Yes! I'm in my early 20s, and bought a manual transmission car just 2 weeks ago. It was also my first time driving alone, so it has been quite stressful
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Yes, Italy, 36 (since I'm 18).
Here in Italy we only drive manual
Yes, early 40s, midwest.
My mother wouldn't let me take my driver's test without leaning to drive manual. My first car ended up being a manual, which ensured that no one ever borrowed my car.
30, german, yes I can, no I do not. I drive a hybrid, so no manual transmission.
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Yes, manuals are incredibly common here in Sweden.
No one I know owns an automatic.
I drive a manual transmission to work every day. [20, US]
Late 30s, learned to drive in NL and now live in SE. Initially learned about transmissions by running around on four wheelers. I drive a manual car every day. There's a lot of fun and connection to driving manual, though I see the ease and efficiency of the automatic transmission as well as the general trend.
Yes, 46, my first car that was "mine" (my mom's old car) was a manual. The first car I ever bought had a shitty automatic (I think the seller may have pulled one over on young me). Since then I only buy stick shifts for myself. (My wife's is an automatic.)
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Southern Europe, 34. I only know how to drive with manual transmission (I tried an automatic city car once, and I literally couldn't exit the parking spot). I'm too used to control the car with the clutch. I should learn though, because I use car sharing services, and they are progressively replacing their cars with automatic transmission ones.
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Yes. I'm from the USA and in my late twenties. I learned how to drive on an old Jeep Wrangler on a farm.
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My daily is an automatic but my old Magirus-Deutz is a special kind of manual. Iโm 37 from Germany.
Yes. German. When I learned to drive, it was mandatory to do so on a stick.
39, Philly. Up until my current VW, yes. Couldn't get a manual GLI when I was buying in 2021 and needed to make a decision. At least the dual clutch 7 speed DSG auto is fun as hell to drive and feels like a manual.
Yes. Mid 40s UK. I have never owned an automatic vehicle, and it looks like there's not much in the way options when it comes to electric cars with manual transmissions.
Well EVs only really have forwards and backwards. No additional gears.
Sweden, late 40's. Manual since I had my driving license (18). Driven automatic maybe 2-3 times in my life
No, but I also don't have a drivers license.
Does shifting on my bike count?
42 Aus and this is a great way to get age and location details on accounts
US, 36, and I've only ever owned manual vehicles. I think I've drove automatic maybe 5 times in the past 20 years I've had my license.
Yep, I'm in Sweden, 30 and both know how to and do drive a manual car.
Yes, Europe.
I learned manual on a car with a fucked up transmission.
Can drive manual, 30s, USA.
I had a particularly bad automatic transmission in my first car and went with a manual shortly after.
Yes, had to learn when I moved to Europe.
Yes. F, mid 50s, West Virginia.
Canada, 36M, can and do.
I can drive manual, but I hate it. I don't want to worry about releasing the clutch just right to avoid jerk, so I bought an electric car. Certainly was expensive, but it's infinitely more smooth than a manual transmission could ever be. 23 year old, living in Germany.
Drove a manual for 15 years before I got a more family friendly car.
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.
USA, late 20s, I've driven manual for almost a decade and have had a bunch of stick shift cars.
EU and I most definitely can (that may not be surprising). But funnily enough, I bought my first car a few months ago (I drove family cars only before - all manuals) and that one is the volume knob automat. I wanted to stick with manual (pun intended), but my fiancee convinced me and I have to agree that there's a certain comfort in automat.
Don't answer these. They're attempts at pinning ur account with a specific demographic and or phishing attempts.
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Yes, 47, Georgia, USA. I've only ever bought manual transmission cars for my personal use. I just think they're neat!