I LOVE MANUAL TRANSMISSION

I’ll only drive automatic. No desire to work harder at driving in the city.

For me the only reason to drive manual was becase automats used to be less effective. With current generation, the computer with its 12 gears is much more ecological then my macho hand lovingly stroking my cars stick can ever be..

Handbrake start is for noobs. Learn to use your clutch.

I got pulled over a couple of months ago and the cop told me to put it in park. I wiggled the stick back and forth to show it was in neutral and they thought I was fucking with them and kept saying to put it in park. Idiots

I do, too, and drove one for many years. I'll be the one to splash cold water on the conversation, though.

Driving a stick arguably requires the use of both hands and legs, which is great and partly the reason why so many enjoy it - that sense of engagement. It's far less boring.

But here's the deal. Injure any one of those appendages and driving a manual becomes a whole lot less fun. In some cases, you can get by, but it's less than ideal. Having your arm closest to the shift in a sling, for example, makes your vehicle undrivable.

It won't matter to most people... right up until the moment it does.

All of these people responding that they prefer auto so they can eat or otherwise not pay attention in the car are the best (only?) argument for why everyone should drive manual.

Whatever your transmission preference is, if you're not engaged in driving you shouldn't be on the road!

I just got a car with no transmission instead

Every car I've owned has been manual and I hate my latest decision since 99% of my driving is stop and go. Honestly I'd prefer no cars at all.

I rented an electric car over the summer and the acceleration damn near pushed my eyeballs back in my head. No gear shifting at all, just continuous acceleration. An electric grocery getter will blow the doors off nearly everything you can throw at it from the previous 50 years. Will not be looking back fondly on my manual transmissions.

I went from a inline 6 BMW diesel manual engine I drive for 10 years to my current Mazda 6 2.5L with automatic. Its easier and more luxurious to drive the automatic, but when I going for drive enjoyment I still have the habit of grabbing the shift lever when downshift is needed, and I often miss the feel and control of the manual when I edging it on curvy roads, even when my automatic has shift paddles, its just not the same.

But in a traffic jam in a city, for sure I will any day take an automatic over manual...

Spent all my life driving manual cars and I am completely comfortable and at ease with their pending demise due to hybrids and full BEVs. I wouldn't be surprised if some EVs get phony gears and broom broom noises for people who can't cope with just having to set a direction and push a pedal to make things happen.

Nah, dude/dudette, I'm done churning butter. If you have to change gear every two seconds because the bellend infront of you couldn't navigate a straight road it just gets annoying.

Also handbrake start at a hill is for amateurs who don't know their transmission (⌐■_■) yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

It is very difficult to find manual transmission in a passenger car in the US now. I would like one but good luck finding what you want used. Even new, very few models have a manual option. And I think it costs more for a manual transmission now. It used to be cheaper.

Car won't start? Push it down a hill, avoid running over my foot, and climb in before it pulls away from you.

This is how I got to nursery school on at least one occasion I can remember.

I love manual transmission, and miss it badly. It was awesome getting out of both mud and snow. Plus, I felt like I was actually driving the car, not guiding it.

The the car I drive for work has a volume knob and I hate it with a passion.

What is this transmission you speak of? I drive an electric vehicle

It's funny manual is the standard here so there's no ego boost to driving one, people always tell me it's because we have more corners which has never made any sense (I e. You need to go into second or third at roundabout which I think older autos would have a little lag with or something, certainly not a problem in cars from this century)

I would love an automatic, i think it would make my driving safer in several ways, for a start not having to focus on gears at key moments like navigating road changes and corners or pulling away in a busy carpark. When I drove in the US it was so nice not having to constantly be doing stuff in traffic that I wasn't anywhere near as tired which again is a big safety issue

My car is a stick shift. I love it.

But our pickup and my wife's car are both automatic. Those are fine, too. Stop and go traffic - I'm gonna want an automatic. The pickup is for towing our trailer, and while I understand theoretically a stick would be better for that purpose, I'm glad to have the automatic and not have to worry about it. Plus then my wife can occasionally drive it as well.

I've driven fast automatics, and I've driven slow stick shifts. It's never just ONE thing about a car.

Manual transmission is half arsed. If you really want manual, ride a bike.

We let computers make our lives better in hundreds of other ways, but somehow when it's a fully developed one, in a car, that's bad?

The last time a rolling start would've helped me was in like 2002 in my 1989 junker so yeah color me unconvinced. People like to claim that automatics waste gas but the way you see people drive sticks leads me to believe the reverse is usually true.

I'll take life with computers, you can revert to 1955 driving if you like.

I learned to drive in an automatic.. in the 1980s. Pretty common here in Australia. Yes can drive a manual as well but prefer auto as I have arthritis. Many disabled people prefer auto.

Handbrake start lololol. Rank amateur. Side step off brake to gas .

I used to enjoy manual but now I just kind of hate driving in general so I am happier with auto where I can eat chips or something while driving to make the traffic feel less hellish. Looking forward to self driving cars so I can just take a nap while getting from A to B.

Hypermiling in a manual is fun.

Automatic transmissions existed before computers were controlling them. The 3 speed auto in my 68 Ford is entirely hydraulicly operated. No computer control. I can roll-start it no problem in second gear.

Come at me bro - I TEACH people to ONLY drive automatic cars. Muahaha! I get paid more to do it than manual instructors AND I don't have to worry about learners constantly making bad gear changes, bunny hopping and stalling my car all the time!

WTF is that 3rd picture of a shifter? I've never seen anything like that.

Bought my first automatic this year (VW ID4). Will never drive a manual ever again. So much easier to drive automatic.

driving manual makes u look hot that's all <3

It's even worse now. My mom's new car just has buttons on the dash next to the radio for park reverse neutral drive and sport mode.

I had to bump start my first car for a period of time. It was a challenge to always find a hill to park on. Another cool trick was shifting gears without using the clutch by rev matching.

This is a good meme.

They just really don't sell many manual transmission cars in Canada so I've had scant experience with them. I did drive one a little bit for work but I wasn't used to it and would stall out on hills.

They do seem like they would be fun to drive. Sometimes my automatic will just rev on pointlessly high gears and I'm like, downshift you bastard

synchromesh clutches are for newbs, real men double de-clutch.

I have my driving exam in 4 hours in a manual :​)

Real transmissions have 18 speeds.

I do miss driving a manual, however EV one-pedal driving has its own gamifying aspects.

I love this meme template, idk why I can't get enough of these

I prefer a doctor-guided transmission. I'm not smart enough to balance these meds and read my bloodwork.

Wow. #1 'get off my lawn' post of the day. There is nothing wrong with auto... It's the drivers.

I'm enjoying all the comments where people are seething about manual transmissions amd they don't need to drive one, because they forgot its a meme.

I drove my Samurai today. I don't think any of them even had automatics.

I just want to get to work.

Driving stick is fine, but I still prefer automatic. It's just more convenient.

What about lifetime transmission fluid and no dipstick to check level/color?

I thought that was the anti millennial theft device

The perfect truth of this meme is why I can never own an electric car.

?????????

What is that retro-looking thing on the right?

(Also why are my question marks getting cut off? I typed 9 of them but only 3 show up.)

Laughs in formula one.

My kid is learning to drive and I wanted to rent/get ahold of a manual to teach that too, but nothing doing. You can't find one to rent and I'm not buying a whole car for a few weeks' training.

I can’t tell if this is serious or sarcastic…

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There aren't any BEVs with this kind of manual transmissions. They just have 1 gear and are operated like automatics. And I am definitely not going back to DDD fuels (detonating dino diarrhea).

I love this meme format so much

I'm a car enthusiast and a fan of manual transmission.

But driving in traffic is such a PITA. And in some places like San Francisco it's nearly impossible to drive manual without changing a clutch every semester, probably.

While I find manual much more engaging and own one, automatic has its undeniable advantages.

I ride a bike, idk how those weird car gears work. I guess I'll learn it soon. Manual bike riding is joy Hopefully it's same on cars.

lol, another manualoid pretending to be better drivers than a true auto champ

If I could afford a new manual car, I’d love to, or convert my current car into a manual. The only issue I have with that option is money.

Well, jokes on you because Range Rover do not refer to the middle picture as a "gear stick". Probably because there is nothing stick like about it.

And what's with this keyless ignition bullshit? How am I supposed to leave my car running with the doors locked when the damn FOB needs to be inside the car?

I've been driving 25 years now. I've owned an automatic once. And it was a 1988 jeep commanche that I bought for very cheap in 2017 and drove it for about two years.

I've driven plenty of automatics. Family members, wife, work, rentals, they all have auto. And it's just so fucking boring.

All it took for me was a single drive home during Thanksgiving traffic; a trip that normally takes 10min took an hour, I swore off manual transmissions that day.

Automatic is objectively better. But I still meme about manual being better lol

Ayyy I had to roll start my motorcycle yesterday.

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I agree but.. As a shift week commuter I must say I much prefer the automatic in terms of both convenience and comfort. I drive long stretches at a time and having to constantly switch gears manually quickly turns into an annoyance. Also eating food or doing something else with your right hand is so much easier when you have an auto.

But if I once were to buy a leisure car it would be manual without a doubt.

This is the way!

nah car's are getting way to much for at home usage for me

Just get with the times, dumbass

@darcy

If only i could block this sort of opiniated meme.

Do automatic cars even exist outside the US? I've never seen one in middle or eastern europe

Why use a button or key to start your car? Spin the lever like real drivers used to! Why have ABS? Brake without it, like real drivers do! Why wear a seat belt? Drive without one, like real drivers used to do back in the days. Why buy luxury cars with all those safety features and use them, instead of disabling them like real drivers used to? Be a driver, make it as hard as possible to drive a car, but at least you'll drive. Or use an automatic, it's way better.

automatic vs manual transmission is an odd debate to have. Why argue only about the transmission? Why not have cars with manual ignition? If you dislike machines making your life easier, stop driving all together.

If I was a driver I'd drive an automatic just to spite manual elitists. Cars are cancer anyway.