Every daily driver I have owned has been a stick shift with the exception of one SUV about 10 years ago.

My 18 year old wanted a stick shift after I taught him to drive, so he has a manual in his daily driver too. Stick it!

about 10 years ago my coworker brought his jeep to discount tire for a rotation. he had to drive the jeep in and out of the shop cause none of the kids that worked there could drive a stick. this was 10 years ago.

HoseMad said:

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about 10 years ago my coworker brought his jeep to discount tire for a rotation. he had to drive the jeep in and out of the shop cause none of the kids that worked there could drive a stick. this was 10 years ago.

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Same happened with me and my 97" Mazda truck. This was only 3 years ago.

Karma

We have a manual Mazda 3 that we bought brand new in 2006 and have just kept for a 3rd car between my wife and I. I still love getting that thing out on the road. Peppy and fun to drive. I had a 5 speed 280zx in the early 90's. That thing was a blast to drive. I could chirp the tires all the way to 4th gear. Wish I still had it.

Great in theory until the jackers make you drive them instead of letting you go

It sucks how hard it to get a decent vehicle with a stick in it. I miss my old CJ7.

You got to know how to work that Trans!

Mayor West said:

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Great in theory until the jackers make you drive them instead of letting you go

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Pop the clutch, then slam the brakes and send them into the windshield.

American Hardwood said:

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It sucks how hard it to get a decent vehicle with a stick in it. I miss my old CJ7.

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Truth. Bought a new Tacoma in 2019 with a stick. There was exactly one model in inventory in the entire SE United States. I bought it. Otherwise it would've only been available factory ordered.

Never learned how to drive a stick shift, tried once about 18, wasn't completely successful. But I know how it works, but since it would be comical, I guess I'm not going to start stealing manual transmission cars.

I'll have to stick to auto. That's very discriminatory, you know.

Corporal Punishment said:

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Yep. Every car I've ever owned is a manual transmission. This is one of the hidden benefits. Whenever I take it to get serviced, I peek out the window to see if the attendant can move it. Runs 50/50. Best anti-theft device I've ever not paid for.

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My truck has a 3 on the tree. It's been years since I've run into anyone who knew how to drive it.

I can drive it.

Username checks out.

had a stick shift in college. no one ever asked to borrow it.

My brother taught me to drive a stick when I was 14-15 in his '65 Corvette back when Earl Rudder was just the by-pass. The speedometer was broken and I didn't know how read the tach so I asked him how fast we were going. He looked over at the tach and casually replied, "About 90."

Oh s***! Scared the beejebus out of me.

The Fife said:

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Corporal Punishment said:

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Yep. Every car I've ever owned is a manual transmission. This is one of the hidden benefits. Whenever I take it to get serviced, I peek out the window to see if the attendant can move it. Runs 50/50. Best anti-theft device I've ever not paid for.

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My truck has a 3 on the tree. It's been years since I've run into anyone who knew how to drive it.

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I was helping friends from church open up their jewlery shop the spring after I started driving. I had only been driving about 3-ish months. Anyway, the guy had this old panel van -- think Suburban without the windows and seats. We were moving stuff from a house to the shop and he asked me to drive the van. OK, no problem, I could drive a standard, even the 3 speed column shift. However, my lack of experience got me in to a little trouble!

I made it fine about halfway there and was stopped at the red light on the service road of a busy intersection. I was the first one in line and when the light turned green, I let off the clutch and it...died. Weird. Did it again. Died again. I messed with that thing for what seemed like an eternity (20 seconds) IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION when it dawned on me that I had the darn thing in THIRD gear and not first.

That's the kind of mistake you want to make on a side street with no one around, but guess who became a pro years later starting out in 2nd, 3rd, and even 4th gear in his 5 speed 200SX!

Just bought a new stick shift. My son gets his license soon, so he'll be learning to drive it.

Sea Speed said:

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All my daughters are getting stick shift cars so their friends can't drive it and to keep them from texting.

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This may not go the direction you intended......

Do we really need another ****** thread?

Thumbs up to manual transmissions. Been driving sticks for 45 years.

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Texasclipper said:

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The car owner was at a gas station and got jacked, but the "teens" who jacked him couldn't drive a manual, so they took off. Cops caught them and they are shockingly being charged as adults and held without bond. In Maryland of all places.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/police-teens-carjack-gas-station-couldnt-drive-away-manual-transmission/65-f18e8d3e-71bd-4d5d-87d3-8516700bae4c

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In a few years, they won't know how to start an internal combustion engine.

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There is no button to start, just this weird slot thing on the side of the steering wheel, WTF?

Definitely Not A Cop said:

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torrid said:

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Texasclipper said:

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The car owner was at a gas station and got jacked, but the "teens" who jacked him couldn't drive a manual, so they took off. Cops caught them and they are shockingly being charged as adults and held without bond. In Maryland of all places.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/police-teens-carjack-gas-station-couldnt-drive-away-manual-transmission/65-f18e8d3e-71bd-4d5d-87d3-8516700bae4c

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In a few years, they won't know how to start an internal combustion engine.

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There is no button to start, just this weird slot thing on the side of the steering wheel, WTF?

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That actually happened to me years ago with a Nissan Leaf EV company car i had to drive for work once. I got in the car for the first time and wondered "how do i turn this ****ing thing on"? Took me a minute to figure it out. Oh and it was fully charged with 90 miles of range.

Definitely Not A Cop said:

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There is no button to start, just this weird slot thing on the side of the steering wheel, WTF?

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Steering wheel? I'm old enough to remember when they were always on the dash

Told this before, so skip to the next post if you've read it. Kids drove tractor on the farm and shared a '74 Nova 4 speed in high school, along with other cars.

It died on our son in a Wendy's drive through. He put the girl with him in the driver's seat, and some buddies in another car helped him push it to the side. They pushed it a little too fast, and he told the girl driving to hit the brake.. She stepped on the farthest left pedal with the expected non results. Jumped the curb and smashed a couple of pickets on the fence

Son did the right thing, went to talk to the manager, gave his info, said he'd pay for it. Idiot manager called the cops. They came out about the same time I responded to his call. Small town cops were smart enough to ask manager why the hell they were called.

Second story regards our daughter. Attended USAFA, where fish and sophs can't have cars. They can borrow cars from upperclassmen, and one way to gain good will with the seniors was to be designated drivers, which made them more likely to loan their car.

As one of the few cadets of either sex who could drive a standard, she got to drive and borrow some cool cars

The Fife said:

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Corporal Punishment said:

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Yep. Every car I've ever owned is a manual transmission. This is one of the hidden benefits. Whenever I take it to get serviced, I peek out the window to see if the attendant can move it. Runs 50/50. Best anti-theft device I've ever not paid for.

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My truck has a 3 on the tree. It's been years since I've run into anyone who knew how to drive it.

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My friend growing up had a 3 on the tree in his truck, fun to drive and it confused everybody.