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Originally Posted by baege
this debate crops up so often, but I often close these threads down with this simple reality:
no one ever goes from pdk/dct to manual and then back to pdk/dct because they miss it
but LOTS of people go from manual to pdk/dct then back to manual because they miss it
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Not quite.
I know folks who drive auto, go manual and back to auto, because they can't be bothered with MT in daily traffic.
I drive AT, come from an MT background, (over 35 years of MT before I bought my first AT). Now when I drive MT, (which I do enjoy to a degree), no problem getting back in auto, with little desire to return to MT as a daily driver.
A personal observation. When MT was a simple 4-speed, (perhaps with overdrive), correct gears and appropriate changes were so much more important to good driving and harmonising with less and/or limited torque spreads. 6-speed MT less so, IMO, particularly as engines have a wider mid range and are generally more flexible. 'Multiple' gear changing can become a chore, more so than the precise driving interaction of the past.