I do know how and it's all I've ever owned. US, 40, currently a 2018 WRX.
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Yes. I'm in my mid 40's, in the Midwest US. I drove manuals almost exclusively from when I was a teen until last year, when I bought an EV.
Yes, learned to drive on a manual, first car was manual, etc.
Midwest, 40, and yep. First three cars were manual.
I learned to drive on a standard in Maine, and my first car was a standard. I am now in my mid 30s,
I enjoy them but God would I not one in LA that and they seem almost a non option now outside of high end race cars
37, from Belgium. Driving automatic for about a year, but drove manual for a long time since I was 18.
Yes.
I own a car with manuel too and its all my family has ever had.
Only driven automatic at a job.
Automatic gearboxes cost a lot more. So most people opt out, here.
I see that its the opposite in the US. Where they are often cheaper. Which makes little sense..
Manuel!
Indiana and Wisconsin USA here. Approaching 50, and learned back in high school, as well as driving old tractors. My first car, a classic even when I got it, was a 63 Chevy Bel Aire manual. Drove manuals all through college and didn't buy an automatic until 2013, when the type of vehicle I needed didn't come in a manual.
I really miss driving stick, especially in snowy Wisconsin winters.
Mid 30s, US. First car was a manual, but I have an automatic now. I do miss it, but I probably drive much safer now that it's less fun. Even though it was just a beat up old passat I always felt like I was in forza driving the manual
26 y/o from Sri Lanka. Hate automatics. Daily drive manual cars and motorcycles with gears.
I learned how to but haven't been behind the wheel of a manual transmission car since the 90s.
In my family you couldn't get a drivers license until you know to drive any car and also the basics of maintenance. Other things I have't done since (roughly) the 90s: change my oil/coolant/brake/transmission, change various filters, replace pump seals, or replace hoses/belts. But I have to admit, its handy to know how to do all that.
Texas, 24, just learned a few months back. Bought myself a stick shift car and sold my automatic so my only options were to learn or use public transportation. Public transportation is a joke in the US (for most major cities) so the rest is history.
US - Ohio 50+ Yes, and because I can always have owned and driven manual transmission cars. Daily driver has always been a manual. As long as I drive an ICE powered vehicle it will be a manual.
US, late 30s drove a manual for almost 20 years. Switched a few years ago when buying a new car and nothing that still had a manual was appealing. I do miss it sometimes, but others I'm just happy to cruise.
41, Oklahoma, yes.
My dad has a 2017 Suzuki Swift which is a manual and that's the only car I've ever driven. So, I only know how to drive a manual lol as I haven't tried auto transmission yet.
In the UK there are two classes of license. One if you take your test in an automatic, and one that let's you drive either. So everyone learns in a manual.
AUS, 32. I had to learn manual for my job and for years my daily driver was a manual. I still have that car, I nice V8 sports car, but I prefer an automatic these days due to ease of use especially with how far modern automatics have come from the stigma developed during the 80βs/90βs.
just turned forty, upper Midwest, yes I can but I prefer not to
Yes and it's quite fun, feels like you're driving a racecar. It's not actually that hard though once you first figure it out. United States, for reference.
43m, US, yes....it's been a while but I'm certain I would have no problems.
42, U.S. I can, very well. I used to race cars on the track. I don't do that anymore, but it's a useful skill to have when I'm in Europe. Manual transmission is the norm for any rental car.
47m ,from Maine.I got my car, 18 wheeler and motorcycle license on a standard shift.
53m
Learned how to drive synchro'd transmissions on a 86 Ford Escort.
Learned how to double clutch and rev match on a non-synchro'd transmission in a 49 Willys.
Mid 40s and USA. I still drive a manual Jeep 4 door and itβs probably my last manual. The new 10 speed transmissions in some vehicles have gotten so smooth that I think Iβll switch to that or electric whenever possible get a new car in the future. I like manual but it feels like they are going the way of the dodo.
Up until a year ago only drove manual transmissions cars. Early 40s US.