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i figured this would get a lot of attention. not what you think. you must have a dirty mind. i love my standard shift in my car and truck. i love shifting gears while i'm driving. i can do it wearing heels, shoes and sometimes barefoot. i have a 2 seater car that's low to the ground. that's my summer car and its a convertible. in the winter i use my truck, its got a 4" lift kit and big tires. i love shifting gears. most cars and trucks today are dummy proof. cameras, heated seat, computer everything, etc. people don't really have to know how to drive anymore. remember the 80's when life was simple. glad i lived through that time.
I agree, I prefer a manual transmission, though I don't drive it in high heels, but I have with the lower heels pf my boots. I also agree it is fun to drive my old Triumph TR with the top down en femme.
I have an old british two seater with non synchro first gear. It's so much fun to barefoot with the wind in your hair. I'm thinking of painting it pink to mimic a Barbie car.
I used to love driving manual.
I learned how to drive in a work place s10, 4 speed. The clutch and tranny was horrendous as many people used that truck to learn driving stick.
My second car was a 87 Horizon, 5 speed. Loved it. At 198 000 km, it still had the original clutch, and the transmission was still in top notch shape.
Sigh, as I am now old, and my joints are super creaky I can no longer drive stick.
Rachel, my first car, a 64 falcon was an auto. then I got a 72 SS El Camino followed by a 69 Chevy C20, then a 53 Chevy step van, all with a stick, but I have to admit it that I'm to lazy to drive a stick, especially in hilly towns with traffic like Seattle. I do however when traveling in Europe, always rent a car with stick and do get that race car driver feeling, but I get over it pretty quick.
Drive on,
Sherri
Thankfully, I live in the UK where nearly all cars have proper gearboxes and three pedals.
Sadly this will change as electric becomes more popular as EVs don't have gearboxes as such. They just have a single speed reduction drive. No changing gears. They drive like an auto, but without any gear shifting. I've been driving electric for over 8 years, but one of my cars, and our motorhome have proper gearboxes.
Cerys
As can be seen from the pictures in my profile, I have a Smart car; it is an automatic and I love it. It is such a pleasant change to just press and go, no clutch and no gearstick to speak of. Having said that, our other car is a manual, but I find it seamless to change from auto car to manual and back again. Over the years, as first, a computer engineer that had a new vehicle every two years, then subsequently as a truck driver with a myriad of different gearbox layouts, I have no trouble driving, well, anything. I also ride a motorbike.
I used to live in The Netherlands but used my own right-hand-drive UK car. On occasions, I had to get a local rental vehicle and they were manual gearboxes but left-hand-drive; the number of times I pressed on the clutch then attempted to open the window!
Becca
A really good gearchange is an art form, and a pleasure when I can make it all come together. I like how you get to interact with your vehicle much more with a manual change, it becomes like an extension of your body. On the other hand, a manual is a complete pain if you're in a lot of heavy traffic, constantly varying speed or worse, stop-start.
I miss my Volvo convertible, which had a very smooth torque-convertor box, my first automatic. I remember the first time I prepared for an overtake in that. Luckily there was nothing behind me as I moved the lever over into manual mode, and unthinkingly went for the clutch and a slight blip on the throttle as I changed down a gear ... 😳. I only ever made that mistake once! After a while I could swap between driving the Volvo and my manual A2's without any conscious thought.
Ive been driving manual tranny cars all my life. My favorite was a Porsche 911 carrera. Currently driving a Ford Focus ST.
i've had 2 Pontiac Fiero with a 4 & a 6 cylinder motor, a chevy citation x11 with a trunk (never seen another one with a trunk, only hatchbacks, 2 gmc 2500 pick ups (1 was 80's and the one i have now is a 2006, 2500, 8' box, standard and loaded) i never see a standard truck like that loaded. so i had it all redone, painted, lift kit and big tires. its my baby. plus my Pontiac solstice.
I have a truck with a manual gear change and a car which is automatic (there is no manual UK version of it). The only automatic I have ever driven is my current car which I do drive en-femme. I have never driven my truck en-femme.
Lazy Australian this end, The last manual I drove was a 74 Mazda 8o8 "Savanna" .For work, I then went up to a 77 Ford Cortina auto, (An Asutralian version with a great lump of a 4.1l six up front. Had a bad rep here in Oz, but mine was OK.
Auto's ever since, tho my first car was a 55 Morris Minor manual . I "hotted it up" shortened and chromed the gear shift and had the grill chromed.LOL
A mate of mine and myself once drove it straight through from Sydney to Melbourne 14hrs of bbbuuuzzzz, the sound proofing was nil and I moved the front passenger seat up under the dash. AKA the Non driver sat in the back in "business class"
I sold it to the lovely young lady who had been my 21st birthday date. The dodgy 3rd gear in the "box" was stuffed, she never went out with me again..
IN CD terms, I kept a photo of Danny LaRue under the back seat!!
My "dream young mans car" Mazda 1500 with "3 on the tree" Just loved the style and drove everywhere in that until I got the 808
For a work Station wagon we had the famous mid 60's "EH Holden" with "3 on the Tree".
Ah the gold old days
Caty
I seem to alternate between manuals and automatics - at least for the summer car.
The previous summer car was an '10 Mustang with an manual, but then traded it for an '09 Jaguar with an auto. Though it does have the paddles that I'll use for autocross. Previous manuals have been a VW Golf, an RX-7, and a Mazda GLC.
Sadly, I don't think I'll take the Big Blue British Beast out this year, so it'll be a few more KMs on the current winter beater - a '16 Jeep Patriot - aka the Baby Jeep. 🙂
Love
Rachelle
Haven’t driven a stick until you hit all 18 gears at 110000 lbs 🤫 or a super 10 probably one of the hardest manuals to learn 3 on the tree was something different indeed yes indeed manuals where fun but new age are here unfortunately
Being a Brit I have and love the 'Stick shift'. I have driven autos and an electric car that I was given as a courtesy car while mine was in for service, it was interesting.
I recall back in the day when my dad had a car with the change on the steering column. It was a Ford and was a mini copy of the American cars with bench seats. Before synchro mesh double de clutching was the way and I did some driving courses which still employed this even though the cars had synchro boxes. My best fun course was a four wheel drive course in the old style Landy that was really put through its paces.
My first cars were very basic, no power steering, no gadgets easy to fix and you really had to drive using the gears and balance of the car, you had to drive.