In 2012 I intended to buy a pickup truck but no one had a pickup with a stick. So I bought a Chevy Cruz instead. It was one of only four Chevy vehicles at the time that offered a stick. The others were the Corvette, the Camaro, and the little four seater that looks like a golf cart.

I’ve driven a Tesla a few times now, and I think that as much as I love the stick, which I really do, the inertial drag/automatic braking thing gives more precise control over acceleration and deceleration AND is fun. I’m pretty sure my next car will be electric.