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Can You Drive a Stick Shift?

In France pretty much all people learn how to drive stick when they pass the license. Common perception is that stick gives from freedom and that automatic are for older people :)

Personally I'd prefer to have an automatic, I'm not at all a car aficionados and simplicity tramps 'sport' in my book :)
 
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Like this one?
 

Spiff said:
I prefer driving stick. Makes driving more enjoyable.
Also makes new car prices about $1000 less and have better mileage.
Can't think of any reason not to drive one.
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For some strange reason all my speeding tickets were earned driving stick shifts and

all my parking tickets were with automatics...

That would be my ONE good reason


{insurance companies don't care about parking tickets}​
 
I love to drive a stick in a sporty small car. I really like my automatic in the 4X4.
 
oakpope said:
In France pretty much all people learn how to drive stick when they pass the license. Common perception is that stick gives from freedom and that automatic are for older people :)
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My last trip to Europe I got a stick rental. No problem!!

But I also noticed that the traffic lights go from Red to Red/Yellow then Green. I quickly realized that it was to give everyone time to push in the clutch and put it in gear!

Clever! ..|
 
Yes, I can sort of drive a stick (manual) shift. I learned years ago and came close to mastering it, but not an expert. I haven't driven a stick shift in perhaps forty years. Most U.S. (American) cars are automatic now. The stick shift we had many years ago was a former taxi (my parents bought used) and it had a heavy duty clutch, which was stiffer than a normal clutch and harder to push in and hold down. When driving in traffic this soon became tiring.
 
I never saw the point in manual transmission... having to push another pedal so I can change speeds? What for?

But then, I never saw the point of more than three spots on an automatic, either... stop, go, and reverse is all I need. What's the difference between Park and Neutral, anyway? What are 1 and 2 for? Hell, I resent that I have to steer the car, it should just know where I want to go and go there... oh, wait, that's a chauffeur. Never mind.

I have a very fancy transmission in my current car (a 2001 Acura something-or-other-with-letters-and-numbers), and I had to read the driver's manual... something I've never in my life had to do before... to figure out which gear was "just go, already, motherfucker, and stop screwing around" (BTW, it's labeled "D5"... the D goes from one to five, and then there's this sort of annex where I can shift up or down, but I just don't understand it).

It was my uncle's car, and he likes bells and whistles; you should see the dishwasher he picked out for us, it has something like a hundred settings, and I had to make a big shiny label to point to the one that translates to "on" so Grandmother and I could operate it.

Men. Bless their peapickin' little hearts.
 
Well,

It looks like you learned how to shift for more get up and go anyway.

Congratulations on hitting 7,000RPM's..

I mean postings.
 
Thanks Banks.

But, perusal of the facts show I stated "HIT". Thus, I did not indicate that he

had failed to proceed, only that he had achieved a marker point on the JUB map.
 
I have an old Chevy truck that is a stick, what I like is if your battery goes dead a little push and you can pop the clutch.
 
I can drive manual transmission cars; I learned to drive in them and they're covered by my licence. I choose to drive automatics though.
 
I starting really liking cars when I was 12, and I started playing videos game with drove cars using a manual transmission (There was no clutch, but I learned how different gear ratios affect torque and top speed). When I was 15 I got a motorcycle and had to learn how to use a clutch. That took some time but I pretty much already knew how it worked so I got the hang of it relatively quickly. The first stick car I drove was a 2006 Porsche 911 Carrera S that my dad was "test driving". I just got to drive around a small parking lot but it made me familiar with a car's clutch. I drove several other manual cars over the years but never owned one I could properly practice with. Then, in 2010, I bought a Miata and got it all figured out. Since then I've owned an manual Chevy S10 and now I have a Mustang GT.


dont have time for the wall of text? yes i can drive stick
 
unloadonme said:
Yes, if you pass your driving test in an automatic, you're only licensed to drive automatics. If you pass in a manual, you can drive both.
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The only distinction over here is the vehicle class you're allowed to drive depending upon size, weight, number of passengers, etc. In Canada, we have 15 different classifications (limitations).

If you're at all interested, you can read about them here: http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/driver/classes.shtml
 
Lefty said:
StepDad's law was simple...When you can drive a stick in and around The City (yes San Francisco) we'll discussdrivers license and a car. Man was my co-pilot and trainer I didn't like him before thator since ...but I learned 2 things 1-only fear can stop you, 2-he had a set of steel balls.OH ...actually 3 things, I learned how to drive!
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Amen to that! Amazing what those hills will do for your driving skills. Why, I can even parallel park facing steeply downhill!
 
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