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55. It's one of the reasons I still have a car with stick shift.
Fri Jun 4, 2021, 07:56 AM
Jun 2021

I'm always afraid of spacing out, and the constant potential need to shift keeps that from happening.

Sad, in a way. I get a lot of pleasure from shifting. lagomorph777 Jun 2021 #1
My guess is that this is an outcome from being in a car dependent culture. Yavin4 Jun 2021 #3
It's just a general technological progression Happy Hoosier Jun 2021 #14
I was just never a big fan stopdiggin Jun 2021 #48
I'm wit'cha Happy Hoosier Jun 2021 #94
And once you're long out of practice or have never learned at all... JHB Jun 2021 #51
Possibly, though I find that when I do need to use stick, I remember just fine. Happy Hoosier Jun 2021 #95
My 2007 VW turned 118 this year.... OAITW r.2.0 Jun 2021 #2
I have always driven manuals dflprincess Jun 2021 #4
That is too bad, the young people will never know what they are missing. Bev54 Jun 2021 #5
My 30-year-old daughter refuses to buy anything else. Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #10
Yes my son, in his 30's had stick in his trucks, although not now Bev54 Jun 2021 #12
I know what I'm missing... brooklynite Jun 2021 #63
I lived 4 years in SE Asia and drove stick, on the other side of the road Bev54 Jun 2021 #91
I won't miss the 2400 dollars I spent on my previous vehicle when the tranny went. Marrah_Goodman Jun 2021 #90
I've always believed stick shift drivers are better drivers Ron Obvious Jun 2021 #6
I agree with you. You absolutely have to pay more attention... 3catwoman3 Jun 2021 #9
Had that happen to me in SF shanti Jun 2021 #19
Subaru stick Impreza has a button for that burrowowl Jun 2021 #33
That's nice! shanti Jun 2021 #99
heck, my 2017 Chevy Colorado automatic has hill assist OriginalGeek Jun 2021 #103
Some of those SF hills with the stop signs at a moonscape Jun 2021 #20
yep. and wore the clutch out stopdiggin Jun 2021 #50
It's one of the reasons I still have a car with stick shift. GoCubsGo Jun 2021 #55
There's no doubt in my mind that those of us that drive stick shifts MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #59
I can drive a stick shift iemanja Jun 2021 #79
1994 Audi S4 Casady1 Jun 2021 #7
You can't mess with your phone if you have to deal with a stick shift. tanyev Jun 2021 #8
My 30 y/o daughter, who has never driven anything but a manual, Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #11
Love manuals in mountains. But in a big city, gave in to autos at age 48. Hoyt Jun 2021 #13
I would have agreed about mountains until last weekend... Violet_Crumble Jun 2021 #18
Is that yours in the pic? ms liberty Jun 2021 #42
Nah, it's a doppelganger, except mine's got tinted windows.... Violet_Crumble Jun 2021 #66
Great car for fun in the mountains. RegularJam Jun 2021 #49
I have a VW Golf 1.8T auto now. Love that car, and would love a GTI. Had an original 1984 GTI. Hoyt Jun 2021 #71
All I drive are manual transmission vehicles UpInArms Jun 2021 #15
Same here. GoCubsGo Jun 2021 #52
My 21 yo insisted on buying a manual two years ago MissB Jun 2021 #16
I learnt to drive in a manual... Violet_Crumble Jun 2021 #21
Automatics are all part of the great dumbing down Blue Owl Jun 2021 #17
You can NOT blast Radar Love in an automatic ChubbyStar Jun 2021 #25
Lol, why not use crank shafts to start engine?? Nt USALiberal Jun 2021 #37
In Europe, the rental agencies still have a lot of stick shifts- dawg day Jun 2021 #22
Funny Related Story ProfessorGAC Jun 2021 #41
Hah! Not if they know you are American! GulfCoast66 Jun 2021 #47
I can see that you stick-lovers live in flat level-ground areas FakeNoose Jun 2021 #65
I remember reading that manual burns more calories dawg day Jun 2021 #88
Pittsburgh? Hah! Those aren't hills, they're barely pimples! GoneOffShore Jun 2021 #111
When I was renting cars here, I would specify manual. There was never a problem. GoneOffShore Jun 2021 #108
Have seen you in a while. How is Lyon treating you! GulfCoast66 Jun 2021 #109
Actually we're in Aix-en-Provence, only three hours south of Lyon. GoneOffShore Jun 2021 #110
2006 Toyota Corolla 5 Speed alphafemale Jun 2021 #23
I can drive a stick shift vercetti2021 Jun 2021 #24
My husband wants to buy a used Tree Lady Jun 2021 #26
My oldest son drives autocross and his car is an S2000. mnhtnbb Jun 2021 #36
We bought are very first automatic a few years ago. A Honda Fit, couldn't get a manual. yonder Jun 2021 #27
I had a Fit with a CVT auto... hated it. When I came to a stop it always took off in faux second gea mitch96 Jun 2021 #43
... yonder Jun 2021 #73
My wife's car is a 2011 Honda Fit Sport MurrayDelph Jun 2021 #74
The CVT on a Prius (I had a prius V) and it's pretty good. I also test drove a new Honda CRV mitch96 Jun 2021 #92
1998 BMW M3... ah the memories Layzeebeaver Jun 2021 #28
Last time I drove a manual transmission ... Straw Man Jun 2021 #29
I just paid $655 today on repairs for my 2005 Ford Focus 5-speed here in San Francisco. NBachers Jun 2021 #30
2020 was the first year in which sales of automatics were more than manuals in the UK muriel_volestrangler Jun 2021 #31
A few years ago I was in Ireland and EVERY car/truck/taxi I was in had a manual.. mitch96 Jun 2021 #45
I have two stick shifts. One is a 2019 model. NutmegYankee Jun 2021 #32
I restored and drive a 1970 Volvo 1800E PCIntern Jun 2021 #34
Bwah-ha-haa, just wait 'til you see what's really coming Rstrstx Jun 2021 #35
I see that happening RandiFan1290 Jun 2021 #44
Hated stick shifts! Still do! This thread cracks me up! Nt USALiberal Jun 2021 #38
Not scientific, just a feeling, but I think standards made me a better driver. chriscan64 Jun 2021 #39
Sticks are a blast to drive Deminpenn Jun 2021 #40
"Do think that stick shifts give drivers more control". Yes. The combination of b eing able to mitch96 Jun 2021 #46
I have that same transmission in a Mustang DVRacer Jun 2021 #77
Manual transmissions save gas ripcord Jun 2021 #53
Over what maybe an old school non lockup converter DVRacer Jun 2021 #78
I regularly beat the fuel economy of the automatic version of my car. NutmegYankee Jun 2021 #107
BS, big rig to VW van, stick is far superior to any automatic transmission. denbot Jun 2021 #54
I'm right there with you on that denbot. MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #61
Last truck I drove before retirement was a Volvo auto liberaltrucker Jun 2021 #93
Hubby always buys stick and all the kids learned to drive both Maeve Jun 2021 #56
When I was visiting Ukraine, 90% of the cars were stick shifts Tommy Carcetti Jun 2021 #57
I used to drive nothing buts sticks. MR2 Turbo, Corvettes, Miatas...but my legs & knees are, Dial H For Hero Jun 2021 #58
Even the trucking industry are phasing out manual trans, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #60
A long time ago, Tracer Jun 2021 #62
The end of push starting, too, I guess. Roisin Ni Fiachra Jun 2021 #64
Including me, multiple times. Ilsa Jun 2021 #69
What? I used to start an automatic when I was in college. It had a carborater...old car and Demsrule86 Jun 2021 #81
I'm old, so I grew up with manual transmissions. MineralMan Jun 2021 #67
An automatic transmission is a great theft deterrent Jose Garcia Jun 2021 #68
Isn't it a shame that nobody has to crank the engine anymore? brooklynite Jun 2021 #70
This message was self-deleted by its author tinrobot Jun 2021 #75
I have 2 vehicles- one is a manual and frankly it's a pain Arazi Jun 2021 #72
Drove a stick for decades. Now I drive electric. It's so much better. tinrobot Jun 2021 #76
My sister loves them...she has always driven a stick. Last time I was home, I took her car Demsrule86 Jun 2021 #80
My first car in the 80s was a stick shift. I wouldn't want to go back. Politicub Jun 2021 #82
Given how much our American lifestyle forces us to drive, this was inevitable. Yavin4 Jun 2021 #83
I was trained to drive stick years ago... Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2021 #84
Good. (nt) Paladin Jun 2021 #85
My first driving lesson was learning to shift for my step dad. Hotler Jun 2021 #86
It will soon join the choke knob in the museum dalton99a Jun 2021 #87
I can drive one, but there are things about it that are annoying to me Marrah_Goodman Jun 2021 #89
It'll never end for me Polybius Jun 2021 #96
I used to be a manual transmission purist as well. beaglelover Jun 2021 #97
Even automatic is push button now. ananda Jun 2021 #98
As a smoker and habitual coffee drinker when I drove a stick LanternWaste Jun 2021 #100
It took me several months to find my used Audi TTRS Ghost of Tom Joad Jun 2021 #101
as passenger...shifting makes me motion sick and nauseous Demovictory9 Jun 2021 #102
I can drive a stick shift car like I ride a bicycle or motorcycle. I don't have think about it. hunter Jun 2021 #104
I have my first automatic now. I miss my sticks! nolabear Jun 2021 #105
Looking to replace my 5 sp Focus soon... EX500rider Jun 2021 #106
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