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Title: Do you know how to drive a standard shift vehicle or do you drive an automatic?
Post by: Dynamite2013 on March 10, 2014, 11:00:00 pm: I have an automatic car but I have driven a standard shift car in the past. In fact I have also driven a semi-truck which I had pleasure in doing. Automatics are easier but I think in cases when you are stuck in the mud or on ice the standard shift will get you out of the situation faster.
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Post by: Nancy5 on March 10, 2014, 11:09:12 pm: I have automatic drive, but I learned many years ago on a standard 3 on the column stick. My boyfriend later had a red Mustang with 4 on the floor, which he taught me how to drive that.
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Post by: pkrahmer on March 11, 2014, 05:10:47 am: Growing up I would shift gears as my parents drove the car. But given my disability I drive an automatic. :peace: :wave:
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Post by: rghvac69 on March 11, 2014, 05:36:43 am: My pickup truck has a stick-shift.
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Post by: devideddi on March 11, 2014, 06:31:49 am: I can drive both.
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Post by: bretay on March 11, 2014, 06:47:37 am: i can drive both..both my vehicles are automatic..but i learned to drive in a straight drive vehicle..
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Post by: jenniferhoder on March 11, 2014, 07:21:52 am: I never learned how to drive a stick shift... Wish I would have learned. Too hard to learn now that I am old! lol
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Post by: jkhanson on March 11, 2014, 07:49:47 am: I learned how to drive using the standard shift vehicles. I prefer automatic drive!

It is one of the things a person gets used to. It isn't hard.
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Post by: bremer51 on March 11, 2014, 09:08:05 am: I like a nice stick. And my first three cars had a manual shift. Now I have a truck with automatic. By the time I heft myself in the truck, I'm too tired to deal with a stick shift.
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Post by: InfuseMe1 on March 11, 2014, 09:19:38 am: Yep, can do do both! :-X
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Post by: Penwoir on March 11, 2014, 09:32:53 am: I learnt to drive a stick shift in the United Kingdom. In the UK if you pass your test in an automatic vehicle you are then only licensed for automatics. If you pass your test using a stick shift, you are licensed for both. I was amazed when I met my husband and he told me he passed his test in an automatic and is licensed to drive both, so when I took my test in the US, I took it in an automatic. I love the fact that it is almost impossible to stall an automatic and that waiting at a junction which is on a slight hill, you don't slip backwards!
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Post by: catchow on March 11, 2014, 09:50:48 am: I learned on a stick shift, while I prefer that, I can no longer drive them due to arthritis in both knees, so drive an automatic now
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Post by: bowrunner on March 11, 2014, 09:55:09 am: I have a stick shift on my car but automatic on my SUV. I'm getting to the point that I would prefer automatic.
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Post by: nguzman1 on March 11, 2014, 10:11:35 am: I drive an automatic but I always wanted to drive a standard.
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Post by: jmccaskill on March 11, 2014, 10:42:54 am: Learned to drive using manual transmissions, automatics were not all that common then! Still prefer manual over automatic but these just can't be found in the cars I buy, instead they have all gone to the 'paddle type' auto/selective type transmissions. I agree that having a manual gives the driver a LOT more capability and flexibility in controlling their vehicle.
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Post by: vickysue on March 11, 2014, 10:48:07 am: I grew up with stick shift. Drove pickups, cars and grain trucks. Our old bronco is also stick shift. But now the car and pickup is manual. Sometimes I would still rather drive stick. But alas the old body is giving out and it is hard to shift the stick now. Think I will just sell the bronco.
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Post by: braggin on March 11, 2014, 12:12:39 pm: I grew up using standard shift vehicles and still own a couple, but I prefer automatic now. I agree that standard shift is better at getting you out of jams, like getting stuck in mud or snow. And it saves on gas too better than automatic. I made my kids learn standard shift and had them taken their driving tests on standard shift just to make sure they know how to drive standard if they are ever in an emergency situation when a standard shift vehicle is all that is available. But they both drive automatic now mostly.

:monkey:
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Post by: SweetApril74 on March 11, 2014, 12:49:04 pm: I used to use standar, I was fine with that, Then now I am using automatic, i dont thing will be brave to use the standar again :)
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Post by: tjshorty on March 11, 2014, 02:13:25 pm: I am able to drive both. I would rather drive an auto matic these days just cause I am lazy. ;D Actually I don't drive anymore.
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Post by: djohnson43 on March 11, 2014, 02:27:56 pm: My parents tried to teach me how to drive our stick shift back when I was fifteen but they scared me so bad. It was my best friend who actually taught me how to drive it. But I prefer an automatic!!!
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Post by: CharmedPhoenix on March 11, 2014, 03:11:16 pm: My ex convinced me stick was better so that's what I drove for about 25 years. Too many years for my knee. I don't have a car right now, but my next one will be an automatic.
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Post by: bhiett on March 11, 2014, 03:38:03 pm: I failed my first driving test using a stick shift; my preference will always be automatic.
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Post by: ancmetro on March 11, 2014, 03:39:48 pm: I prefer AT (automatic transmission). I prefer automatic because is safer.
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Post by: sanglee on March 11, 2014, 04:56:52 pm: I tried to drive a stick shift but I didnt like it so now I only buy a automatic car
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Post by: kapeh12 on March 12, 2014, 08:13:38 am: I currently drive a manual shift car, have since I started driving. I prefer the control when driving, and like the better gas mileage I get.
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Post by: sfreeman8 on March 12, 2014, 08:28:35 am: I learned to drive manual stick shift when I was 14, then dad taught me how to drive a push button transmission (anyone remember those?) at 16, and dad once owned a DeSoto that could be automatic OR manual shift. That was one neat car.

My first car and 5 cars after that were stick shifts, on the column, and hubby taught me 4-on-the-floor at 18. I felt like a queen when I bought my first automatic car and it felt great to not slide backwards at a red light on a hill when trying to go forward on the green. LOL
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Post by: moonangel on March 12, 2014, 08:34:22 am: i can and have both I can drive a semi to
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Post by: Forp on March 12, 2014, 09:23:38 am: Automatic thank goodness...one less hassle
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Post by: briannajeanxo on March 12, 2014, 01:34:58 pm: automatic. i dont have patience to learn to drive a standard.
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Post by: colbtrist on March 12, 2014, 01:37:43 pm: I only know how to drive an automatic, but I really wish I knew how to drive a stick.
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Post by: raven1114 on March 12, 2014, 07:05:51 pm: I know how to drive a standard but wouldn't want one. To much trouble imo.
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Post by: mgint on March 13, 2014, 07:56:21 am: I can drive either but drive automatic
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Post by: yikes77 on March 13, 2014, 08:49:55 am: Automatic but eventually I do want to learn how to drive a standard as well.
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Post by: stretch1967 on March 13, 2014, 12:04:58 pm: Yeah in fact I went back to autistic and had a brainfart. I was trying to shift gears.
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Post by: jford87 on March 13, 2014, 12:12:22 pm: Unless and until I can afford a Ferrari, I refuse to learn to drive a standard.
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Post by: stretch1967 on March 13, 2014, 12:14:24 pm: It's not hard. Good luck
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Post by: nannycoe1 on March 13, 2014, 03:19:09 pm: I drive an automatic, I haven't driven a stick shift since I was young, probably couldn't do it now.
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Post by: sharonpatri55 on March 13, 2014, 08:16:17 pm: My first vehicle was a standard shift, a 5-speed stick on the floor. I loved driving with it so much every vehicle I bought up until my most recent one was a standard shift. I always felt it helped to focus more on driving; maybe I can attest to that by saying I have had only one accident in the 40+ years I've been driving.
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Post by: ktheodos on March 14, 2014, 03:23:16 am: I drive a stick shift, but obviously know how to drive an automatic.....honestly, i'm not a huge fan of the stick shifts, especially in traffic/bad weather, but it's definitely good to know how to drive one....and apparently, they are better for the car (not quite sure how though)....
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Post by: cathy37 on March 14, 2014, 05:32:28 pm: I have never learned how to drive a standard shift vehicle. I have always had automatic vehicles.
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Post by: alina6 on March 14, 2014, 05:57:33 pm: I actually took my driving test on a standard shift vehicle. I prefer them to an automatic.
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Post by: Kpayton68 on March 14, 2014, 06:02:31 pm: I can drive both automatic and standard shift. I prefer automatic. After 20 years of driving, I still get nervous when you stop at a traffic light going up a hill while driving a standard shift.
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Post by: bigfoot951 on March 15, 2014, 02:14:28 pm: I know it sounds weird to some but I don't know how to drive a standard shift vehicle simply because I have never tried to. At this point I doubt that will ever change.
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Post by: mcornwell on March 15, 2014, 03:34:56 pm: I haven't driven a standard shift since I was a teenager.My first car had a 4-speed stick.All the rest have been automatics.
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Post by: jmc1982 on March 16, 2014, 07:09:55 am: I drive an automatic. Tried that standard before and so far rather stick to automatic
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Post by: demaina on March 16, 2014, 09:23:54 am: I've only driven automatic all my life. One of these days, I'd love to learn how to drive a stick just incase. I tend to have a lot of things that I want to know just in case I need to know it. Stuff like picking a lock, hotwire a car, make a fire, etc. There are plenty of others but of course they aren't coming to me at the moment.
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Post by: inertia4 on March 16, 2014, 10:18:03 am: I never learned how to drive stick. I always drove automatic.
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Post by: greenthumbjan on March 16, 2014, 01:07:52 pm: automatic car but know how drive the stick :glasses-nerdy:
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Post by: caleshire on March 16, 2014, 01:08:31 pm: I will look forward to learn how to drive standard vehicles sounds really challenging.
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Post by: mill8277 on March 16, 2014, 01:27:32 pm: My first car was a standard shift......I still know how to drive one....I would love to learn how to drive a big truck....
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Post by: bigedshult on March 16, 2014, 05:21:33 pm: I think U are wright about that.
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Post by: short4love on March 16, 2014, 07:07:09 pm: I drive both so I can switch off. It gives me a change.
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Post by: rusgiftsaolcom on March 16, 2014, 08:16:32 pm: I took a few lessons on the standard by never really mastered it. So I drive an automatic.
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Post by: nmbrown863 on March 17, 2014, 12:54:27 am: I only really know how to drive an automatic. Like 10 years ago my brother taught me how to drive a stick but it has been so long so I doubt I still know how.
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Post by: tikihut5 on March 17, 2014, 05:00:10 am: I've only driven an automatic. I haven't learned how to drive standard...yet.
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Post by: gaylasue on March 17, 2014, 06:59:49 am: I love driving stick shifts. However, I finally gave it up and went back to an automatic a few years back. Getting too old to have to keep hitting the clutch and changing gears. I still have nightmares about being stuck on a steep hill trying to get in gear without rolling back on to the car behind me.
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Post by: jcalexis on March 17, 2014, 05:41:59 pm: I have driven a standard shift in the past. Ever since I got married, I switch to automatic transmission because my wife did not like to drive manual transmission cars.
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Post by: tjshorty on March 17, 2014, 06:40:27 pm: I don't drive anymore, but, I can drive both. Standard is more fun, but, automatic is for us that want to just relax when driving.
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Post by: rdy2pl8 on March 17, 2014, 09:10:55 pm: I only know how to drive an automatic.
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Post by: sdenimandlace1 on March 18, 2014, 09:55:10 am: I drive an automatic, cars will not go into gear for me, have tried for years to do that. I have no trouble with the 8 gears on the John Dear.
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Post by: squirrelgirl44 on March 18, 2014, 01:17:07 pm: I drive a manual. I will never go back to driving an automatic, unless the manufacturers stop making them. I love driving a stick!
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Post by: BaudLight on March 31, 2014, 09:38:37 pm: I know how to drive a manual, but very much prefer an automatic.
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Post by: nickylanena on March 31, 2014, 10:43:20 pm: Man... I don't know anything about cars
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Post by: bob1tina on April 01, 2014, 01:51:24 am: I know how to drive both. My truck is a standard and my girlfriends car is an automatic. The standards are not that difficult to learn how to drive. You always start is first gear and you let off easy and go and than you will need to shift into second almost immediately. The trick is to listen to your motor when you hear the motor starting to wine you shift into a higher gear and once you are confident in driving a standard you'll find that you are skipping second or third but the trick is using your feet off the clutch while pressing on the gas. I think you can save a little in gas with a standard rather than an automatic. Now this was interesting and I enjoyed explaining this it felt good. I hope you try and practice driving a standard I think you will like it better.
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Post by: bleyd on April 01, 2014, 02:06:51 am: I drive both. But i prefer to drive stick shift. It's more fun and costs less when you buy a car. Also, learn to drive stick shift so you can drive any type of car in case of emergency.
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Post by: melissajh44 on April 01, 2014, 03:05:05 am: Shift seems too intimidating!
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Post by: rpse1927 on April 01, 2014, 06:18:00 am: I do not drive any more. im too olod
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Post by: bonzie on April 01, 2014, 08:23:26 am: I never try the manual car, I `d like to try it but my husband don`t want me to practice to his car, He is afraid I`ll ruin it.
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Post by: melissaotto1982 on April 01, 2014, 08:29:09 am: Automatic here. Stall it all the tim with manual.
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Post by: oldbuddy on April 01, 2014, 08:49:54 am: I earned extra money for a while shuttling vehicles for a car dealer, so I am comfortable with anything that has wheels.
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Post by: natashaspy on April 01, 2014, 10:09:45 am: i have an automatic, but i can drive pretty much anything you stick me into if need be
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Post by: sanglee on April 01, 2014, 10:40:37 am: I once drove stick shift but I regret it I changed all of my driving to automatic transmission
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Post by: oldbuddy on April 01, 2014, 10:59:42 am: When I learned how to drive there was no choice, automatic transmission was not an available option.
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Post by: mrisha on April 01, 2014, 12:34:47 pm: I only drive Automatics. Standard shift vehicles are just too hard to maneuver unless that is the only kind you have only driven.
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Post by: 6265AT99 on April 01, 2014, 12:50:24 pm: I drive an automatic and have always wanted to learn how to drive a standard stick shift just never got the chance!!!