = ok
the execution and cost of renewables = insane to any normal person

I'm an engineer who worked in air pollution control, renewable energy, and natural gas for 15 years. NG and nuclear are by far the best options.

[BMWbiker]

Originally Posted by nunzo

the idea of renewables = ok
the execution and cost of renewables = insane to any normal person

I'm an engineer who worked in air pollution control, renewable energy, and natural gas for 15 years. NG and nuclear are by far the best options.

One uncle helped invent factory air pollution controls (smokestack scrubbers), and another uncle (the first one’s brother-in-law) helped invent nuclear power, so I have a passing familial understanding of such matters.

Oh, the nuclear physicist uncle died of leukemia. So did his children. Leukemia does not run in either family. Exposure to radiation will do that to you.

[Limegrntaln]

Originally Posted by nowayout

I went straight to the comments on the article for the laughs

Same

[GabesSlowM4]

Whats his obsession with mentioning "Men". Why does it matter what gender wants a manual? Why does he care so much about what people drive for fun? Legacy Media wants all Men to enjoy the same things nowadays. Anything that's associated with "traditional masculinity" is bad. I don't care what he does for fun and he shouldn't care what we like for fun. But his post did what it was intended to do. Got Hella engagement.

[IcewaterPete]

Clowns writing for clowns. I’d really enjoy meeting one of these “journalists” in person.

[M4Tejas]

CNN "yellow journalism"

[nunzo]

Originally Posted by BMWbiker

One uncle helped invent factory air pollution controls (smokestack scrubbers),

I spent the first 5 years of my career designing, installing, and commissioning scrubbers across the US. Had a blast. Much more fun than landfill gas to energy or dairy digester power plants.

[MmmmmM2]

Originally Posted by nowayout

I went straight to the comments on the article for the laughs

Same!

[Efthreeoh]

Drivel. The writer should do the planet a favor and kill himself if he thinks eradicating the planet of the manual transmission will save it.

On the gender bashing, I love when left lib journalists don't follow their own PC rules.