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		Symbiote on Nov 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The stick shift might survive the electric revolut... > Until relatively recently automatics were so rare you'd often see an actual sticker on the back of the car How recent do you mean? I know you get manufacturer brands like "5.1 GTI Automatic" on the back, but I can't remember ever seeing a warning sticker. > Currently, manual cars still account for 70 per cent of the 31.7 million cars on UK's roads [1] so it must have been a fair while ago. [1] https://www.directlinegroup.co.uk/en/news/brand-news/2022/th...

reticulated on Nov 19, 2022 [–]

You know what, I believe you're right. On reflection it's more like 15-20 years since I've seen one. Apologies for the bad phrasing.

Symbiote on Nov 20, 2022 | [–]

No problem. Back then, I was usually in the back seat :)

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