Current Events > Do you know how to drive a STICK SHIFT...Cause only 18% of AMERICANS do!!

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according to statistics, only 18% of americans know how to drive a stick..probably cause it involves more work than an automatic and nobody likes having to keep changing gears on a stick with their other hand when they can just worry about the wheel.

so do you know how to drive a stick?

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no i live in tyool 2019 so i dont have to know how to use obsolete technology
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Yes both of my cars are stick shift

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Yes, we had Vietnam era trucks in my unit and I was a 88M so I had to learn how to drive old stick M35

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Car people are lame, and knowing how to drive a stick is the stupidest flex ever.

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Yeah and my car is stick. I dont get why people act like they are cool or superior for it though. Its so odd.

Driving stick is like using a typewriter instead of a computer

I have absolutely no clue.

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CommonJoe posted...

Car people are lame, and knowing how to drive a stick is the stupidest flex ever.

You used to be able to get more MPG with a stick shift. Now computers are smart enough in cars so you get better MPG with an automatic.

That all said, stick does have one huge advantage nowadays. It is a great anti-theft device.

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Yup.

Drove one daily for 15 years. I miss the feeling but my daily didn't have a stick option and my wife drives the other car and feels more comfortable with auto.

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Nope manuals are getting phased out. The only way to learn is to buy one and teach yourself or have a family or friend teach you in their car.

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Yep, my Ranger is a stick.

Convenient in that no one will ever steal it tbh. Otherwise I could take it or leave it over automatic. No biggie to timbo
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YellowSUV posted...

That all said, stick does have one huge advantage nowadays. It is a great anti-theft device.

Car theft is a non issue for anyone who isnt moderately wealthy or driving a car in a dense city for some reason.

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Yes, that was the first thing I learned when I started driving. I learned it in a 4 speed Jeep Comanche.

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No. I kinda wanted to learn at one point because a car I was interested in was only stick, but I never ended up learning.

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Yes

but i'm Canadian so I don't help your America statistics at all

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first car was a stick


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inb4 shift stick becomes the new boomstick

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YellowSUV posted...

That all said, stick does have one huge advantage nowadays. It is a great anti-theft device.

This is the dumbest meme I have ever heard and dont know why keep saying it like its cute. If anything its just a 'friends/family wont ask to borrow device'

Only ppl who would steal cars would most likely be ppl who are into cars so they would most likely know how to drive stick and know what is worth stealing. Like for real, why would you even be a car thief if you dont know how to drive stick or know how to break into cars for that matter.

My first car was a manual. it is fun in sporty cars but living in a high traffic city, I wouldn't get another one. Newer automatics are now actually more fuel efficient and can accelerate faster so manuals don't have that advantage anymore. I do like that newer cars have brake hold feature now so the car doesn't drift back when stopped on a steep hill though because that was a con of manual. I think manuals are still more reliable and are much cheaper to repair if it does break also.

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Sorta.

Been damn near a decade though since I had to drive a manual.

Pretty sure I'd have to re-learn.

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My daily driver is a 5 speed Civic, makes the drive at least a bit more engaging than an automatic

Imagine, years from now, on CE there'll be a topic about knowing how to drive because almost all cars will be self driven, so sad we'll miss the future.

Nu_Titan posted...

My first car was a manual. it is fun in sporty cars but living in a high traffic city, I wouldn't get another one. Newer automatics are now actually more fuel efficient and can accelerate faster so manuals don't have that advantage anymore. I do like that newer cars have brake hold feature now so the car doesn't drift back when stopped on a steep hill though because that was a con of manual. I think manuals are still more reliable and are much cheaper to repair if it does break also.

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Oh Cmon. Drifting backwards just made it interesting.

I grew up in a pretty hilly city, and I always felt a bit of pride not having to use the e-brake method to get the car started without rolling backward. That said, I do remember a few e-brake starts in Seattle and San Francisco.

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My current car is a 5 speed

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Yes. I self taught myself while working at a dealership.

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Never owned one or had the opportunity.

Though I played around on a motorcycle before.

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I know how

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KStateKing17 posted...

Nope manuals are getting phased out. The only way to learn is to buy one and teach yourself or have a family or friend teach you in their car.

no they arent.

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I do. I've driven a few manual cars, but never owned one, however I did own a motorcycle for a couple years and got really good at it.

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nope. i can ride a bike and the manual shifting is just a hassle.

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I had a sport model jetta

Im not trying to be badass, the learning curve for me was actually pretty long, after 3 years I still didnt downshift towards lights, id put it in neutral and just brake

Its definitely a more fun driving experience
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i have a manual currently, i can drive either - my pops has a automatic
i took my test in a manual (you have to test in a manual if you want to drive a manual in the UK there is a seperate test for automatic only)

i like a bigger engine with an auto but smaller engines tend to be poor with auto and some auto boxes are really bad

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I never want to go back to automatic if possible.

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Yes, and I prefer it to an automatic usually. Doesn't go well in stop-go traffic, but when you can just drive; The stick is where it's at.

Plus, if you have to slow down in-front of a cop, you don't have to use the brakes if you down-shift.

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Haven't owned an automatic since the mid '90s.

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Yes, my car is a manual

KStateKing17 posted...

Nope manuals are getting phased out. The only way to learn is to buy one and teach yourself or have a family or friend teach you in their car.

Yes, when training to get my CDL. But I was terrible at it. Never got the rhythm down like most of the others did and almost failed becuase of it. Thankfully auto are if not almost completely phased out of most major trucking companys now.

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Yeah, I do. Up until my most recent car I have had all manuals.

I am an Australian though.

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I learned to drive on a stick.
My current car is automatic though because financial reason.

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Yes, but I've told people no before so I didn't have to DD after riding together to a party in a straight drive vehicle.

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Yes, and I prefer it.

My current, and previous 4 cars, have all been manual

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Yes, I own 2 vehicles that are both manual. Some people act like its some difficult trick to drive one, but once you get used to it, its just as easy as an automatic.

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I always wondered if there were elitists a long time ago who complained about the kids these days who didn't have to get up and crank start their engine.

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No
But then again I don't know how to drive at all \_()_/

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Yes but I have very little practice with it.

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No, and there is no actual reason for me to need to know how. My car only has a single gear, but even if I were to get a different kind of car, I would just get an automatic.

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I taught myself how to drive a standard, just so I could if I needed to.

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