Can you drive a stick?

[XNASA]

Poll question: Can you drive a stick?

[terrya]

1. That could have several kinds of meanings.

But if you're asking if we could drive an manual transmission, for me, sadly no. I'm an automatic guy only.

[XNASA]

6. You mean you can't come through in the clutch?

:(

[terrya]

No!

:-(

[mikeytherat]

2. Manual transmissions are the only type I have ever driven.

mikey_the_rat

[XNASA]

8. My mechanic's name is.....

Manuel Tranmission.

[mark414]

3. i wouldn't drive anything but

you could say i'm a fan of actually driving my car, and not the other way around

[jobycom]

7. But an automatic leaves your hands free to fiddle with the radio.

Isn't that driving?

[mark414]

10. usually i'm too busy doing crosswords

to worry about the radio - good thing i have a headset for my cell phone though

:rofl:

[XNASA]

11. Me neither.

I still drive a stick. I also enjoy driving. Which is probably why I prefer a manual x-mission.

[Zavulon]

4. Everyone should learn in case of emergency.

However, knowing that I know how to drive one is enough for me. I hate them.

[jobycom]

5. Yes, even when it has a little horsey head on the end.

[reyd reid reed]

9. Sure...

I learned on an automatic and then, literally days before I could test for my license, my father went and traded in the automatic.

For a standard transmission.

I had to learn to drive all over again. 30 years later, I'm glad but, at the time...

:cry:

[Lars39]

12. I once made the mistake of advertizing a car and neglected

to state that it was a stick shift. Won't *ever* do that again. :D
I think it's one of those life skills that everyone needs to know.

[MissMillie]

13. Just this year purchased my first automatic

It's been nearly 6 months and I'm still trying to put the thing in 1st gear (and I end up putting it into "Park")

:shrug:

[mark414]

16. i don't have my own car right now

but if i borrow a friend's car that has an auto transmission i always keep putting my foot to the floor trying to push the clutch in - and then spend a fraction of a second panicking that my clutch somehow disappeared :D

[AllegroRondo]

14. Who's stick?

:spank:

[cwydro]

15. I much prefer manual transmission

but harder to find'em now.

[trof]

17. Remember weird shift knobs?

Like draught beer faucet handles, 8 balls, etc?

[dysfunctional press]

18. i can, my wife can't, and i don't intend to teach her.

we have one car, and it's an automatic.

but it's reeeeeeaaaall fast- a 2001 new beetle with a 2-liter turbo...the same engine as the audi tt. i can only imagine how wickedly it might perform with a stick.

[NewWaveChick1981]

19. If you mean a manual transmission, yes.

:D I prefer a manual transmission in a car. I learned on an automatic, but when I bought my first car in 1987, all I could afford was a manual transmission. However, I learned to drive one and loved it from that point on. I've had 5-speeds ever since.

[jobycom]

21. Damn.

I knew you were too cool for words. :hi:

[NewWaveChick1981]

25. Duuude....

:hi: :loveya: Thank you! :)

[tinfoilinfor2005]

20. Looking for the word "Badly"...n/t

[One_Life_To_Give]

22. With or without Synchros, Yes

38 Dimond T
4 on the floor
6cyl, ~60Hp

Double Clutch or don't bother

[Zywiec]

23. Lived in Europe where that's actually "standard"

Sorry for the pun. You could have a poll in Germany asking "Can you drive an automatic?"

[guitar man]

24. you bet

I can drive any automotive stick shifts plus I've driven 9, 10, 13 and 15 speed trucks too. They're a bit trickier to shift since they are not synchronized transmissions.

[Left Is Write]

26. I prefer to drive a car.

[jakefrep]

27. I have not driven a car with a manual tranny,

though I could probably do it, given an opportunity. But given that a lot of automatics now have an option of shifting through the gears manually, what's the point of a stick shift? It seems like an awful lot of unnecessary work.

[gravity]

36. Those aren't real manuals

There needs to be a clutch for the transmission to be a manual.

[XNASA]

41. I've been in a car with a man who was a tranny.

Once.

[Debi]

43. He was only a tranny once???

:shrug:

[XNASA]

44. I guess once a tranny, always a tranny.

It's automatic.

[Debi]

46. !!

x(

[Lady Effingbroke]

28. And float the gears.

[ashling]

29. I can drive a broom

Nimbus 2000
:)

[buddhamama]

30. yes, i can and well, too.

[El Fuego]

31. Every car I've ever owned has been stick.

[Shell Beau]

32. Boy can I.

;)

[Callalily]

33. Yup!

Every day!

[kath]

34. But how can I talk on my cell phone if I'm driving a stick?? [WHINE]

[Nicole]

35. Yes

I learned to drive with a stick.

[Kerrytravelers]

37. I learned to drive on a stick... in the rain... and the fog...

... and everyone survived! :bounce:

[Dervill Crow]

38. Sort of.

I learned to drive a 4-speed years ago, but I'm a bit baffled by a 5-speed. I like my automatic as it is easier to drink a latte and talk on the phone in heavy traffic.

:hide:

Just kidding!

[LSK]

39. no - who wants to loan their car to me to learn???

:popcorn:

[Fenris]

40. I can; but I haven't since I sent my Acura to Car Heaven.

:cry:

[XNASA]

49. I had to fix my '93 last night.

I garaged it over the winter since Mrs. XNASA has been unable to drive and have been using her car (she has heated leather).

It started right up Sunday afternoon, but died when I went to take it for a spin. Ended up changing the coil, distributor cap and rotor ast night....

But she's purrin' like a kitten now.

[Debi]

42. I learned to drive on a manual transmission

and prefer that to automatic. I feel more in control w/a stick. Which is why my husband makes me drive an automatic :cry:
















:shrug: What?? no sympathy??

[av8rdave]

45. All drivers should know how to drive a stick, imo

[wildhorses]

47. first car i owned was '65 ford mustang--3 speed

so--yeah, i learned to drive a stick

[KamaAina]

48. Depends. Is it a broomstick?

:evilgrin:

[CatholicEdHead]

50. In theory I can

I know the basics but I have an automatic for day to day use.