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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.

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[โ€“] MarcRnt@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Germany, 25. Always driven manual, don't even know how to drive automatic.

[โ€“] Pulptastic@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[โ€“] ChrissieWF@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It can be more confusing than you think at first, all the N/D/L stuff, some then also have 1/2/3, which "gear" to you start the car in, what to do when you come to a full stop (nothing, doh), ...

The very first time I sat behind one was to drive a family friend home who drunk a bit too much, with his own car... I was a bit overwhelmed

[โ€“] Klajan@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Don't forget the good old mistake of hitting the brake when searching for the clutch pedal (though that only happend to me once as I drove automatic the first time)

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