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Well in the UK, I've barely seen anyone driving a automatic. It's all manual. So it'll be handy if you go to another country.
Also at least then you can do both. As not sure if it's the same in your country but in mine, if you pass in an automatic, you can only drive an automatic which will limit your options if you ever have to get another car or insurance give you one.
In the US if you get license, you can drive either or.
: suppose depends where you live. Just here, there's a lot more benefits for manual
Driving a stick is more fun it gives you better control. And once you actually learn how to do it, it is just second nature. You don't have to even think about it. Auto transmissions are just plain boring.
Everyone should know how to drive a stick. I have been in multiple situations where I and others would have been in trouble if I hadn't known how to drive a stick, because NO ONE else knew how.
Manual drivers get in more accidents by comparison to automatic drivers? No offense, but I would like to see the gender statistics on that one.
While I don't prescribe to this idea, it might have to do with an element of control, in the sense that you know best when to shift gears. However it is also my understanding that most modern transmissions are pretty efficient at the whole shifting of gears thing.
automatic is for those who are using the car cos they have to.
manual is for those who do love their car. (and really can drive)
automatic caused us only problem, where a manual wouldn't. it just didn't switch. we were driving uphill with like 30km/h. was really annoying. (it was a hired car)
manuals are easy to drive you just need a bit of motor control, they are way more fun and keep you much more engaged with the road and vehicle. most people switch off rather quickly driving and go into autopilot and they switch off quicker still with an automatic. a manual keeps a bit more of that awareness.
My first vehicle was a 1979 Jeep CJ7 Renegade. Manual everything. I spent a winter pulling other SUV's and trucks out of ditches because people don't know how to drive anything any more.
I currently have a nice, boring automatic and I'll be trading it in for another manual transmission vehicle next year simply because I miss the feeling of actually having to think about what you're doing.
I don't get the appeal either, but it does give me a bit of extra control over my driving which is especially usefull in accelerating. Here in the netherlands its the opposite way around where likely only 4% drive automatic. Everyone here drives stick, and literally everyone here can do it perfectly fine. Thats because almost all driving exams are done with stick.
reasons to learn
1. manual driving is fun. you have greater control of the car. can manage gas better.
2. if you travel abroad chances are you are going to run into places with cars that are manual shift engines.
it's just a good skill to have in your back pocket just in case
There aren't many stick-shifts left anymore, but still, it's a good skill to have. I can drive a stick, although I usually drive an automatic. I heard a story about two punks who tried to carjack a car, but it was a stick-shift, and they didn't know how to drive it, so they had to just get out and run.
Bah it's fun sure
But automatic is where the chill is at. Most of the times you just wanna get in and chill/drive. Two hands constantly occupied. Meh
Unless its a sports car, no need to feel it lol auto is fine haha
But If you're driving a decked out car. Ya you want it manual
And no matter how good a driver is. There is always some nudging going on
I don't drive but I agree with your thoughts - Its funny but manual are much more popular in Europe with the vast majority of the market - I have asked people about it and they said they feel a manual car is more responsive. I suppose it is another horses for courses and what you are used to. Also when I was growing up having an automatic car was risky because the number of mechanics trained in automatic cars here was very low and getting parts as well was awkward.
The way you are describing it isn't your lack of driving a manual car, but your lack of motoric skills. You shouldn't drive a car altogether liie this.
And there is value in driving stick. I drove my first years automatic, but eventually i had to drive a lot of manual cars work-related. And quite frankly, it makes you a better driver for various reasons. The most important is learning more control and understanding over the car.
More control does have it's benefits and some people enjoy the activity. Beside that, some kinds of vehicles require manual drives. But personally I enjoy automatic. It kinda sucks that a lot of jobs will require a manual license. If only my wheel alignment could be perfect, then I could do even less.
When driving automatic, there's this mini computer in the car that comes between you and the power transmission. A middle man between you and the wheels. People who like stick, myself included, does not like that. With stick, the car is like your body, it does what you tell it to. With automatic transmission, it's more like your loyal dog. It will still do what you say, but with some hesitance and/or lag compared to what your own hand would.
Lag? You've been driving shitty older automatic cars if that's the case. It's common knowledge that modern autos are faster, especially in the performance car area where most, if not all sports cars are automatic now.
@Kkaos dude it was a mercedes manufactured in 2013. Lag doesn't mean slow, it means lag. The car hesitates if you push the gas just a little, and not a substantial amount. Perhaps you're just used to it and figured out how to manage it so you don't feel it.
Full manual stick shifts have been replaced by clutch-less and automatic transmissions even in most professional racing competitions by this point.
Really the only reason why full manual sticks still exist is because automobile purists need something to wank off to.
Well Auto and Manuals have their own advantages. I can drive both of them and I like both of them for the reasons they have in each type.
Manuals: We can do whatever we want. But it sucks at traffic.
Automatics: We do whatever the system wants to do. But it rocks the traffic.
because if you are ever interested in getting out of the bubble you live in you will realise that 90% of cars in third world countries are not automatic, and most cars in Europe are not as well, plus you dont know when you will have to drive a stick shift.
That's a pretty big bubble with 96% of drivers around me driving automatic as well. LOL! I have no plans as of yet to live in a third world country, and in terms of traveling--I've never driven abroad in Europe or otherwise. I rather like to spend most of my time walking and exploring places on foot. You get to see more and experience more, and otherwise, even in Europe, most people hop on public transport.
As an American, I find it worthwhile to drive stick and have had several 5 speed cars because I know I can drive any car if I ever need to, plus it keeps me more in-tune with how I'm driving. But I already drove automatic for over a year before I tried to learn stick.
Here's the trick. When the engine is at about 2500-300 RPM, shift up. You'll get it.
Driving a stick will keep you awake on a long trip home in the evening. Also, you can get better acceleration for high revving engines by redlining each gear before shifting. Nobody would want to steal your car since most others don't drive a shift. Less likely to break down since s stick shift is simpler than an automatic. You control the shift points, so it's less likely that the transmission will hard shift when the transmission gets old.
Because it's a whole lot of fun! My first car was a stick, it's sporty and makes most any drive a bit more interesting because it makes you pay attention to your surroundings, hills, up, down, curves. . .