OT: Last time you drove a stick shift car?

[alancw3]

Per Jay Leno anyone born today will likely be only driving an electric when they are old enough to drive. Like how many people today drive a stick shift car:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/16/jay-...t-recalls.html

[AngryScientist]

Q: The last time you drove a stick shift car?

A: This morning.

[Likes2ridefar]

My father drives one every day. Won’t find me choosing to drive a stick but I rarely drive, maybe about five miles a week if that most times. Point being I don’t like driving cars.

[Toddtwenty2]

Last night. 2009 Ford Fusion - the last year they made a manual transmission for it.

I'd be in the queue for a maverick if they offered it with a stick.

Driving is just so much more engaging when you control the transmission... I'll enjoy many aspects of electrified autos, but this is a clear loss for me in driving enjoyment.

[jamesdak]

Hmmmm.... Sometime in 2017 when I sold this.



That said, I just cannot get the urge for another Miata out of my blood and that has to be a stick. So.....I think pretty soon the paid off 340xi M-Sport beast is going to be tossed aside for another Miata.

[charliedid]

Not sure but no real interest either.

Edit: The Honda Fit we had ten years ago.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

Q: The last time you drove a stick shift car?

A: This morning.

Yesterday. 2000 New Beetle

[Bob Ross]

I sold off my last manual transmission car in 2002 or 2003 ...but all I drove for the previous ~25 years were cars with stick shifts.

[jpritchet74]

drove this yesterday

[m_sasso]

Never owned an automatic so not sure I know how too drive one. Later this afternoon I will be daily driving my Nissian Pathfinder to the velodrome, exercising my right arm.

[bob_in_pa]

Everyday.
After teaching both sons who now daily drive manuals I'm a believer that it requires to you pay more attention to your driving. Changes in speed, hills, turns, etc. all require your input. I wish more people would drive stick.

-Bob

[wallymann]

like 2 years ago. nephew's 3-cylinder ford fiesta.

wifey doesnt drive a stick, so i self-select to slushboxes anymore just in case she needs to use my vehicle.

while i do miss rowing a gearbox myself, these days i satisfy my shifting jones with my mono-posto scooter.

Originally Posted by alancw3

Per Jay Leno anyone born today will likely be only driving an electric when they are old enough to drive. Like how many people today drive a stick shift car:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/16/jay-...t-recalls.html

[PQJ]

This morning. My daily ride is a stick shift Mazda 3. It could use a little more power but other than that it is a perfect car.

[Ozz]

I had an '85 Bronco II with a manual....drove it up until about 1995 or so.

[YoKev]

Everyday.

2014 VW TDI Sportwagen