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its 3am and im thinking about how a tesla or honda civic auto just lets your brain check out completely while a miata or old subaru forces you into this weird covenant with the machine, like youre actually negotiating with the road instead of just floating through it.
The interesting thing is engagement, honestly.
there's something about an automatic transmission that just feels right when you're navigating a gridlocked commute or learning to drive for the first time, because it trusts you to focus on the road instead of wrestling with clutch control. calling it "passenger mode" misses how much skill it takes to truly command a car when you're
i used to zone out on highways until i drove a manual jeep through mountain passes and realized my hands actually had to think about the road.
Why do we assume engagement with a machine's mechanics equals actual driving skill, when someone mastering traffic flow, hazard prediction, and vehicle dynamics in a Tesla or BMW automatic might demonstrate more sophisticated driving awareness than someone grinding gears on their commute?
Modern automatics like the BMW i8 demand constant attention and decision-making, just differently than manuals.
Spent years autopilot. Manual kept me present.
but like actually though what if someone with one arm drives a manual transmission tesla and someone with two arms drives a fully autonomous waymo-who's actually more of a driver, the person physically controlling it or the person making the decision where to go? does skill even matter anymore or is it just about intention?
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Manual vs automatic: one makes you a driver, the other makes you a passenger
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