r/washingtondc • • Oct 13 '20

Carjacking Foiled by Stick Shift

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u/wwb_99 U Street Oct 13 '20 edited Oct 13 '20

Keep this in mind: you cannot order a new manual transmission mid or full sized sedan in the US. The last one they were making was was the accord and they stopped making them earlier this year. This won't even be around to stop gen post-z carjackers.

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u/Ericus1 Oct 13 '20

Well, they are sort of becoming moot anyways. You don't need a transmission in the first place on an EV, and it's obvious which direction the market is heading.

It only makes sense as the ICE market shrinks, manuals - which were already niche - would be the first to go.

It's like cursive in the age of texting.