(man screams)
- Have you ever gone to a car show
seen nice cars and you go to take a Peak Ski
into the interior and notice it's an odd...
(man coughs)
It's not a manual
and your heart just sinks for a second.
Now your entire opinion of the car has changed,
you can't even look at it the same
and it has now just become another car.
You read the title, you already know
what we're talking about,
We're talking about the transmission
(car wheel squeals)
that makes it easier to eat your food,
you got from the drive-through as you try to get it home.
You can do it in a manual,
you just gotta have some more skills, baby.
You know what I'm saying?
We're talking about the automatic,
being around for over 100 years,
auto magics are nothing new.
Autos are actually out there killing it right now,
killing manuals off.
They're more convenient,
you don't have to learn how to use it
(vehicle engine revs)
and it can shift faster than a man.
So you wouldn't buy anything but an automatic,
right?
Wrong!
Autos have been getting from car enthusiasts for years.
People hiding them under their shift boots
and even companies making shirts and stickers
saying save the manuals.
So why do automatic cars so much hate?
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Oh, okay.
It's time to dive into the Prindle.
- You mean the Prindle?
(crowd laughs)
- Anyone remember that from Zack and Cody,
Suite Life of Zack?
I know you do,
we can just, we can skip over anyway.
Saying who came up with the first automatic transmissions
as questionable as who Yzma really is,
from Alfred Monroe in 1921
to Oscar Banker being referred to as the father
of the automatic transmission
to Hosea REP and Fernando Lamas
developing the first auto using a hydraulic fluid
instead of compressed air.
It wasn't just one person there,
there was tons of designs
and it's still being improved to this day.
But the first mass-produced auto trans would be tracked up
to GM in the late 1930s.
The Hydramatic, which sounds like a move Blastoise
would use.
But anyways, it was in the Oldsmobile Series 60
and the Cadillac 60 Special,
nothing too crazy but it offered convenience,
which is just what the American people needed, baby.
No longer would your left leg be getting
a workout while you had to annoyingly
select which gear your car should be in
(man hisses)
Ah! Oh, no more
This is it all that for you,
GM was onto something though, because in 1952 Rolls-Royce
and Bentley would get the license to produce the Hydramatic
in their cars.
It was an absolute hit, fast forwarding through time,
we see manuals getting killed off
of legendary cars left and right.
Autos have become faster,
have the addition of paddle shifters,
they still give you some control
and are more sophisticated than ever.
The new 2020 Corvette, the Mark Five Supra,
the R35 GTR, the New GT 500 Mustang
the New Audi R8 all have one thing in common.
And you know what that is?
That's right.
I can't afford any of them, but also they all come in auto.
So with all technology advancements
in the new sports cars, only featuring the autopilot.
Why do us as car enthusiasts
get our panties all in a bunch
when we find a clean car on Facebook marketplace
in our price range, and then you see it's automatic.
Well, this one is actually pretty simple.
The hit meter stays high on the good old auto simply
because of our car enthusiast pride.
We ain't here to play life on easy mode.
Give us some damn challenge.
There's something prideful knowing you understand
how to drive stick, and not only that,
but someone that can do it well.
Anyone can happen in auto and drive off
but not everyone has taken the time to learn manual.
(car engine revs)
Not that it's very tricky or anything, men.
Its just a little (fingers snap)
notch up.
You know what I'm saying?
I can still remember picking
up my girlfriend nine years ago in my new-to-me, Cobalt SS
and thinking that was the coolest thing since sliced bread
because I had to shift my car.
Driving manual take some level of skill
and automatically,
even if you don't want to admit it,
makes you feel like you're above someone
in the same version of your car, but it's auto.
The reality of it is no human can shift faster
(car engine revs)
than a modern day automatic.
But that's not what this is about.
There's something about driving stick
that makes you feel more connected to the car.
Give you more control
in is overall just a more enjoyable experience.
My girlfriend Maya didn't initially want a manual car
but she caved and bought an SRT-4 is her first car way back
when and she has fallen in love with it,
and would go on to buy a 2018 Civic Si in stick, of course
because once you're caught by the bug, you just keep going.
All three of my cars are manuals
and that wasn't on accident.
I'm going to give autos a seven on the hate meter.
They're more expensive in general when purchasing a car
or maintaining them and no way you put it,
they just aren't the same as driving a manual.
What do you think?
Would you get an auto or you a die-hard stick driver?
Comment below I'm going to read every single one.
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I absolutely love manual,
but I'd be caught lying if I told you
I haven't considered an R35 or Mark Five Super,
if I want to scratch off from quick trip down the road,
plus I've wrote in a McLaren 720S
and it was auto and it still made me almost
(beep)
my pants,
again.
I just, I think I like all cars so,
Bye.
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