Shifting gears: One man's ode to manual transmission

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Shifting gears: One man's ode to manual transmission
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How do you feel about driving a stick shift? Read about one man's devotion to manual transmission.

. Last week, he wrote an ode to the kind of driving that seems at odds with newer technology: It requires more, not less, of us.

“A manual transmission is needier than an automatic; it wants every one of your limbs engaged,” he wrote. “Left hand on the wheel, right hand on the stick. Left foot on the clutch, right foot on the gas.” I drove a manual for many years, and though it never inspired the same devotion , I was moved by his essay. So were many of our readers: The piece quickly shot to the top of our most-read list.

As we enter the fourth year of the pandemic, with continuing bleak news on war and climate, this essay about a small passion ran deep.

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