Originally Posted by
bobwysiwyg
I don't wish to belittle anyone's position on this topic, but I'm old enough to recall similar debates on manual vs automatic transmissions on cars.
Originally Posted by
bobwysiwyg
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Manual transmissions account for just 2 percent
of all vehicles sold in 2018, according to data from Edmunds.com."
Hang in there. 
Yeah, I know. I'm planning to pass on this current car to my kids in a year when they turn 16. I expect that they could park it in the HS parking lot with the keys in the ignition and no one would steal it.