Yes, it's true. My father, who's in the trucking business, told me that for long interstate drives, they want to make trucking as easy as possible. Sounds like a pain in the ass to me. We have the technology, we can make it faster, and we can make it smarter. I know for a fact that modern vehicles are becoming more and more like Knight Rider .
Some sports cars are available in automatic, but are more expensive.
That would change if these kinds of cars were more available with automatic transmissions. If we can put computers in these cars that measure road grade and aero-dynamics, surely they would know when to change gears at just the right time. My roommate told me this, but he also said they were mostly a bitch. That led me to conclude that it should be kept with the race car drivers. I want the lazy boy of cars.