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camarillobrillo  ·  3472 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Who drives a stick shift?

My second car was a stick. A Volkswagen GTI. Sweet car.

I've got an automatic Honda CRV (love that thing) but I drive her manual Mini Cooper when she get's bored with it.

Manual's can be fun to drive in the mountains but torture in heavy traffic. I think it's definitely more a European thing than here in the States. I believe everyone oughta know their way around a stick in case of emergencies. Lots of people brag about it but it's not rocket science and learning, while frusturating, is so fun once you get a feel for it.