Anonymous
Post 08/21/2025 13:48     Subject: 18 year old wants manual transmission
Anonymous wrote:It is amazing how many people cant drive a stick. I had a group share beach house with a long driveway. We had rule leave keys in bowl so you don't block people in and I had to move my car a lot as people did not drive a stick.

And the few who could barely knew or still did not know. My car for instance was a R,1,2,3 shift.
So up to the left was reverse and most people would thing that is first. Well not every car has same pattern.


Who cares? Do you still use a starter crank for your car? How about leaded gasoline?
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2025 13:45     Subject: 18 year old wants manual transmission
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sure. But prepare to replace the clutch in a year. Part of learning!


Learned on my first car (off the lot)... 25 years ago, and I'm still on the original clutch at 220K miles.

Don't assume.


Honda/Acura?

Still driving my 08 6spd Acura. ~140k. Clutch is original.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2025 13:34     Subject: 18 year old wants manual transmission
Anonymous wrote:Sure. But prepare to replace the clutch in a year. Part of learning!


Learned on my first car (off the lot)... 25 years ago, and I'm still on the original clutch at 220K miles.

Don't assume.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 18:15     Subject: 18 year old wants manual transmission
Driving sticks in heavy traffic, stop and go suburb traffic at lights and stop signs is not fun. I had blast in the countryside and on highways. But it’s miserable here in comparison
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 17:25     Subject: 18 year old wants manual transmission
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We are looking for a car for my 18 year old son. He is very much into cars and driving and wants a sort of sporty one with a manual transmission. We will be buying used as the budget is 20k.

He’s a responsible kid who has no incidents thus far. It would make him very very happy. Is this reasonable to get him a sporty manual transmission car? Like Impreza WRX.


Just make sure there is an automatic to drive when the kid inevitably tires of stick.


I've been driving for 35+ years and still not tired of stick.


You must not drive in DC traffic.


I commute downtown every day. Still not tired of stick.
Anonymous
Post 08/17/2025 12:48     Subject: 18 year old wants manual transmission
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We are looking for a car for my 18 year old son. He is very much into cars and driving and wants a sort of sporty one with a manual transmission. We will be buying used as the budget is 20k.

He’s a responsible kid who has no incidents thus far. It would make him very very happy. Is this reasonable to get him a sporty manual transmission car? Like Impreza WRX.


Just make sure there is an automatic to drive when the kid inevitably tires of stick.


I've been driving for 35+ years and still not tired of stick.
I used to drive a stick when I lived in London and my job required that I did plenty of driving. I grew to hate sticks. I'll never purchase one again.
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2025 16:06     Subject: 18 year old wants manual transmission
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We are looking for a car for my 18 year old son. He is very much into cars and driving and wants a sort of sporty one with a manual transmission. We will be buying used as the budget is 20k.

He’s a responsible kid who has no incidents thus far. It would make him very very happy. Is this reasonable to get him a sporty manual transmission car? Like Impreza WRX.


Just make sure there is an automatic to drive when the kid inevitably tires of stick.


I've been driving for 35+ years and still not tired of stick.


You must not drive in DC traffic.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 12:07     Subject: 18 year old wants manual transmission
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We are looking for a car for my 18 year old son. He is very much into cars and driving and wants a sort of sporty one with a manual transmission. We will be buying used as the budget is 20k.

He’s a responsible kid who has no incidents thus far. It would make him very very happy. Is this reasonable to get him a sporty manual transmission car? Like Impreza WRX.


Just make sure there is an automatic to drive when the kid inevitably tires of stick.


I've been driving for 35+ years and still not tired of stick.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 09:57     Subject: 18 year old wants manual transmission
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I love driving stick. Too bad I hear they’re more pricey than automatic now.

We are the total opposites. I hate driving sticks. To me, buying a stick vehicle is like buying a TV without a remote control or going back to a flip phone.


I get that. To me, driving stick is about the experience and enjoyment of driving. It’s just fun for me.

Driving an automatic is like driving a soulless metal box.
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2025 19:43     Subject: 18 year old wants manual transmission
Anonymous wrote:I love driving stick. Too bad I hear they’re more pricey than automatic now.

We are the total opposites. I hate driving sticks. To me, buying a stick vehicle is like buying a TV without a remote control or going back to a flip phone.
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2025 13:19     Subject: 18 year old wants manual transmission
Anonymous wrote:We are looking for a car for my 18 year old son. He is very much into cars and driving and wants a sort of sporty one with a manual transmission. We will be buying used as the budget is 20k.

He’s a responsible kid who has no incidents thus far. It would make him very very happy. Is this reasonable to get him a sporty manual transmission car? Like Impreza WRX.


Just make sure there is an automatic to drive when the kid inevitably tires of stick.
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2025 12:53     Subject: 18 year old wants manual transmission
I love driving stick. Too bad I hear they’re more pricey than automatic now.
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2025 12:47     Subject: 18 year old wants manual transmission
Anonymous wrote:It is amazing how many people cant drive a stick. I had a group share beach house with a long driveway. We had rule leave keys in bowl so you don't block people in and I had to move my car a lot as people did not drive a stick.

And the few who could barely knew or still did not know. My car for instance was a R,1,2,3 shift.
So up to the left was reverse and most people would thing that is first. Well not every car has same pattern.


I’m surprised you even let someone try. If I’m with people who either haven’t driven stick in a long time or not at all, they’re not getting a shot to try my car.
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2025 08:35     Subject: 18 year old wants manual transmission
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Real men know how to drive manuals. My 16 yr old nephew drives one and I wonder if they are trending somewhere in social media land.
Older models - Mazda and Hondas in my family.


So clueless, anyone outside the United States who drives knows how to drive manual.

I'm a female and I learned how to drive manual when I was 15.


So did I.

to the PP who asked which country, here. The US.
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2025 08:32     Subject: 18 year old wants manual transmission
You could really screw lots of people up if you had a 3 on the tree.