# Why do you prefer a stick-shift over an automatic transmission?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 28, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-prefer-a-stick-shift-over-an-automatic-transmission/919279 "2020-08-28T21:59:02Z")\
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Ha! I never thought of that when I was an HPDE instructor.

(High Performance Driver’s Ed, for the uninitiated. Race driving techniques in street cars on closed courses. My 20-year-old [thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-high-performance-driving-instructor/354791) on the subject.)

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