Electric vs Gas
xkcd.com

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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that’s the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5415·
    5 months ago

    It’s incredible how certain people are conditioned to think the sound of a gas motor and shifting because your puny motor is out of optimal torque and rpm range are manly.

    • papalonian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      115·
      5 months ago

      I’m a car guy and far from manly. I drive a loud annoying stick shift because it’s fun and life is too short to be bored while driving.

        • papalonian@lemmy.worldEnglish
          62·
          5 months ago

          Yeh, but unless I uproot my life and move to a different country, I’m stuck doing it, so I can either bitch and moan about how much I hate it, or have the best time I can doing it 🤷🏾‍♂️

          • Liz@midwest.socialEnglish
            2·
            4 months ago

            For sure, I used to drive stick when I drove, but I also argued for town planning that would make driving optional. Personal choices to deal with the reality you’re given, public policy activism for the reality you want.

    • HUMAN_TRASH@lemmy.worldEnglish
      46·
      5 months ago

      Yeah, I guess all those professional female race car drivers are doing it to feel “manly”