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10 Reasons Why You Should Drive a Manual Car in 2022 and Beyond

Dino Cajic
7 min readOct 31, 2022
Dino Cajic’s 2019 Subaru WRX STi

I’ve been pretty sad lately and I don’t normally express that emotion. I’ve been watching almost all car manufacturers drop the manual option from their entire lineup. With a dwindling selection, and automatic options that can change gears in milliseconds, why would you want to still own the manual transmission car in 2022 and beyond? Well here are 10 reasons why.

I know that I normally write about programming tutorials, but this is another passion of mine: cars. It’s always been there and I might share a few stories with you. For now, let’s dive into something I can’t live without: manual cars.

Safety

It’s a lot safer. You’re engaged with the car. You feel connected. You use both your hands and both of your feet to operate the vehicle, not just one of each. There’s a lot less time to pick up your phone or zone-out. It does require practice to get to that point, but once you’re done, you feel like a drummer playing his instrument.

Control

You have a lot more control over your vehicle. When it’s raining or snowing, you have the option of starting in second. You can ease off the clutch to prevent any unnecessary jerking in those conditions that might cause in a spin out. When you need high revs, you can downshift and keep it in…

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Dino Cajic
Dino Cajic

Written by Dino Cajic

Author of An Illustrative Introduction to Algorithms. IT Leader with a B.S. in Computer Science, a minor in Biology, and a passion for learning.

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