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29, USA, can drive stick
First car was manual transmission, I miss that thing dearly
Yes and here in the UK if you fail your test enough times with a manual transmission you get to try with an automatic.
Montreal, I'm 34 and I drive manual.
Yes, since I was 16. Im 40 in GA, USA.
UK, mid-30s, only ever driven a manual car. Automatics are a bit more common now in the UK but if you pass your test in an automatic you're not allowed to drive a manual, so very few people don't know how to drive a manual.
European here: Driving manual for 35 years now. Yes, I think I can. Can't cope with those automatic cars though.
Yes, and I love it. It's so much fun.you have more control and I find it more responsive when putting your foot down compared to the cars with stop and go.pedals
No, and nobody in my immediate family has owned a manual since the early 90s. Iโm 34 and in the US.
German, Mid 40s. Learned on manual, drove nearly my whole life manual, got a Golf with automatic a few years back and love it. I still drive manual from time to time with pool cars from work and my girlfriend's car
As a red blooded man, manual transmission gets my dick hard. That stick is throbbing when I hit the pedal, gotta work it real good.
Mid 40โs American. I am able to drive manual, and have only purchased manual transmission vehicles. I am not sure how long the market will allow me to keep up this trend.
US, 53. I can, but don't. The cars I want aren't available with a manual transmission.
US. Mid 30s. I have only ever owned and driven manual cars.
There are very few manuals still sold in the US. The holdouts are ultra-budget models or pretentious sports cars. I can count on one hand the number of people I know who can drive manual.
I can drive one because my dad had an ultra-budget hatchback that I learned on, and later I had one of those pretentious sports cars, which I swapped for something more practical when I had kids. Age: old enough to have kids.
I'm 60, learned on a manual and drove one for years. My son is 27 and refuses to learn.
Yes. 35. Hungary.
Driving those since I have a driver's license, because 99% of the cars are manual here. Actually when buying new, it still costs more to this day to have automatic.
Yes. US, Midwest. 36 years old.
37, US, and yes. I prefer manual for keeping my attention actively on the car and driving.
Im from Germany. Im almost done with my license and I feel rather comfortable driving with a manual transmission.
Keep in mind that here in Germany, some people study months for the theory test and driving lessons are driven with an instructor and are mandatory (including things like driving at night/on the highway/on country roads etc.)
39 US, yes, I learned on manuals but I own both an automatic car and a manual pickup, also the dump truck I drive at work is a 10 speed standard; it's a 2012, any of our trucks newer than 2013 are automatics and several of the people I work with can't drive standard trucks.
Late 20s Israeli. Can and do, though overall manuals are in a steep decline.
I think most people here still drive them as learners though - mainly to have more variety when renting a car abroad.