Yeah. US midwest, 46, learned in an '86 Toyota 4Runner nicknamed The Blue Beast. It was my only vehicle for a number of years.

I can. I’m almost 50 though.

I think I can still do it. I haven’t driven one in twenty years.

My girlfriend and child cannot.

Most my rural friends can and my city friends can’t.

I'm 42, US, learned on a stick and have driven many. My daily driver is an E-bike, cause I can. If I need a car I have a Chevy Bolt. If EV manuals become common, I'll definitely get one

I've only done it twice but it went surprisingly ok. I could do it if I had to. USA in my 30's

From the US and yes I can

Yes, 35, UK. Drive an automatic now, but drove Manual until last year.

When I got married, my wife moved up to live with me in Canada in the dead of winter. Our only car was a manual rust bucket my brother gifted us with. For some reason, it was always freezing cold in that car. I eventually squeezed an old pizza box in front of the rad and it helped retain a modicum of heat. But man what a junker...

At any rate, we'd get off work and it would of course already be dark and I'd take her to a parking lot to teach her stick. She'd be trying to do donuts in the snow while the car was lurching around or spinning the tires. She just kept getting angrier and it didn't help when I'd yell "you're gonna stall! give it more gas!" Our marriage was seriously tested at that point but by some miracle we're still together?

20s, Southern US, and yes. It's weird seeing folks who don't since most of the shitboxes we drove were

I'm from the Netherlands. I've been driving since 2009 and I've never driven an automatic car. I drive (semi) truck since 2019 and have never driven a manual truck.

Yes, US, early 20s, drove one until recently when I had to get a new car.

Yes. Almost 50 in US. Owned over 100 manual vehicles.

Had to be able to start on a hill to get my license.

I just didn't have the need for driving licence. So no, automatic or electric or manual.

With good public transport and cost of car ownership it didnt make sense. But now I will probably do it just in case.

30s in the US and I can't drive a manual. I honestly don't even know where to go to even get a manual transmission vehicle. My dad had one 25 years ago and that's the last time I've been in a personal vehicle with manual transmission. I don't see why anyone would want one either. Who wants to make driving even more difficult and tedious than it already is?

19, Vermont. I learned to drive stick on a big Kubota tractor at 14 lol.

Yep i can. 30 Male Canada. Grew up in the praries just outside a small town. All we had for fun growing up besides games was old cars and dirtbikes. Currently drive a automatic however.

Mid 30s, US. First car was a manual, but I have an automatic now. I do miss it, but I probably drive much safer now that it's less fun. Even though it was just a beat up old passat I always felt like I was in forza driving the manual

I’m a boomer, of course I can, haha.

US, 47, and nope.

US, 21, and can kinda drive a manual.

I'll stall out a few times cause I don't have practice but I'll be able to get where I need to go

Like many people of the Lemmy-verse, I know how to drive a manual (can't say I am best, or better than average even).

Cannot afford to own a car in this economy. Have a geared motorcycle tho.

Northeast USA, 41 years old at the time (50 now), previous car to current one was a manual Honda Civic because it was what we could afford. My husband took me to a parking lot to show me the basics on a Saturday (he'd learned to drive on a stick shift), then off I went to work that Monday.

NGL. first month I cried a lot because I stalled out often, especially between first and second gear. After a while, though, I grew to love the control--especially in winter conditions--and that I could now drive any car. Eventually, the transmission burnt out, and we got a hybrid C-Max, which is nice, fuel-efficient, but I would drive another manual again if given the opportunity.

29 southern US. I've been daily driving since 2014. People get obsessed or weird about it. There's valid reasons to drive automatic or manual, just don't go huffing and puffing one is better than the other

US, learned to drive on the east coast, early 40s, and I can and prefer to.

My wife, however, does not, so I live in the auto world.

20s, asia, and can do manual.

I'm in my early 40s in the US. I learned to drive a manual when I got my license ~25 years ago but haven't driven one since that day. I rode a motorcycle for a few years as well, so I'm pretty sure I could manage if I absolutely had to.

Yes. Mid 30s in the US, but my first car was also a manual. Glad I knew how to do it when my wife accidently booked a manual rental car during our trip in Portugal last year.

Yes, Poland, 18 and I prefer (and drive) it

Yes, I have never owned anything else. I really struggle to drive auto/CVT, honestly, it's so confusing for me.

Early 40s. Murica.

I haven't tried in over 10 years, but I was able to back then. It would probably take a bit of practice to get it back, but I'm sure I could figure it out again.

Since then I have owned two cars with paddle shifters, which I think is the best of both worlds for a casual driver who likes playing racing games, but has never driven on a track and doesn't really plan to.

Yep, own a manual, driven manuals prior, and learned when I was young (conceptually at least, I grew up racing motorcycles, and the idea of clutch+shifting became a thing when I was about 8). Never formally was "taught" in a car, just got in and started driving one. Am 32 in Appalachia.

Yes. Germany, 20 years old

I'm in Mexico at the moment and my first car was manual transmission. I didn't know how to drive manual when I bought it, so I just learned on the fly.

No. From rural Oregon, early 20's. My dad has been meaning to teach me with our old Ford Focus, but it hasn't happened yet. :(

I learned to drive on a standard in Maine, and my first car was a standard. I am now in my mid 30s,

I enjoy them but God would I not one in LA that and they seem almost a non option now outside of high end race cars

US, yes but haven't owned a manual for years. If Honda sold an Odyssey Si with a 6-speed and a turbo I would drive the hell out of it.

35 and haven't owned/driven a standard in over a year. Yet I still frequently stomp on my own foot trying to downshift or find myself mindlessly searching for the shifter exiting turns.

Yes. I bought a manual car a few years ago having never driven one before. I taught myself how to drive it in my driveway and with the help of YouTube videos. I really enjoy it and hope that even in the future when EVs are the final nail in the coffin for manuals that I still have at least a "fun" car with a manual. I'm in the US and a millennial.

US 28, can and do. only time I prefer automatic is when traffic is really bad, otherwise manual is more engaging end enjoyable imo