this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2023
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[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That's the clutch and the brake tho

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as the clutch, is in fact, the clutch pedal, or as I've recently taken to calling it, the clutch+pedal. The pedal is not a mechanism unto itself, but rather another mechanical component of a fully functioning clutch system made useful by th

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Good mythical morning, Cpt. Obvious 😉

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I bet with all the US based users of lemmy, not many people know what a clutch is

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shush. There are many Americans that still drive a manual transmission.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm one. Who are the other 4?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

My daily drivers have been manual for years. Had to drive a uhaul recently and instinctively reached for the shifter everytime it hit 3k.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Checking in. Apparently only one of us left? I’m guessing it’s my buddy and his Civic Si.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Most tractors are manual too, I'm pretty sure. I would be surprised to find any farmers out there who only drive automatic.