Yeah man. Australia. Mid 40s. My nieces have just started learning (we start here at 16). When I asked whether they were going to learn manual they said what's that?
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Yes, Europe.
Yes. European. It's the norm.
My daily is an automatic but my old Magirus-Deutz is a special kind of manual. Iโm 37 from Germany.
Yes. Mid 40s UK. I have never owned an automatic vehicle, and it looks like there's not much in the way options when it comes to electric cars with manual transmissions.
Well EVs only really have forwards and backwards. No additional gears.
US, 36, and I've only ever owned manual vehicles. I think I've drove automatic maybe 5 times in the past 20 years I've had my license.
Southern Europe, 34. I only know how to drive with manual transmission (I tried an automatic city car once, and I literally couldn't exit the parking spot). I'm too used to control the car with the clutch. I should learn though, because I use car sharing services, and they are progressively replacing their cars with automatic transmission ones.
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I can drive manual, but I hate it. I don't want to worry about releasing the clutch just right to avoid jerk, so I bought an electric car. Certainly was expensive, but it's infinitely more smooth than a manual transmission could ever be. 23 year old, living in Germany.
No. I'm 25 and from Florida.
I'm 40 and have never used a manual transmission, and have no desire at all to ever use one.
Yes, early 20s USA. Learned at 18 and drove manual every day until I sold my last car in November
35, American, can only drive automatic but have been trying to learn manual. My barrier is never having a car available to me to practice on. ๐
Yes. Mid thirties UK. I've actually never driven an automatic.
My friend taught me for the most part in college when I was 22, and then when I bought my first manual it was 5 hours from my house. If I didn't figure it out I wouldn't have gotten home ๐ซฃ
Only killed it a couple times, and only when I was getting on/off the freeway. And once in stop and go traffic, but I don't think anyone noticed
37m, USA
I can. The first new car I bought was a manual, because it was less expensive. I embarrassed myself for a bit, but that's when I learned.
I'm 36. Yes, I can. I learned on a stick shift.
Old guy in the USA. My first car was a sport motorcycle so six speed with clutch and shifter. I have a sedan with an auto trans, but also a 4WD truck with manual. When I learned to drive in my teens automatic transmissions were not as nice as they are now, just three speeds and not very smooth. Now they're typically six speed and much nicer. I really dislike a manual trans in heavy traffic, quite a chore.
Yes, I'm from the UK so pretty much everyone here can even if they own an automatic. It's not seen as a big deal here, it's just normal.
I prefer manuals, I won't be buying an automatic until my leg falls off.
The only benefit to an automatic is being able to eat a burrito while driving.
Still doesn't outweigh the niceness of driving a manual.
Yes but rusty since haven't done so in few years but it's not hard. In metropolitan US as a 30yr old.
I learned on a manual when I was 17 but only had that car for maybe 6 months before I got an automatic and haven't had one since. I'm now in my 30s. Was in the USA west coast.
My first car was a manual, drove that thing an additional 150-170,000 miles over 7 years. Been 2 years but I'm sure I could pick it right back up
Yes. im a 26 year old from sweden.
Yes. 40, Canada.
Yup, 29 from nz
Yep, 58 from the U.S. I've also driven a manual in England where I had to shift with my left hand. That said, I much prefer automatic. Between being tall (6'4") and having a wonky left kee, it's way too much work to operate the clutch, especially in stop-and-go traffic. And I need to be able to grab my water bottle/coffee/soda/pumpkin peppermint vanilla half-caf lo-fat soy milk mocha latte with an extra shot at all times.
Yes i can, but I don't
Yes. Although automatic transmission is more efficient, I still prefer manual.
Almost 50. Southern US. I use one every day that I ride my motorcycle.
Us (Arizona) yes I can, though I haven't in some years because my wife won't, and we don't need 2 cars... But I ride a motorcycle so I do get to handle a clutch still.
37, Switzerland, and I can drive a manual as much as I enjoy an automatic from time to time. The former is still the most common type of transmission even though the trend has been reversing over the years.
US, 40s. Gave up my manual a few years ago to get a bigger car when I became a single dad. The ol Mazda 3 wasn't cutting it
Late 30s and no. I did learn to long ago on a pickup that had difficulty getting into 2nd gear. I did not really see the point of continuing with a manual transmission, especially here in Seattle.