I find paddle shifters to be much more fun than a clutch and stick setup for manual shifting (even if its just telling an auto gearbox what gear to use). But i've always had a disconnect between what my feet, and what my hands, are doing. Driving a two pedal car is already a lot of focus and strain in auto D.

I've tried paddle shifters....and just doesn't work for me...

I mean, how do you down or upshift while turning the wheel...? When turning the wheel hand over hand I can't keep up with which paddle is which...

I've always had manual transmission cars all my life so far...stick on the floor.

Sadly, that's getting harder to find these days....not sure what I"ll get when the current car goes out to pasture...

And, this means you're going to have to pay another internet/satellite connection for your car, even tho you have a perfectly good phone you pay for?

I guess my current 2022 corvette will be my last one. I will not buy a car without CarPlay. That they already talk about "monetizing" this, confirms to me the correctness of my choice.

Same with me....motorcycle or car,I have my Quad Lock holders with MAG recharging....couldn't be happier....

I guess my current 2022 corvette will be my last one. I will not buy a car without CarPlay. That they already talk about "monetizing" this, confirms to me the correctness of my choice.

When they came out with a Corvette without a manual transmission option...THAT ended all my considerations for future Vettes.

To me a sports car you can't shift...is a waste.

I dont care if it gets better performance....shifting a fast car is FUN to me and I buy cars to have fun.

email is simple....I don't need something to Auto sort or manipulate my incoming or outgoing emails.

I don't like a fucking web interface...never as clean and snappy as the local app based version.

I don't need Clippy or Copilot helping me with it....

But they'll last forever and can be resoled as needed....

My country is about to destroy what we call the voting rights act

You are NOT AN AMERICAN and do not even live here in the US.

Please quit trying to portray yourself as such....JFC.....this gets old.

You have no say in how we run ourselves....

I want a way to TURN THEM OFF completely.....

Communism didn't save the world and is now out of fashion.

Surely this popular belief (with or without factual basis is irrelevant, see "religion") could not be exploited by those with ulterior motives. Humanity are too virtuous for that. Elections prove it.

I had to double check to make sure it wasn't April 1st.

Seriously, WTF would anyone need a bed hooked to the fucking internet?!?!?

Maybe the US needs to start electing adults to fix things. Although you may no longer have that option.

Govt. Ineptness is NOT a new thing in the US....it's been around since I was born.

And seriously, you can drop the stupid "kings, no more elections " thing....it's getting old and it's just not even a concern.

If it were the case, it's the worst attempt at a dictator ship I've ever seen.....this administration is freeing up oppressive gun legislation the libs have been pushing for years.....protests are still allowed (except when they turn violent).....and I see no suppression of speech, unlike the previous admin.

If for some reason Trump was trying to overtake the govt....he really isn't doing the first things you'd need to do for that end goal.

Imagine being able to get the medical care you need without having to worry about it bankrupting you.

That's already the case with me. I have decent insurance through work....

Hell, I recently had to have surgery, and it didn't break the bank at all.

And I guess you're lucky over there for here dealing with the DMV is generally an all day cluster fuck, if you can get lucky and only deal with it 1 days.

There are some things the govt needs to do, by necessity that private could not do it...ie Defense, etc.

But I have yet to find anything offered or managed by the govt. (City, State or Fed) in the US that they do better and more efficiently than the private sectors.

BMVs/DMVs are state level, not fed. Only thing the fed has involvement in at that level is interstate CDLs.

It's an allegory, just an example of "A" govt entity that is almost universally known to be bad, inefficient and generally crummy.

The fed offices are not any better...last time I had to go into the Social Security office, I think for Real ID....what a fucking nightmare...took almost all day just to get an official copy of my SS card lost in Katrina.

There are a number of other agency examples....none of them positive.

Peak stupidity is allowing, let alone supporting private companies to have control over your health care.

Still....better than having the Federal bureaucracy in charge of it....

Ugh....can you imagine health centers ala DMV?

*shudder*