Manual Transmission

[Eli]

I've owned many manuals. My first car was a manual. Up until about 3 years ago I was driving a beater Ford Ranger to work everyday that was a manual. They're kinda fun but I think I enjoy my new work truck with an auto a little more now.

I like my auto/manual option in my car. I hardly ever use the manual. I'm too lazy now. But it's important to know how to drive both types just in case.


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[kevnmcd]

Both my kids first cars were sticks. My wife and I both learned on sticks as well. Everyone should know how to,drive one.

[Mrs.K034]

I love this, everyone has something personal to say about it.

[redant]

I had a manual when I was younger & I won't do it again. Just way to many cars & too much traffic out here to be shifting 100s of times just to get home after work. My car is also a shiftable AT, meaning I can put the tranny in "sport" mode & shift it like a manual. I think I've done that once or twice lol. For a new driver, I would go against it. The odds of a younger driver getting in an accident within their first 12 months is high enough, having to take a hand off the wheel & use a clutch at the same time would just seem to add to that possibility even more...IMO.


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Manual trans are not fun in traffic. Unfortunately I have extra small hands and can't reach the paddle shifter while keeping my hand on the steering wheel. Love my 6 speed manual for that reason. Of course the car is not my daily driver either.

[Paul65K]

I have had lots of manual transmissions growing up my first 3 cars were stick, one of which we kept for 19 years but we gotta remember that the automatic transmissions of the 70's and 80 were really inferior to a stick....these days many automatic transmissions are much better than the sticks that are offered and when you combine a set of paddle shifters as well as "Intelligent" transmissions that learn your driving patterns it's hard to even think of a stick with some very rare exceptions......in any case the 3 cars we have are all automatic, although the Cooper S has a techtronic transmission with paddle shifters.