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FuglyStick · 11-14-2009, 08:05 AM

Nowadays, finding a vehicle with a manual transmission is rarer and rarer. My sister had to special order her Jeep with a manual transmission, as an automatic is now standard. So I'm wondering how many people know how to drive a manual transmission car at all anymore.

When I was learning to drive, my dad had a stick shift 74 Honda Civic he commuted to work with that was the "training car". There were automatics available to learn on, but he insisted that we (myself and my sister) learn on a manual, and I'm glad he did.

11-14-2009, 08:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
FuglyStick WHEEEE! Whee! Whee! WHEEEE! Location: Southern Illinois	Can you drive a stick shift? Nowadays, finding a vehicle with a manual transmission is rarer and rarer. My sister had to special order her Jeep with a manual transmission, as an automatic is now standard. So I'm wondering how many people know how to drive a manual transmission car at all anymore. When I was learning to drive, my dad had a stick shift 74 Honda Civic he commuted to work with that was the "training car". There were automatics available to learn on, but he insisted that we (myself and my sister) learn on a manual, and I'm glad he did. __________________ AZIZ! LIGHT!