Unpopular opinion: the automatic shift is a completely unnecessary waste of money

Yes, I drive in a city. Yes, I drive in the traffic, frequently getting stuck in it as well.

I don't really get what's the "frustration" people get about the manual shift, after one year of driving you become the automatic shift yourself; why pay over €2k just to eliminate something that you do without even realizing?

While also:

a. adding unnecessary complexity, more parts that can break, and that are expensive to replace

b. actually adding frustration in the process, changing the way you drive (at the very least, how you operate the brakes?)

c. hurting performance to some sensible degree, in particular acceleration

Is it only me?

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Alessa · 22-25, F

In some ways automatic is still manual as the computer or whatever that controls it can't decide what gear it wants to be in.

Try pushing it all the way down when your starting from zero mph and it works great but lets say your going 25 and trying to pass someone so you push it all the way down, now it thinks for 1 to 3 seconds which may be messing up that small passing window to decide, then it suddenly jumps to a gear too low and your rpms are going 5000 over the redline then it switches a few more times so now it takes 5 to 10 seconds for it to figure out what it needed to be.

OR I can manually control it by not stepping so hard and letting it shift at a different pace, which then really means it's manual anyways.

Personally I hit it all the way every single time, so that taking it casual ain't going to happen.

I think a manual would be nice that way I can put it in what I want to keep it from jumping all over the place due to my driving style.