29, USA, can drive stick
First car was manual transmission, I miss that thing dearly
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Yes. Germany, 20 years old
US, learned to drive on the east coast, early 40s, and I can and prefer to.
My wife, however, does not, so I live in the auto world.
Yes, I have never owned anything else. I really struggle to drive auto/CVT, honestly, it's so confusing for me.
Early 40s. Murica.
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.
I'm in Mexico at the moment and my first car was manual transmission. I didn't know how to drive manual when I bought it, so I just learned on the fly.
43, US - can and do drive a manual.
Yes, NYS, learned in PA as a teen and then got i proficient in college with my used wrangler. Taught my wife after college when we had to share a vehicle. Now late 30s and one of our two cars is manual, but it's 12 years old and it is looking likely that the replacement will sadly be an automatic. Needs change!
Not well, but I got some practice with an old beetle back when I was learning. I've kept the practice of keeping lefty on the dead pedal because of it.
Yeah, I'm 24, from Finland. Most people have manuals here.
Enough to get a drunk friends car home in one piece.
35, WI, can. Haven't had one in a while because the wife doesn't want to learn.
I tried twice and it went poorly.
I'm 60, learned on a manual and drove one for years. My son is 27 and refuses to learn.
Yes, I'm 32. Back in 2010 I got my licence in Norway. Norway has separate licences for manual and automatic transmissions, such that the automatic transmission licence is more limited. In 2010, nearly all cars were manual, and getting a licence for automatic transmission meant that you would basically only drive your own car.
Today, Norway in huge on EVs and hybrids, and I think you'll have to search hard to find a new car with manual transmission. I think the stats are that ~70% of new licences are for automatic transmission, which makes a lot of sense.
Yes I can. Southern AZ. Mid 50s.
37, from Belgium. Driving automatic for about a year, but drove manual for a long time since I was 18.
45, US. Yes since I learned to drive at 16 and insisted on it on all my ICE vehicles. Only stopped driving them when I went electric and now I don't miss it because one pedal driving is the electric equivalent of control+fun that I liked about manual transmission.
19yo from france, and i do too
29, Canadian, drive stick. Iโd say maybe 30% of people I meet can? Much much less so for the under 25 group.
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.
German here: can and do drive manual whenever I visit my parents. Don't own a car myself
I'm in the US in the Pacific North West, mid 30s, and I can (and do) drive manual transmissions. My last two cars both were manuals. I hate CVTs, but could live with an automatic if it was quick enough with paddle shifters.
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36, Scotland. Been driving almost 20 years manual. Briefly had an automatic Volvo XC90, it was great, didn't have to put down my cup of tea while approaching roundabouts.
Late 40s, from the US. My mom drove a manual so I learned on her car. Then my first car was an old VW Bug, and my next couple of cars were also manual.
Now that I live in a city with soul crushing traffic and a completely broken public transit system, I drive an automatic. Driving a manual in stop and go traffic is just not fun. Plus, it's gotten hard to even find a manual transmission anymore. But when we went on vacation to Costa Rica a few years ago they gave us a car with a stick shift and I had a blast bombing that thing around.
Austria, late 20s, I currently own a manual transmission car, so obviously yes.
South East US (bible belt), 27, yes.
I learned shortly after getting my license, because I wanted to be versatile. My first car was a manual, but unfortunately decided to go back to automatic so I could lend my car without having to give a crash course.
I love driving stick it makes the most boring car that much more fun.
Yes I can, Sweden, born in the 00's and my car is a 90s manual.
31, french, with an automatic since 5 years, but drive manual from my 18 years
Yes, 46. USA