Can you drive a manual transmission?

raptir@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 393 points –

And where are you from? And how old? Not "do you" but just if you know how.

I'm in the US, mid 30s and can (and do) drive a manual transmission.

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German, late 30s. Automatic cars are rather uncommon in Germany, we sure like our manuals. Not being able to push my car into high RPMs when needed to overtake or accelerate quickly takes the fun out of driving. I'd never switch to automatic as long as I still have both arms and legs. And yes I know kickdowns are a thing, but it really doesn't compare.

Also in the past if you did your driver's licence in an automatic car, you could then only drive automatic cars with that licence. But if you took the test in a manual car you could drive both.

That is still the case. (Except for that one option where you drive a manual AND an automatic car and then do your test in an automatic)...