And where are you from? And how old? Not “do you” but just if you know how.
I’m in the US, mid 30s and can (and do) drive a manual transmission.
I’m from Europe, I was taught on manual transmission and drove with it for 10 years. But I switched to automatic (actually not on purpose, I didn’t notice the car I was buying had it), and now vastly prefer it.
31,Sweden
Yes, and I prefer a manual car to an automatic. It keeps me a lot more dialed in while driving.
35, living in Europe, I had to re-learn manual. I had only automatics in Latin America. It is certainly more fun and I feel I’m actually driving.
I can, not well, but I can. damn hill starts.
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My car has a manual transmission. I learned to drive on a manual transmission. I prefer it. When I drive a car with automatic transmission, I step on its nonexistent clutch.
I still instinctively press the non-clutch when I have to slam on the brakes
And when you’re in an automatic and you reach for the phantom gear shift. At least once every time i drive one.
I’m pretty sure North America is the only part of the world where automatic is the default.
I’m American and learned on a manual, which I drove for a decade and a half. But I’m one of the few people I know my age who can drive a stick.
Plenty of Boomers can drive stick though.
Mid 30s Aussie living the the US. Yes I can drive a manual, yes I do drive a manual and yes I think it should be mandatory for 100% of learning drivers regardless of whether they plan to daily drive an automatic or manual when licensed.
The quality of driving here is considerably worse here than what I’ve experienced in Australia or Europe and I’m convinced requiring people to drive in a machine that forces them to consider the next ~100m leads to higher quality, more mindful drivers.
I agree. That would also introduce a lot of people to a manual preference and hey more manuals on the market!
At the current time, that’s the only reason I want this to be a thing XD there’s not enough manuals when looking for a new car and it diminishes more every year.
Yes. Europe. We pretty much all do. Automatics are becoming a bit more common in recent years, but 90% of cars here are still manual. Especially the old beat-up cars we learn to drive on are all manual. And if by chance you learned on an automatic, and pass your driver’s test on automatic, it says so on your driver’s licence and I think you’re not actually allowed to drive/rent manual cars.
That’s how it is in Sweden. I learned on a manual specifically so I wouldn’t be limited to automatics.
Of course, 28, French. 99,99% of people here drive manual (or at least know how to).
Yes, unless you want to still have an engine, then no.
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I can from Texas. Just turned 40. I was taught on a manual transmission and have owned several vehicles with one. I prefer it, except for in traffic!
France, 30s, and I almost always drove manual transmissions. But I rent an automatic, and now I don’t understand why manual cars still exist.
Late 30s, Canada, and absolutely I can.
37, Eastern PA. I CAN drive a stick, but I don’t like to. It’s another distraction I don’t need while driving. Can pay attention to all the other idiots on the road when not worrying what gear I’m in or when to shift.
US late 20s. Yes I can and every car I’ve owned for the last 8 years has been manual
I go out of my way to find them.
