I prefer a manual, but right now I have an automatic. The next car I buy will be a five-speed!

applekisses said:

same here!!!!

BobGeorge909 said:

you mean like this?

well Mazda, and Pontiac's 6 speed sticks are like this too. I test drove the Pontiac G6 GTP 6-Speed this weekend, and it blew my mind!!!! I have a G6 automatic though, i've had for more than a year now....i'd like to upgrade to the 6-speed, but i'm thinking maybe it could wait, i'd hate to go into debt over it...if you know what i mean

oh my gosh this is a MAZDASPEED6 wayyy tooo fasst for me!!!

I love standard/manual transmissions! I learned on one..and only drove them for the longest time....I recently bought a ford explorer that's an automatic....I think it sux!

Yes.
My current car is a manual.
I learned how to drive one when I bought one from a friend of mine when I was, like 20. I had a half hour lesson in a parking lot and I was on my own. :O It was a tough couple days or so, but I eventually got the hang of it.

I learned on a Porsche a long time ago. Since then I've only driven a manual transmission twice and I didn't do so well! I get embarrassed when I stall or peel out so I stick to the automatic. I do a lot of city driving so I would rather have an automatic anyway.

Is that the Muse mobile?

CarrieLee said:

ahhh you shouldn't give up though...i use to get really upset and embarrassed too when the engine would stall, but it's like when you fall down, u get back up, you just start up the engine, put in 1st gear and try it again.

I taught myself how to drive a stick shift. Awesome gas mileage.

Stymie said:

gosh, you guys make me really want to trade my car in now and get that 6-speed that i really really want....

the only reason why i have an automatic is because at the time when the G6's came out, they didn't make them in stick yet...but now they do....just my luck huh....

missfee said:

I'm a few months from paying off my car and I swear I want to trade it in for another stick.

Need a little satisfaction....work the stick in my ride... From the great Poets Morris Day and the Time...(technically from Prince but who asked ya!)

Sinister said:

Sinister said:

I'm gonna hug you on every thread I see you on.

Yes I can drive a car with a manual tranny and I can also drive a man with a magic stick.

Yes. In fact, I've never owned a car with a "slushbox" (automatic transmission). All of them have had 5-speed manuals:

• Fiat Spider 2000
  
• Saturn SC
  
• Mazda Miata LS
  
• BMW 325
  

I learned how to do it with the Fiat. That car had a very stiff clutch, and if you didn't use it just right, the car would stall. It was frustrating at first, but in hindsight, it was probably a good thing, because it forced me to become very good at driving a stick-shift car.

BobGeorge909 said:

My BMW was the same way... left of first and then up for reverse.

notoriousj said:

Ah, well... if we're referring to that, I passed that test a long time ago.

Reincarnate said:

I'll bet most Americans don't, unfortunately. IMHO an endorsement on their driver's license (obtained by proving one's ability to use a stick shift) should be required for people driving a car equipped with a manual transmission, at least in this country.

my Audi A4 Avant 2.5 Tdi Quattro comes with a Tip-Tronic Automatic.....no more stick for me!

matt said:

my mind is in the gutter today folx! ^^ read that with a dirty mind!

CarrieLee said:

I drove my brothers standard escort a few times, but mostly I learned on my Porsche 924 years ago. Took that little car out the night I bought it dark and rainy and kept stalling and stalling