My 75 year old mother refuses to buy my 78 year old father anything but whole grain or wheat bread. And my dad loves thick-slice bologna from the local German butcher. There’s nothing sadder than eating a thick slice of bologna with an equally thick slice of American “cheese” product on that kind of bread. So, I buy him the most processed white bread I can find just for that purposes.

Manual transmissions are also great for preventing distracted driving. Good lucking holding that mobile phone while trying to shift gears.

I grew up in the country. All kids in my area learned to drive a stick because, in an emergency, a manual transmission might be the only available. My first vehicle was a 5-speed manual transmission Nissan Sentra.