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Study: Only 18% of Americans know how to drive stick shift
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:31 am
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:31 am
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A new report shows fewer Americans own a car with manual transmission let alone know how to operate one. And there appear to be a number of reasons for it.
The report from U.S. News and World Report show only 18 percent of U.S. drivers know how to operate a stick shift. It says that because of advancements in automatic transmissions and fuel economy, only about 5 percent of vehicles sold in the U.S. today come with a stick shift. That’s down from 25 percent of cars in 1987.
The third pedal is also bad for re-sale value, on average selling for $2,000 less than cars with automatic transmissions.
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Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:32 am to The Egg
Myself, wife and all my kids can drive the stick
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:33 am to The Egg
If you've got a penis and you can't drive a standard then your father failed you.
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:34 am to The Egg
I have an old Jeep with stick. Love driving it
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:34 am to The Egg
Surprised it's that high
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:34 am to The Egg
I'm in the 5%.
6sp manual Jeep Wrangler
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That's because the purchase price is also less... you aren't paying for an automatic transmission.
And the part about fuel economy is also false. Manual>Auto
6sp manual Jeep Wrangler
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The third pedal is also bad for re-sale value, on average selling for $2,000 less than cars with automatic transmissions.
That's because the purchase price is also less... you aren't paying for an automatic transmission.
And the part about fuel economy is also false. Manual>Auto
This post was edited on 10/13/16 at 6:39 am
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:34 am to Pepe Lepew
Yep. I was forced to learn to drive using a standard, so was my wife. My son can enough to get by.
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:36 am to The Egg
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only 18 percent of U.S. drivers know how to operate a stick shift.
I suspect that correlates with the percentage of a certain age group in the population.
In 20 yrs no one will know how to drive
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:36 am to The Egg
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Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:39 am to The Egg
Stick shifts make it hard to drink your beer and drive.
Wife & I can drive manual but we never had one around to teach the kids. Oh well. They'll be fine.
Stick shifts also SUCK in Baton Rouge traffic.
Wife & I can drive manual but we never had one around to teach the kids. Oh well. They'll be fine.
Stick shifts also SUCK in Baton Rouge traffic.
This post was edited on 10/13/16 at 6:40 am
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:39 am to Mulat
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In 20 yrs no one will know how to drive
in 10 years no one will need to
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:41 am to The Egg
This is why Europe is laughing at us.
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:42 am to The Egg
I can drive one good enough to get by.
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:42 am to The Egg
Have never driven one, but know how.
Edit: driven as in had a stick as my car, have driven one on a few occasions
Edit: driven as in had a stick as my car, have driven one on a few occasions
This post was edited on 10/13/16 at 6:44 am
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:44 am to The Egg
How many know how to work an 8-track player?
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:49 am to The Egg
I don't understand the machismo behind manual transmissions. The best cars in the world don't use old-school manual transmissions anymore. I admit there is a fun factor with manual transmissions when you can heel-toe the pedals in to a corner and throw the stick in to the lower gear before roaring back out of the turn and going back up through the gears, but let's not pretend it's a necessity in the modern world. If I'm going for speed, then I'm going with something I don't have to take my hands off the wheel or use a clutch.
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:50 am to The Egg
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The third pedal is also bad for re-sale value, on average selling for $2,000 less than cars with automatic transmissions.
Isn't the MSRP almost 2k less as well for a manual?
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:51 am to The Egg
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Only 18% of Americans know how to drive stick shift
Somehow, 120% of the OT knows how.
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:54 am to Miller Lite Fan
I'd never own an automatic if I had it my way.
I've put 90k miles on my car and still love driving it, even in heavy traffic. Everyone who said I'd regret it in a month was wrong.
I've put 90k miles on my car and still love driving it, even in heavy traffic. Everyone who said I'd regret it in a month was wrong.
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