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a Ford fiesta and that is a manual let's take a look at this mini across the street and I did look both ways although the camera didn't before across the road days and that is also a manual is that a boat in somebody's front yard not gonna look at this fiesta because I just looked at that one don't need to look at two fiestas let's go and have a look at this Citroen DS3 instead is that a manual or an automatic also a manual now there is a Mercedes C class down there but look in the van look in the van I believe that is automatic because it's the e-model which means it's gonna be hybrid I'm gonna have a quick run just to confirm yes C350e just with a bike rack on top get over it so that you've never been a bike up there is going to be an automatic this is a much more expensive car and it's also still fairly young being five years old yeah five do you mass Richard all petrol and diesel cars need gears some change gear automatically for you and in others you have to change gear manually yourself all early cars were manual and the automatic gearbox didn't start to become widely available until the 1930s and 40s or at least widely available in certain parts of the world but that's did it just randomly get that footage like he was out and about and you'd like perfect time 80 years ago why is the manual still so popular today and in some markets such as America the automatic has been the norm for some time now in fact in some states you can actually pass your driving test in an automatic and be allowed to drive a manual I can only guess this can be allowed because there's so few manuals that it's not a major safety concern but in the UK most small cheap cars are manual also did you know in America when you go take a motorcycle driving test to get your license you can take it on a scooter and you don't have to take it on a motorcycle which is weird to me like that don't even calculate so if people in the UK could pass in an automatic and then drive a manual we would have somewhere between 500,000 and 700,000 new drivers each year passing in automatics with no manual experience taking to the road for the first time in their manual and in a country that has a population of only around 67 million that's a lot of drivers who don't know how to control their car thanks that could be quite chaotic in the UK the manual gearbox is in decline in 2010 20% of new cars sold were automatic and back then that was considered a lot by 2018 43% of new cars sold were automatic but now nearly 60% of new cars sold in the UK are automatic so although new drivers are still opting to pass their driving test in a manual over 90% of driving tests are manual the automatic is becoming the norm so why has it taken so long for the automatic to start the takeoff in the UK well it's quite simple traditional automatics with torque converters were big heavy and inefficient that does not bode well with Asian cars in the UK right that makes sense we primarily use Asian cars and European cars however in America their cars are already big bulky and inefficient they have big 5.7L at the 8 which they call a 350 cubic inch with loads of torque so having a less efficient gearbox doesn't make as much of a difference and gasoline as they call it over there is much cheaper so having the convenience of an automatic makes more sense because the negatives aren't as noticeable however if you were to put a traditional automatic and say something like a 1.1L Ford Fiesta from the 1980s it's gonna drive like you've left the handbrake on protect your privacy with I like when people like break it down like this because I wasn't even thinking like that I was just thinking like y'all just like y'all manuals but it makes sense when it's put in real perspective it's gonna drive like you've left the handbrake on but in the early 90s or 2000s something started to change it was out with the traditional torque converter planetary gear automatic and in with the robotized manual yes automatics were no longer really automatics they were actually a manual but with a robot changing gear for you so that got rid of the disadvantage of the automatic being less efficient and bigger and heavier they're almost the same size and same weight only disadvantage was the price normally it added around 1,000 to 1,500 pounds to the list price of a car and they worked well in small cars with small engines as well therefore opting to have the extra convenience of the car changing gear for you was no longer such a problem well it was actually convenient and then the automatic started to become popular and Japanese manufacturers started to use something called a CVT which stands for continuously variable transmission they work well with big engine cars and low powered small engine cars the only trouble is is how they sound many people don't like the fact that it actually sounds like your engine is staying at constant velocity whenever you put your foot hard on the gas it kind of goes and in fact in one of my videos I made a mistake of calling it a constant velocity transmission just because I was so used to hearing that constant velocity of the engine they work well they are efficient if you drive gently don't worry about it but if you want to put your foot down they're not very nice so the reason why it's taken so long for automatics to become popular in the UK is simply because the technology to make a lightweight low powered car which is most of the cars in the UK automatic yet still drive in a decent way has only become widely available recently but does that mean you shouldn't bother learning manual you should just learn automatic because all cars are going to be automatic soon well the manual is going to be here for a bit longer than you also man city driving in America like big city driving when you're in a manual is brutal on your foot like like switching gears from like one first gear the second gear the neutral to like you know I'm saying like in city traffic I'm talking bumper to bumper traffic like it's a lot may think they're going to be sold up until 2030 minimum when the petrol and diesel van comes in and that van essentially bans manual however that may be delayed wait y'all wait what they're gonna be a petrol and diesel so everybody's gonna be forced to drive in the automatic say the van happens in 2030 oh that's here in America they doing that too in California they did that as well that's why everybody's going electric now okay okay yeah then those cars are still gonna be on the road for 10 to 20 years after that so the manual car will still be popular for quite a while yet getting a manual license does give you the freedom to drive whatever car you want however of course learning automatic is easier but is there another advantage wait stop stop you're going to a manual license so when y'all go to the DMV is a manual license or it says automatic license automatic license with it not allowing to drive in the manual or is it all just about the money it's not just about the money it's about the experience if you are brought up around manuals learn to drive a manual it's fun subsequently got good at driving a manual and live somewhere where you're not constantly in nose to tail bumper to bumper traffic see what I'm saying like that bumper to bumper traffic is not not very good for manuals that's why it's in America man big cities like it's not a lot of manuals you actually have access to some relatively quiet roads with a half decent speed limit you may also enjoy driving a manual it's not guaranteed of course not everyone does it's not everyone's cup of tea but there are plenty who do and as a result the great British country roads the manual has stayed strong for years even though realistically newer it's always a cyclist somewhere the economy and how much people learn in this country means that automatics aren't really out of the question it is a bit of a choice now I could be driving down this road in an automatic but I know from experience I won't be having as much fun there is a sense of joy from the achievement of achieving the perfect gear change he's right cuz when I'm on my motorcycle I feel that sense of enjoyment because I'm doing all that extra stuff opposed to when I'm in like a regular car I'm like just hurry up and get what we're going the downshift rev match the heel and toe rev match under braking the downshift rev match the heel and toe rev match under braking and kissing the red line although you can do that in an automatic as well of course drive responsibly and that's part of what makes driving a manual so special I didn't break the speed limit there but I enjoyed myself a very passionate about this have automatic will shoot you up to very high speeds very quickly without you doing much at all which leads you wanting to enjoy the speed as opposed to the involvement so therefore driving a manual enthusiastically allows you to have fun whilst being safe because there's something else to enjoy of course manuals aren't for everyone some people just prefer automatic so I know both some people like auto some people like manual a lot of people like manual for the same reasons I do and many people like automatic because it's easier and not really enthusiastic about driving they just want to get from A to B whoever you are doesn't matter enjoy your car well I hope this video help like the paddle shifters to understand why manuals are still so popular in the UK if you think it does please give the video a thumbs up and check out conningwood and confused in the description if you're a learner driver and want to ensure yourself on a friend or and fire the link at the step you promo man I'm glad that like button for sure this is very informal it reminded me of a lot of things that's going on in the car world taught me a couple things I feel it man till I leave it like comments it's going to turn your post I'm gone