Yes, but I don't because I've lived in Korea for the past twenty years, and you need a special license to drive manual here. I'm in my forties. From Canada.
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USA, late 20s, I've driven manual for almost a decade and have had a bunch of stick shift cars.
I've only ever driven a manual, but having heard how good automatics have gotten, I think driving manual is pointless nowadays unless you're doing it for fun. It definitely feels better when you're going on a highway, but if you're driving in the city it's unbearable.
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Yes, Europe.
Southern Europe, 34. I only know how to drive with manual transmission (I tried an automatic city car once, and I literally couldn't exit the parking spot). I'm too used to control the car with the clutch. I should learn though, because I use car sharing services, and they are progressively replacing their cars with automatic transmission ones.
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Yes. German. When I learned to drive, it was mandatory to do so on a stick.
Yes. Mid 40s UK. I have never owned an automatic vehicle, and it looks like there's not much in the way options when it comes to electric cars with manual transmissions.
Well EVs only really have forwards and backwards. No additional gears.
42 Aus and this is a great way to get age and location details on accounts
Yes, had to learn when I moved to Europe.
My daily is an automatic but my old Magirus-Deutz is a special kind of manual. Iโm 37 from Germany.
US, 36, and I've only ever owned manual vehicles. I think I've drove automatic maybe 5 times in the past 20 years I've had my license.
I can drive manual, but I hate it. I don't want to worry about releasing the clutch just right to avoid jerk, so I bought an electric car. Certainly was expensive, but it's infinitely more smooth than a manual transmission could ever be. 23 year old, living in Germany.
No. I'm 25 and from Florida.
35, American, can only drive automatic but have been trying to learn manual. My barrier is never having a car available to me to practice on. ๐
I'm 40 and have never used a manual transmission, and have no desire at all to ever use one.
Yes. Mid thirties UK. I've actually never driven an automatic.
Yes, early 20s USA. Learned at 18 and drove manual every day until I sold my last car in November
My friend taught me for the most part in college when I was 22, and then when I bought my first manual it was 5 hours from my house. If I didn't figure it out I wouldn't have gotten home ๐ซฃ
Only killed it a couple times, and only when I was getting on/off the freeway. And once in stop and go traffic, but I don't think anyone noticed
37m, USA
I can. The first new car I bought was a manual, because it was less expensive. I embarrassed myself for a bit, but that's when I learned.
I learned to drive on a 1942 John Deere in the early 70s. No on-the-fly shifting but the basics of steering, clutch, and throttle were there.
In 2017 I bought my first automatic; that vehicle was not available in manual or I def would have bought it that way.
I'm 36. Yes, I can. I learned on a stick shift.
Old guy in the USA. My first car was a sport motorcycle so six speed with clutch and shifter. I have a sedan with an auto trans, but also a 4WD truck with manual. When I learned to drive in my teens automatic transmissions were not as nice as they are now, just three speeds and not very smooth. Now they're typically six speed and much nicer. I really dislike a manual trans in heavy traffic, quite a chore.
Yes but rusty since haven't done so in few years but it's not hard. In metropolitan US as a 30yr old.
I learned on a manual when I was 17 but only had that car for maybe 6 months before I got an automatic and haven't had one since. I'm now in my 30s. Was in the USA west coast.
Yes. 40, Canada.
My first car was a manual, drove that thing an additional 150-170,000 miles over 7 years. Been 2 years but I'm sure I could pick it right back up
Yes. im a 26 year old from sweden.
Yes. (I live in Europe)
Yes i can, but I don't
Us (Arizona) yes I can, though I haven't in some years because my wife won't, and we don't need 2 cars... But I ride a motorcycle so I do get to handle a clutch still.
45, Georgia, USA (though Florida born) and I daily a 5 speed xB.
Been driving stick since 2000, all my vehicles I have owned or driven were stick until last year. Plan to get a little two seater stick shift for a summer car though. From Canada, 39yrs old.
Late 30s and no. I did learn to long ago on a pickup that had difficulty getting into 2nd gear. I did not really see the point of continuing with a manual transmission, especially here in Seattle.