Unpopular Opinion
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1. NO POLITICS
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2. Be civil.
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4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...
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5. No trolling.
This shouldn't need an explanation. If your post or comment is made just to get a rise with no real value, it will be removed. You do this too often, you will get a vacation to touch grass, away from this community for 1 or more days. Repeat offenses will result in a perma-ban.
6. Defend your opinion
This is a bit of a mix of rules 4 and 5 to help foster higher quality posts. You are expected to defend your unpopular opinion in the post body. We don't expect a whole manifesto (please, no manifestos), but you should at least provide some details as to why you hold the position you do.
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Well, the transmission is just manual with 1 gear in an electric car. I'm cool with electric cars with an "auto" but I'm never buying an auto ICE car.
I feel like that's maybe some slightly misleading nitpicking. 😄 There's no need for a gearbox at all, the electric motor just delivers power and torque smoothly across the whole range of speed, so there's no shifting whatsoever. 👍
What exactly is an "auto ICE car", for the uninitiated (me)? 🙏
Yes, that's kinda the same thing. I just tried to say that that's why I'm fine with electric cars but not automatics. I wouldn't be able to stand not having control over what gear I'm in, but if there's always torque available, it's fine.
Automatic internal combustion engine car.
That's the thing with automatic ICE cars, you mostly don't need to control which gear you're in.
If you pass the gas pedal deeply enough, it will shift down automatically to provide the required/requested torque, e.g. when making a pass around a car on the motorway.
They also have gear modes that limit the upper gear to first, second, third, etc, so you can tow stuff, or get out of a ditch, or snow, e.g.
Auto cars are so comfortable, honestly. You just press the pedal and that's it. If you need control on the off chance, it's also still available in different ways. 👍