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.
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California. 62. Been driving a manual for over 40 years. Most recently a six-speed.
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
54, Germany. Drove stick almost all of my life, but now I'm driving an automatic. Much better in city traffic.
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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.
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.
Chile, 38, and I've been driving manual all of my life... Well, until a month ago when we finally sold my old trusty 2005 Yaris for a new automatic car so my wife can also drive (my old car was manual and had no drive assistance, it was heavy to turn, and I was the only one in my family that was capable of parallel parking it)
You left gender off of your list of questions. That'd be interesting. I can drive manual transmission. My first 5 cars were all manual until I got married and had to give it up "for safety". I'm from all over the US, but learned to drive in the Midwest. I'm old by internet standards.
One fun fact for y'all; There seems to be evidence that supports the claim that driving a manual transmission vehicle is actually safer for individuals with ADHD, contrary to popular belief.
20s, Southern US, and yes. It's weird seeing folks who don't since most of the shitboxes we drove were
I'm from the Netherlands. I've been driving since 2009 and I've never driven an automatic car. I drive (semi) truck since 2019 and have never driven a manual truck.
19, Vermont. I learned to drive stick on a big Kubota tractor at 14 lol.
US, 47, and nope.
I've only done it twice but it went surprisingly ok. I could do it if I had to. USA in my 30's
40-something, Eastern US, can drive manual, haven't for years because I threw my back out in DC traffic driving stick.
I'm learning how to drive now and I picked manual transmission. Because it's a lot easier to switch to automatic later if I would need to.
Asked some younger guys at driving school why they picked automatic, and their response was that they believe manual will go away in cars and it will all be automatic.
Maybe so. But it still can't hurt to know it. Many old cars will be around for a long time.
Born before the A-Team existed, drive both. Prefer my sports cars to be manual but would be happy with DCTs. I have not had good experiences in terms of longevity with automatics. And no, I don't consider DCTs to be automatics.
Yeah, I can and do drive a manual every day. From the US. Younger than 25
Mid 50's, northeast US, yes I can. I don't but I used to.
And where are you from? And how old?
Defuq kinds of questions are these? Is this not against site rules?
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USA, early 30s, drive manual mustang GT daily
US, 37, yes.
Yes, since I was 12 years old.
I don't drive at all, so no?
Mid 30s, USA. I'm smart (Ivy League science doctorate) but I can't drive a standard transmission because my dad "couldn't teach me" because I "wouldn't learn right". It was just me asking him questions like "What does the inside of the clutch actually look like? " and him yelling "That doesn't matter, just ease out on the clutch while giving it some gas!" Apparently I can be taught a lot, but not how to drive a standard.
Weirdly, my engineer friend let me drive his standard transmission car once after giving me some basic instructions and I did okay going up and down the road alone, but that was just one day and I fear I've forgotten everything. But I must be mistakenly remembering that, because according to my father I "can't be taught!"
Bro...