Asklemmy

36 & US Midwest based, have only bought stick shifts my whole life. My wife also had only ever driven stick.

USA, late 20s, I've driven manual for almost a decade and have had a bunch of stick shift cars.

28, from France. Yes and I prefer manuals, I've even bought a manual sport car which are less common these days.

25, bought a 1992 jeep YJ back in 2019, it's a 5 speed and soo much fun to drive!

US - 30s Yeah, but only once and I was like 16 Could I still today? The phrase grind it til you find it comes to mind

In my 40s, from MI. Funny enough, I learned how I drive a stick in the arcades playing Hard Drivin.

US late thirties

I can but haven't in few years. Never been great at it though.

No, and nobody in my immediate family has owned a manual since the early 90s. I’m 34 and in the US.

Middle aged, Central Europe. Yes, manual is the default here and I learned it. But I drive so rarely that it's not completely in my patterns and every so often I forget to switch at intersections.

US, 30s, Can (don't)

I've only ever driven a manual, but having heard how good automatics have gotten, I think driving manual is pointless nowadays unless you're doing it for fun. It definitely feels better when you're going on a highway, but if you're driving in the city it's unbearable.

Mid 40s in the UK. Driven manual all my life up until a few months ago when I had a stroke leaving me with reduced use of my left leg and arm. Swapped to an auto and wow it just makes the driving experience so much simpler

UK here, I do. Only a few people I know cannot because they simply couldn't pass the test and so only drive automatics.

US, late 30s here, and I can drive a manual transmission. It's been a very long time since I last drove a car like this. I learned from a family friend that only verbally told me what to do. I stalled out many times in traffic while being on my own, not very fun when learning. But I then watched a lot of YouTube videos which was much more efficient than the family friend.

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Late 30s, US, nope.

Yes, I even passed my driver's test in a manual while needing to do a 3 point turn on a hill. I am almost 30, born and raised in the suburbs of New York.

I haven't driven manual in years, ever since that car fell victim to black ice and a guard rail, but I have done recent test drives of manuals without stalling, so I guess it is something you never forget once you know how.

Yes, but switched to auto for ease of use.

The worst manual gearbox, other than my MK1 Golf, was a single seater Formula Renault I did some track days in. Tiny little gate and very easy to hit 1st when going for 3rd

Drove a manual for 15 years before I got a more family friendly car.

Can drive manual, 30s, USA.
I had a particularly bad automatic transmission in my first car and went with a manual shortly after.

Southeastern US, and yep. I sort of just figured it out during a test drive. The woman showing me the car was attractive and I didn't want to look bad in front of her.

My wife's car is a manual, and we find that it takes a while sometimes to get our car back from the valet because they have to find someone who can drive stick.

See username. USA.

Never learned. I can ride a motorcycle so I'm comfortable with a clutch. So the learning curve probably isn't too steep. But probably never will, if I'm honest.

Yes, mid-60s, Midwest U.S.

Yes, I have never owned anything else. I really struggle to drive auto/CVT, honestly, it's so confusing for me.

Early 40s. Murica.

Yes. As someone from the UK where near enough everyone I know knows how to drive a manual. If you learnt auto only you'd get absolutely hammered by your mates. However this will probably start to change now hybrid/electrics are mostly auto or single gear

37, US, and yes. I prefer manual for keeping my attention actively on the car and driving.

Late 40s, from the US. My mom drove a manual so I learned on her car. Then my first car was an old VW Bug, and my next couple of cars were also manual.

Now that I live in a city with soul crushing traffic and a completely broken public transit system, I drive an automatic. Driving a manual in stop and go traffic is just not fun. Plus, it's gotten hard to even find a manual transmission anymore. But when we went on vacation to Costa Rica a few years ago they gave us a car with a stick shift and I had a blast bombing that thing around.

30, Chile, yes, I prefer it.

43, US - can and do drive a manual.

35 and haven't owned/driven a standard in over a year. Yet I still frequently stomp on my own foot trying to downshift or find myself mindlessly searching for the shifter exiting turns.

Yes. I bought a manual car a few years ago having never driven one before. I taught myself how to drive it in my driveway and with the help of YouTube videos. I really enjoy it and hope that even in the future when EVs are the final nail in the coffin for manuals that I still have at least a "fun" car with a manual. I'm in the US and a millennial.