What's Normal? - Do you know how to drive with a manual transmission? (1 Viewer)

[Keerock]

Do you know how to drive with a manual transmission?

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[Keerock]

Been a while, but I learned on one and my first 3 vehicles had manual.

 

[Drunken knight]

It's all i will buy for myself

Edit: i grew up in San Francisco. My father took me out to some very challenging hilled 4 way stop signs, sometimes in the rain. Have always been confident driving manuals anywhere else.

 

[Keith R]

Lone ignorant one here so far. Never cared to learn - driving that way seemed like too much work

 

[AAABatteries]

Yep - first vehicle was a stick. Been many years now since I've driven one but feel completely confident, I'd pick it right back up.

 

[Peak]

Still remember learning and had to stop at the top of a hill where there was a red light - then the anxiety that consumed me when the light turned green and I had to navigate the clutch with the gas in order to not roll backward and hit the car behind me, but also not gun it forward to hit the car in front of me.

My dad sat there and laughed with an evil grin on his face.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Nope.

 

[3C's]

Learned when I was 12.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Yes and I am currently teaching my youngest how to drive manual.

I actually paid $500 extra for my manual truck

I have several “historic” vehicles and will never buy a new vehicle again if I can help it.

 

[jwb]

Learned on one in the 80's, drove them on and off for a decade, but haven't used a clutch in about 30 years. I have no desire for a manual vehicle now.

 

[Drunken knight]

It's all i will buy for myself

Edit: i grew up in San Francisco. My father took me out to some very challenging hilled 4 way stop signs, sometimes in the rain. Have always been confident driving manuals anywhere else.

my daughter wanted to learn, but is a bit too perfectionistic (not patient with herself). i have taken her out a bit and she does fine in gears 2-6, but still has trouble with 1st and R.
I was a bit torn at the time... wanted to give her my car, but knew it was too much for a young driver.

 

[Poke_4_Life]

Yes. Farm trucks as an early teen learning to drive and then my first car at 16yo was manual. It's been maybe 20 years since I've driven a manual car, but still occasionally drive a tractor or UT with manual tranny.

 

[Doug B]

I understand how to drive a manual in theory, but have never attempted it.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

yes, also had a Class A and drove big rigs for a stint.

 

[PIK95]

I can drive anything. Even a blown transmission

 

[fruity pebbles]

I can drive anything. Even a blown transmission

Yup. I’m a master at driving with no second gear.

 

[Snoopy]

I can drive anything. Even a blown transmission

Yup. I’m a master at driving with no second gear.

You can't qualify for Friends according to their theme song then.

 

[ChiefD]

Manual transmissions are like cursive.

Cool to know how to do but really unnecessary these days.

 

[nirad3]

Lone ignorant one here so far. Never cared to learn - driving that way seemed like too much work

I'm here too. Just never learned.

 

[Dezbelief]

Not only can I drive a manual, I can shift without a clutch. I went about 6 months in college with no clutch before I could afford a new one.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Manual transmissions are like cursive.

Cool to know how to do but really unnecessary these days.

They are so fun though. The best way Ive heard it described is - it’s like you stick your hand down inside the transmission and become one with the car.

Automatic transmissions have finally caught up and are now faster than their manual counterparts. (the new Nissan Z for example )

 

[PIK95]

Not only can I drive a manual, I can shift without a clutch. I went about 6 months in college with no clutch before I could afford to put in a new clutch.

Same. You haven't lived until you drove an iroc across the state in heavy traffic, with the transmission top cover off (shifter and everything removed), and using a screwdriver jammed in there to shift. Good times.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

another advantage to manual is that you can start it if your battery’s dead

 

[PIK95]

Manual transmissions are like cursive.

Cool to know how to do but really unnecessary these days.

The best way I heard a described as like you stick your hand down inside the transmission and become one with the car.

Yeah, have done that too. Fingers more than hand.

 

[NutterButter]

these results are pretty surprising to me. i might have been a little late to the period where manuals were more common.

 

[Hastur]

I've been driving 33 years, and have had a manual transmission for the vast majority of the time.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

First couple cars. Probably been 25 years since I drove one.

 

[mr. furley]

Yep - first vehicle was a stick. Been many years now since I've driven one but feel completely confident, I'd pick it right back up.

same
driver's ed in an auto, first three cars were stick. i love manual and would prefer it today.

 

[Todem]

Absolutely know how.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Manual is fun... Unless it's in stop and go traffic.

 

[Van Dyman]

Yep. I learned on manual and have owned several in my lifetime, including a "three on the tree". While I haven't driven one in years, I'm sure I could if needed.

 

[Dickies]

I currently drive a car with manual transmission. They are becoming increasingly difficult to find.

 

[General Malaise]

Still remember learning and had to stop at the top of a hill where there was a red light - then the anxiety that consumed me when the light turned green and I had to navigate the clutch with the gas in order to not roll backward and hit the car behind me, but also not gun it forward to hit the car in front of me.

My dad sat there and laughed with an evil grin on his face.

That's why you learn how to use the emergency brake in conjunction with your shifting when you're on inclines...

 

[dino259]

First car was a 4 speed baby blue Mercury Bobcat...Mercury version of the ford Pinto. Don't remember learning, just hopped in and away I went.

 

[urbanhack]

That’s how I learned to drive.

1980 dodge omni.

 

[urbanhack]

Still remember learning and had to stop at the top of a hill where there was a red light - then the anxiety that consumed me when the light turned green and I had to navigate the clutch with the gas in order to not roll backward and hit the car behind me, but also not gun it forward to hit the car in front of me.

My dad sat there and laughed with an evil grin on his face.

That's why you learn how to use the emergency brake in conjunction with your shifting when you're on inclines...

And also for pulling off sweet moves on the snow and ice.

 

[FatMax]

Not only can I drive a manual, I can shift without a clutch. I went about 6 months in college with no clutch before I could afford a new one.

I learned to do this after driving an 10-speed bobtail truck in college. Most of the time I never touched the clutch. You just "feel" your way into gear. It was a little trickier on my POS Chevy S-10 (especially downshifting), but I figured it out.

 

[massraider]

Little convertibles with a stick are a blast.

Every day driver, nah.

 

[BrutalPenguin]

My pickup truck is a manual, and I'm convinced that anyone who would steal it probably can't drive it.

 

[Wingnut]

My personal vehicle is an automatic, my wifes car and my company vehicle are manual.

If my wife can drive a stick shift, anyone should be able to.

 

[hagmania]

Uh, I can drive a tractor, but I have never owned a car with manual transmission. Voted no.

 

[Gally]

Learned on one in the 80's, drove them on and off for a decade, but haven't used a clutch in about 30 years. I have no desire for a manual vehicle now.

This is me....exactly.

 

[WDIK2]

Still remember learning and had to stop at the top of a hill where there was a red light - then the anxiety that consumed me when the light turned green and I had to navigate the clutch with the gas in order to not roll backward and hit the car behind me, but also not gun it forward to hit the car in front of me.

My dad sat there and laughed with an evil grin on his face.

That's why you learn how to use the emergency brake in conjunction with your shifting when you're on inclines...

Right toe on the gas pedal, right heel on the brake, left foot on the clutch.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Yep. It’s a good thing too because when we went to France and we got in a Rent-A-Car, it was manual and we were heading into the mountains.

 

[General Malaise]

That’s how I learned to drive.

1980 dodge omni.

Me too. 1980 two-tone Chevy Citation. If you ever want the motivation to save up some money for something nicer, drive yourself around in a 1980 Citation....

 

[-OZ-]

my first car was a manual, 1984 Nissan Sentra and I drove a manual 1997 Ford Ranger in college. I even taught my then fiancée to drive a stick, I think it was an 89 Ford escort hatchback. Us surviving that was a test of our future marriage.

She doesn’t like driving the stick now, and we share vehicles. So for now we’re stickless. We will probably buy a manual Jeep when the kids leave the house unless we’re all electric by then.

 

[Zow]

Manual transmissions are like cursive.

Cool to know how to do but really unnecessary these days.

Yep.

I’m young enough where I never learned bc I never needed to.

 

[PIK95]

I am hoping I can still get a manual Acura or Honda in a couple of years when I buy another fwiw.

My current Acura has those paddle things. Not sure what to do with them, to lazy to read.

 

[Drunken knight]

Little convertibles with a stick are a blast.

Every day driver, nah.

very happy with my manual daily.

i also am not dealing with grinding bumper-to-bumper every day

 

[Beef Ravioli Part 2]

Learned on a1985 Honda Accord when I was 18. Told my mom I was going to go figure it out.

I would imagine the majority of the yes’s are over 40 and the majority of the no’s are under 40. I’m 53.