Do your teens know how to drive a stick shift?
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Anonymous
| Or only an automatic? |
Anonymous
| Stick |
Anonymous
| One can drive both and one can only drive automatic. |
Anonymous
| No, because I don't have a stick shift car to teach them on. |
Anonymous
| No. No access to a manual car and it’s not a priority. |
Anonymous
| yes, only bc DH and I have a classic car and DS is very into cars. |
Anonymous
| I would love to teach them but I don't have access to one (especially one to teach on) |
Anonymous
| yes, but only because they learned on the family car. Not an essential skill, but it's made them more focused (and they can always get a rental in Europe...) |
Anonymous
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They probably won't unless the driving school has a stick shift. I'm one of those rare Europeans who had the most terrible time learning to drive on my driving school's manual cars, and as soon as I could, bought an automatic car, which were very rare when I was a teen. My oldest has inherited my poor coordination, and it's so nice that here in the US nearly everyone uses automatic cars. I hate coming home and having to specify that I want to rent an automatic! |
Anonymous
| It's almost impossible to find a manual in the US, and even in Europe most new purchases are automatics. I think it's a useful skill, but if I ever decide to give up my Mini Cooper, I will have almost no options (beyond maybe Subaru and VW) for a manual transmission in a daily driver. |
Anonymous
| No, but he can drive a Tesla. |
Anonymous
| Haha! My husband can’t drive a stick shift. |
Anonymous
Isn’t a Tesla easier to drive than a standard automatic car??? |
Anonymous
| I bought my current car when DC was 12 ... part of the selection criteria was "what kind of car do I want to use to teach DC to drive when the time comes?". I chose a stick shift. |
Anonymous
| We bought DS a car with a manual transmission because that’s what he wanted to learn on. But his siblings are not interested in the manual car at all. So, DS is a genius. |