JimFlat6:
Professional drivers are professionals, so on a track they want every bleeding edge advantage they can get. But on the street, many of them, like Schumi, enjoy owning and driving stuff like Cobras and early Porsches with manuals, even slow Harleys. Why? They are something called.....fun.
With cars you can push technology so far that the assist overwhelms the human skill and fun factor.
If I could afford it, I would probably have a couple of cars in my garage, including some with manual transmission. Since I have to find the best compromise between daily driver, performance and driving fun, manual is out of the question.
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