US, 47, and nope.
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19, Vermont. I learned to drive stick on a big Kubota tractor at 14 lol.
US, 21, and can kinda drive a manual.
I'll stall out a few times cause I don't have practice but I'll be able to get where I need to go
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.
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...