# Can you drive a manual transmission car? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 2, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-drive-a-manual-transmission-car/220912 "2012-03-02T13:27:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-drive-a-manual-transmission-car/220912/1 "2012-03-02T13:27:24Z")
should be interesting ---
**Author:** ![jeffthespasm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeffthespasm/32/3153_2.png) [@jeffthespasm](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jeffthespasm)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-drive-a-manual-transmission-car/220912/2 "2012-03-02T13:33:47Z")
I would assume at least 99% of NYSpeed can drive stick, seeing as it’s an enthusiast site. That said, only about 10% of the people I actually interact with outside of this forum can, which is kind of unsettling. ---
**Author:** ![deebo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deebo/32/5218_2.png) [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-drive-a-manual-transmission-car/220912/3 "2012-03-02T13:58:49Z")
is this a trick question or something… ---
**Author:** ![ieatpaint](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ieatpaint/32/7311_2.png) [@ieatpaint](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ieatpaint)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-drive-a-manual-transmission-car/220912/4 "2012-03-02T14:02:10Z")
My g/f can’t drive a manual car but can ride her ninja with no issues. ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-drive-a-manual-transmission-car/220912/5 "2012-03-02T14:17:03Z")
Absolutely I can. Heel-toe’ing since the day I could drive. That being said, only my close friends can drive a standard transmission, everyone else sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-drive-a-manual-transmission-car/220912/6 "2012-03-02T14:48:35Z")
Public poll may skew honesty lol ---
**Author:** ![piratemosh666](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/piratemosh666/32/6116_2.png) [@piratemosh666](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/piratemosh666)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-drive-a-manual-transmission-car/220912/7 "2012-03-02T15:03:33Z")
![http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j431/piratemosh666/Forum%20gifs%20and%20pics/save-the-manuals-600x600px-jpeg-439x439.jpg](http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j431/piratemosh666/Forum%20gifs%20and%20pics/save-the-manuals-600x600px-jpeg-439x439.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Neon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@Neon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Neon)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-drive-a-manual-transmission-car/220912/8 "2012-03-02T15:04:17Z")
no ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-drive-a-manual-transmission-car/220912/9 "2012-03-02T15:45:05Z")
Voted no, because I can’t threshold brake with my left foot as good as I want too. ---
**Author:** ![07shelby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/85f322/32.png) [@07shelby](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/07shelby)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-drive-a-manual-transmission-car/220912/10 "2012-03-02T16:16:34Z")
I wasn’t allowed to get my license until I knew how to drive a manual car. That was one rule my father would not budge on for me and my 10 brothers and sisters. 2 of my 3 kids drive manual, my youngest (19) absolutely refuses to drive a manual, she thinks it’s stupid. My son taught her how but she hates it. ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-drive-a-manual-transmission-car/220912/11 "2012-03-02T19:23:31Z")
not sure why this is a poll but yes ---
**Author:** ![95dime](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/95dime/32/7514_2.png) [@95dime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95dime)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-drive-a-manual-transmission-car/220912/12 "2012-03-02T19:25:54Z")
i learned how to drive and took my road test in a pickup with a manual transmission. i feel really awkward when i drive automatics. ---
**Author:** ![Hortanica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Hortanica](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hortanica)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-drive-a-manual-transmission-car/220912/13 "2012-03-02T21:02:32Z")
my first car i bought 5 years ago, was a manual. Drove it off the deal lot with never driving one before (its amazing what you can learn on the internet)…ive since converted my older sister, younger brother, brother in law, and a few other people to love the manual… ---
**Author:** ![Quattro\_Krant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ac91a4/32.png) [@Quattro\_Krant](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quattro_Krant)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 5:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-drive-a-manual-transmission-car/220912/14 "2012-03-03T05:27:59Z")
The absolute WORST is when you ask someone “Can you drive standard” because they are taking a car for a test drive, they say “Yes”, and then they SUCK at it. Slipping the clutch, leaving it in gear WAY to long, etc etc. Yes, I can drive standard. My first vehicle was a VW Bus. Think stick in a bucket of warm butter with the precision of a drunken elephant in terms of pattern and tolerances. ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-drive-a-manual-transmission-car/220912/15 "2012-03-03T05:28:29Z")
> [@Hortanica](#): > > my first car i bought 5 years ago, was a manual. Drove it off the deal lot with never driving one before (its amazing what you can learn on the internet)…ive since converted my older sister, younger brother, brother in law, and a few other people to love the manual… This is how I bought my second car. I went to the lot, told the dealer I had never driven one (I was 18) and he handed me the keys and said you will learn quick. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-drive-a-manual-transmission-car/220912/16 "2012-03-03T06:18:03Z")
first car I ever drive was manual ---
**Author:** ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-drive-a-manual-transmission-car/220912/17 "2012-03-03T07:12:44Z")
Bought myself a manual car for my first car without having much more than an hour’s experience in a parking lot ripping apart the gears of a poor old Saab 9000. I had pretty much forgotten everything I had learned by the time I bought my first car so it was pretty much like learning all over again, but it was probably one of the best decisions I could have ever made. Of course my family hated it simply for the fact that they could never move my car since none of them can drive standard. ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-drive-a-manual-transmission-car/220912/18 "2012-03-03T07:17:37Z")
I learned to drive on 3 on the tree, then a four speed side mount. Then had a few automatics, then a bunch of five and six speeds. ---
**Author:** ![Carbonfiberhooded](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carbonfiberhooded/32/7608_2.png) [@Carbonfiberhooded](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carbonfiberhooded)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-drive-a-manual-transmission-car/220912/19 "2012-03-03T07:54:19Z")
First car was a 4 speed chevette. Just recently switched to auto for the first time in years because they don’t make the truck I bought in manual. Taught my wife how to drive stick in my dsm with an act 2600. She doesn’t like driving stick. I don’t understand why? ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-drive-a-manual-transmission-car/220912/20 "2012-03-03T08:17:20Z")
Learned at 12 on my dad’s accord in the MOOG parking lot. first 2 cars were manual. current car is also manual. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-drive-a-manual-transmission-car/220912.md?page=2)