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I say the same thing about Electric Cars. Being able to effortlessly press someone back into their seat on a open empty road while hearing the whine of the electric motors is incredibly fun, so much more so that manual cars.

Mashing the throttle takes literally zero skill, hitting a proper heel-toe will always be more satisfying to me as it has taken years for me to perfect and I still mess up here and there.

Plus, a tuned Golf R/STI/Evo can throw people in their seats effortlessly too, and rolling antilag will always sound cool.

Who cares? Years of skill rendered irrelevant by pedal to the metal hmmmmmmmmmmmm/

I agree with traditional slushbox automatics. You don't get that distinct gear shift feeling, so it's boring. But DCT seems closer to the manual feeling. Cannot confirm since I've never driven one, but it felt that way as a passenger.

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