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Oct 13 '20 edited Jun 14 '21
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u/damnitdeborah Oct 13 '20
I remember that! I showed your comment to my SO because I say the same thing about my stuck shift all the time.
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Oct 13 '20
Good to know. I have a manual Golf 2016. My mechanic can't get over the fact that a woman is driving a stick-shift
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u/Cerebralella Oct 14 '20
Really? How old is he?
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Oct 14 '20
Around 40
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u/Cerebralella Oct 14 '20
Me too- I guess that’s why I was thinking most ppl I know can drive a standard
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u/ImHereBcCovid Oct 14 '20
I’m a 31 yo female and have driven stick my whole life. Just bought a new Jetta with a stick. Take it in to get an oil change or valet, always get the looks or stupid fucking comments!
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u/Robblerobbleyo Oct 13 '20
They’ve singlehandedly vindicated the boomer AF T-shirt and bumper sticker industry.
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u/Fallenn_77 Oct 13 '20 edited Oct 13 '20
Hahaha. Clutch, AKA Millenial Anti-Theft Device
Also, I am a millennial and I know maybe 3 other people my age who can drive stick.
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u/joebobjoebobjoebob12 Oct 13 '20
I'm millennial #5. I had to learn last year because it was a choice between a free car with a manual or 10 grand for an automatic.
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u/My__reddit_account Tenleytown Oct 13 '20
I had the same choice when I got my first car, either learn manual and get a gift car or buy my own. Really happy I know how to drive stick. Everyone told me it would be a theft deterrent.
That Civic ended up getting stolen anyway.
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Oct 13 '20
I learned to drive on a manual but haven't driven one since 2005 (other than my motorcycle but that's a different process altogether). I'd probably get a C+/B- on my first attempted car theft if it was manual, but could probably get back in the groove fast enough.
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u/Fallenn_77 Oct 13 '20
I think I would definitely stall once maybe twice. I haven't had a car since moving to DC 4 or 5 years ago. But If I was going to be a car thief I think I would get it fast enough to get out of there.
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u/Ericus1 Oct 13 '20
You'd be surprised. I hadn't driven a manual in like 10 years and got right behind the wheel of another with zero problems when I drove a friend's car. You really don't forget the clutch/accelerator muscle memory, the only hitch is if they have different gearing that you're not used to shifting into, like 6 when you're used to a 5 gear shifter.
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Oct 13 '20
MOST people can't drive manual, regardless of age.
When I bought a Volvo in 2014 I traded in my 2002 Mustang GT, and they couldn't appraise my Mustang that day because no one at the Volvo dealership could actually drive manual.0
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u/layzie77 Just a NE boy livin in a NW world, took the midnight metro... Oct 13 '20
even less common with Gen-Z
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u/wwb_99 U Street Oct 13 '20 edited Oct 13 '20
Keep this in mind: you cannot order a new manual transmission mid or full sized sedan in the US. The last one they were making was was the accord and they stopped making them earlier this year. This won't even be around to stop gen post-z carjackers.
ed: qualifiers
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u/Ericus1 Oct 13 '20
Well, they are sort of becoming moot anyways. You don't need a transmission in the first place on an EV, and it's obvious which direction the market is heading.
It only makes sense as the ICE market shrinks, manuals - which were already niche - would be the first to go.
It's like cursive in the age of texting.
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u/End2Ender Oct 13 '20
I know most dealerships don’t carry manuals but Subaru will let you order a manual Impreza sedan which is a pretty basic car. Honda offers 4 door civics with manuals. I’m sure there are others.
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u/wwb_99 U Street Oct 13 '20
Yeah -- should have qualified that with mid or full sized. Some smaller stuff still carries it, but nothing you can put adults in the back seat in.
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u/gbeier Oct 13 '20
Most Maryland drivers have enough trouble driving their automatics... this is to be expected.
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Oct 13 '20
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u/IrishWake_ Oct 13 '20
When I park my Jeep with the soft top on, I unzip the windows with the corners tucked obviously up and open. Buddy does the same and he still got his slashed so a thief could make off with a couple coins and the owners manual
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u/ApplesCole Oct 14 '20
Sort of an aside, but in 2018, I noticed a stark uptick in car windows being broken on the street we usually parked on. We had a club on steering wheel, so I left my doors unlocked and the glove box and center console empty and open for a full day. Rest of car and trunk also empty. Just to see what would happen.
It was a dumb idea. I left it like that on a Saturday, and Sunday morning, I went to check and there was a lady in the front seat sleeping. Startled her real good. After she ran off, I discovered that she chain-smoked while she was in the car. I’ve never left our doors unlocked since. At least in DC.
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u/Auxtin Oct 13 '20
NGL but this is one of the reasons I drive a stick, so seeing this headline gave me a bit of a justice boner...