Comments by "Chaos Corner" (@chaos.corner) on "Where Did All the Manual Transmissions Go?! | WheelHouse" video.

  1. You missed a third reason: Resale value. Americans are obsessed with resale value. That's why most cars you see are boring colors like white, grey (I refuse to call it silver) or black. People are buying their cars for the next owner, not for themselves. I think this might be tied up with people buying their cars with financing.
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  2.  @jamie49868  I drive a green VW. But it's from 2000. I looked at VWs available colors a while back and it made me sad. It's also a manual :)
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  3. Automatics may be able to change fast but they can't change early. Not yet anyway. Until they can anticipate your needs, I have no time for them. Paddle shifters are a reasonable compromise and the J-shifter on my XK8 was reasonable but nowhere close to proper stick.
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