I had a Subaru with a manual transmission and loved it. Now I drive an SUV mom mobile- boring but good for hauling the crew around.
Can you drive a standard transmission car?
Only one other person at my work drives a manual transmission. He's in his 20s and it seems that not many people in that age range can or do drive a stick shift. I was interested in learning how many people can, do, drive a stick shift. Hence this poll.
Faye and I both prefer driving manuals. I prefer manuals for several reasons. I pay a little more attention to my car, the road and traffic conditions, a manual transmission car can cost less up front. I like moving the shifter, hearing the 'click click', being able to choose whether to drive aggressively or calmly, in gas saving or Steve McQueen modes. We drive a lot of rural roads and I like dropping a gear or two to pass. I'm a bit of a nonconformist. And hell they are they are a lot more fun. I might be middle aged yet still want to have fun when I drive.
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I had a Subaru with a manual transmission and loved it. Now I drive an SUV mom mobile- boring but good for hauling the crew around.
Mr Kleb (08-10-2014)
I've always driven a standard! It's a dying skill though. There only about 15 or so people I know who drive one as a DD. People always think it's strange that I have one.
I get bored when I drive an auto since there nothing to do!
Mr Kleb (08-10-2014)
Nope. I drove a boyfriend's years ago. Couldn't do it now.
Mr Kleb (08-10-2014)
My first three cars were all manual. We still have one manual (Jeep for off roading). My brother has never NOT had a manual (and he complains because it is becoming more difficult to find a decent priced manual). My kids cannot drive them. Well, they can drive the Jeep off road but they kill it more often than not!
Personally I think it is important to learn the basics of manual transmission. I learned in high school by taking motor cycle classes at my school. I've never owned a motorcycle, though.
Mr Kleb (08-10-2014)
These last few yrs I've switched to autos. Gettin old and soft I guess
Mr Kleb (08-10-2014)
Here's an expansion of your poll for you, Mr K.
Can you drive a non-synchronized manual transmission, that is, can you double clutch (semi truck)? Once I learned that, I had more difficulty driving a synchronized manual (car).
And there's even more fun to be had by dropping down a gear or two on a motorcycle to pass a car!
Yep. DW does as well, we have a turbocharged '03 beetle that goes like the wind, and it's a blast to drive with the stick. Pain in the rear during rush hour commute, so she usually takes it 3 seasons, I drive it in the summer when traffic is light.
Dad taught me to drive stick (way back when) on a 3-ton van, on a 20 degree slope with the river at my back. I've never forgotten the fear while feathering the clutch and the gas, with my hand on the brake. Yikes!
We used to have only manual transmissions but these days we own a mix. When we sent our son off to college, he had a car with a manual transmission to deter the "can I borrow your car" requests. It was also a two-seater so it also prevented people from piling in. Personally, I think everyone should know how to drive one. You never know what circumstances might be thrown at you.
My first summer home from college, I learned to drive a manual while training to be a school bus driver.
Mr Kleb (08-10-2014)
DH tried to teach me to drive a manual after we first got married. That went about as well as any time a husband tries to teach the wife how to do something.
I think I remember enough of the basics so in an emergency, I could probably drive a manual without completing destroying the clutch, but I'd hate to put my money where my mouth is.
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