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7/4/2015 2:50:27 AM
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Can you drive manual?

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Automatic only

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Don't drive

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Tried it for the first time today, pulled off a smooth transition once out of the three times I attempted it.

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  • Edited by l Beanie l: 7/6/2015 7:45:07 AM
    In the UK, taking your test in an AUTOMATIC is last resort failure of a driver. Not many people learn to drive auto here, unless they first failed to learn in a manual. It's extremely uncommon to take your test in an automatic car. Even if someone wants an automatic, they'd learn manual, do their test manual, and then buy an automatic.

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  • In my cars that had manual transmissions, I really appreciated it when the vehicles performance allowed the manual transmission to enhance the overall driving experience. For example, I loved my 6-speed manuals in my little 4-cylinder sleepers, I adored the 4 speed in my 1970 Oldsmobile 442. But now that the two cars that I own have no real benefit from a manual (a SUV-Crosssover and a small 5-door hybrid), I don't see any benefit or reason for the inclusion of a clutch and manual transmission. I never got a lot of "fun" out of my old pickup with a "3 on a tree" shifter. I have personal preferences that I place in either transmission, and my choices are based on the vehicle itself and how I am going to drive it. Neither is inherently and always "better", and each has its place in my driving.

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    • Love driving stick

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      • Awwww yeah, wish my current ride was manual... The bike is so, still got it.

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      • Automatics are for dirty fuçking casuals

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      • I learned and took my test in a manual 2001 Audi A4 that I bought a while back, definitely bothersome to learn the basics of the road while worrying about shifting down from fifth into reverse on accident ._. Tons of fun now that I can do it well, especially being able to so easily control my descent on hills without using breaks.

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      • Edited by Moolah4me: 7/4/2015 2:24:27 PM
        Well my truck is standard so it's kinda necessary. Plus when I'm a rich bastard it'll come in handy with those foreign sports cars

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      • Auto I hate driving as it is

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      • Drive manual everyday

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      • Learning it

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      • I do for work. Otherwise I have an automatic for my personal car.

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      • My -blam!-ing face when 'Murrikans are too -blam!-ing lazy to change gears themselves, a feat so simplistic and effortless even I can do it.

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        • Don't care enough to learn

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        • Cant drive, but when I do I'll be using [b][i][u]MAN[/u][/I][/b]ual.

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        • I want to learn, but only have automatic cars...

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        • not only do i drive manual, i also actively make sure that people who can't drive manual feel bad about themselves. if you drive automatic you're not even a human being, pretty much.

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        • Only 48% manual? Wow. Probably >95% of people here in the UK pass their driving tests in manual cars. Never owned an automatic, I've driven a couple but I think I'd find it boring.

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          • Automatic is for casuals

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          • I prefer manuals to automatics.

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          • Can u drive digital

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          • I can manually drive does that count

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          • Only in Forza.

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          • Drove a manual in traffic when I was 12

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            • 33% don't drive. Wow you are not old enough to be on these forums. And if you're the rare few who don't drive although you can because you're a pussy then you are also not old enough to be on these forums

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            • Yes, but I've been driving on the left for a few years now, so now when I go back I'm always trying to shift with the window switch. And indicate with the wipers.

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            • I'm 16 and can drive both! :)

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