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Altitude · 02-12-2013, 04:06 AM

These days people want a hand free so they can use their smart phones while driving...

DevilGirl · 02-12-2013, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Altitude

These days people want a hand free so they can use their smart phones while driving...

More so it's that people don't know how to drive stick. I can count on 1 hand the number of people I know who actually know how to. And that includes myself and my husband, who both drive MT cars.

nookandcrannycar · 02-12-2013, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by DevilGirl

More so it's that people don't know how to drive stick. I can count on 1 hand the number of people I know who actually know how to. And that includes myself and my husband, who both drive MT cars.

I grew up in a very affluent, academic town, nestled in a hilly area. Only wusses (a term I rarely use) didn't learn to drive a manual as soon as the opportunity presented itself.

Altitude · 02-12-2013, 03:08 PM

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More so it's that people don't know how to drive stick. I can count on 1 hand the number of people I know who actually know how to. And that includes myself and my husband, who both drive MT cars.

Yes. Fewer and fewer people are developing the skills. The worst part is that even fewer seem interested in learning how.

nookandcrannycar · 02-12-2013, 06:38 PM

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The worst part is that even fewer seem interested in learning how.

^^^^^ This.

matti · 02-12-2013, 08:59 PM

I don't want to sound critical, but why would you care if someone didn't know how to drive a stick shift? (assuming it wasn't a family member, etc. that had to drive your stick shift, too).

nookandcrannycar · 02-12-2013, 09:52 PM

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I don't want to sound critical, but why would you care if someone didn't know how to drive a stick shift? (assuming it wasn't a family member, etc. that had to drive your stick shift, too).

For two reasons (off the top of my head):

1. Fewer people knowing how to drive them = more likely that fewer will be made = greater chance of extinction = fewer, if any, for me to choose from when I want to buy a new car.

2. I think manual transmission drivers are more aware of their own cars and what is going on, in general, around them. I want as many drivers like this as possible on the road and as a percentage of total drivers on the roadway.

Altitude · 02-13-2013, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

For two reasons (off the top of my head):

2. I think manual transmission drivers are more aware of their own cars and what is going on, in general, around them. I want as many drivers like this as possible on the road and as a percentage of total drivers on the roadway.

Nailed it.

matti · 02-13-2013, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

For two reasons (off the top of my head):

1. Fewer people knowing how to drive them = more likely that fewer will be made = greater chance of extinction = fewer, if any, for me to choose from when I want to buy a new car.

2. I think manual transmission drivers are more aware of their own cars and what is going on, in general, around them. I want as many drivers like this as possible on the road and as a percentage of total drivers on the roadway.

Good points, especially #2. Thanks for sharing.

why? · 02-12-2013, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by matti

I don't want to sound critical, but why would you care if someone didn't know how to drive a stick shift? (assuming it wasn't a family member, etc. that had to drive your stick shift, too).

not being able to drive a manual is like buying a computer and refusing to learn how to use photoshop.

nookandcrannycar · 02-12-2013, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by why?

not being able to drive a manual is like buying a computer and refusing to learn how to use photoshop.

nookandcrannycar · 02-12-2013, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Altitude

These days people want a hand free so they can use their smart phones while driving...

You are probably right, but this leaves me SMH, SMH, SMH and

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