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Should I buy a manual petrol car or a automatic hybrid?

In-car shot of young couple driving
Is changing gear becoming a thing of the past as more cars are automatic? Photograph: Alan Oliver/Alamy

Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday’s paper.

I’d like to buy a hybrid car but they’re nearly all automatics. My teenage children will soon be old enough to drive and I think it’d be a useful skill for them to know how to drive a manual shift. Should I stick with a manual petrol/diesel or is the era of geared cars over?

Do you have a problem readers could solve? Email your suggestions to money@theguardian.com or write to us at Money, the Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU.

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