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Here it a defect petrol indicater - nobody steals a car with an empty tank 😆

Consider most younger Americans never learned to drive manuals, then yes, manual transmission is the best anti-theft device in the USA.

Hilarious! : )

@@ane-louisestampe7939 Russia? 😀

Same here in Australia 👍

Same in Finland.

Same in Belgium

Same thing in Germany.

Same as UK

Yes because brits may be stupid and have ugly teeth, but their brains are still intact and know that manuals are just safer and better option I personally would only buy automatic in extremely hilly area or a supercar.

same in France

Automatics are useful for people who cannot drive manuals due to disabilities

yeah but surely the auto license is on a rise in sweden i think most have started to get auto licenses.

Here in Germany since 2021 you are allowed to learn on automatic and drive manual afterwards. A big mess, if you have never learned to properly operate a clutch

Me, as a long term Mercedes driver: Well, that is one less than I had for many years (the "handbrake" was a pedal a well, with a lever release).

@@MrOpacor I was going to comment the same....My first time experiencing 4 pedals,loooong time ago,was on a Vito,it took me a moment to realise how to release the,,hand brake,wich was on foot,haha

Me, as a bulgarian knowing what the slang for 'gay man' is in my language: "well yeah, it checks out that a frenchman would have three of them in his car." Joking aside, it's kind of sad how electric cars are kinda doing away with the experience of manual transmission little by little.

The Mercedes Vito we have at our company does as well.@@MrOpacor

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From the Philippines here, ive done that in addition to texting sms.

Nah, quite easy actually...

very easy. try driving with your knees while roiling a joint on the motorway.

Drive your manual, when right leg is broken (bone x multiple pieces) 1. Took some 400mg OxyContin 2. Search stick's 3.Drive to hospital and doctor tells "It cannot be broken because you could manage to here" 4. Go home and next day with ambulance different hospital and they instal long pipe, screw's inside femur and everything is good. 5. Go back to drive

@@weirdlotofrepairsralph2055 Yes, when you add smoking and talking on the phone to that, you start to get into on point. The best still put on makeup at the same time.

Mk2 Golf GTI. 😍

My son got his license a year ago. Automatic cars only, he is not allowed to drive a manual

viva España

Factories would build just one type of gear. Most countries use Automatic, so factories would also europeans use it. It will be hard to realize😂

I notice that too. To Americans, it makes the driver look super skilled that they are driving a "stick".

It's just fiction after all 😏

And in the wrong way most of the time. Like when you see 'm shifting up when they suddenly have to go faster, sorry bro, you have to shift down a gear irl.

@@Jayskiallthewayskihahaha… that’s not correct on a regular manual transmission. You go up, then down, then up… etc. The same backwards. Down, then up, them down… etc. ( in some cars first is up, on others down)

@@juanmartinreborati7928 it is correct, if you want to accelerate fast you go down. If you are speeding along, you are already up. Same if you hire a car. You always drive in a gear lower than you normally would. Thrash the ass off of it 🤣🤣🤣

Ha, same in the uk.

​@@r0guepix3l50 Not really? 80% of new cars sold in UK for last 5 years have been auto

@@rjj00, the car companies don’t want to give us the choice, I admit that automatics have got much better, but automatic cars with small engines are still quite terrible to drive. This changes when the car has some power.

Same in latam. :V

@@rjj00 yea and 80% of people don't buy new cars.

The exception being snowy/icy roads in hills or mountains. Not being able to control the clutch is dangerous. Most modern cars have traction control that "handles" the issue of tires breaking loose, but you're trusting more technology. I'll still drive a manual as long as I live in mountains.

well you look ahead and accelerate or decelerate early in an Auto. But then again we are talking about the land of MAGA.

Exactly. On mountain roads, automatic is always on the wrong gears. Even on flat surface, I test-drived both a Volkswagen Jetta manual vs automatic cars. Manual drives super smooth without ever requiring to push the engine. On automatic, if I want to pass someone, it starts too slow on the wrong gears, wakes up in shock, and then races to try to recover the lost time. Sorry I can't drive automatic.

Does this matter in practice? Yes, the driver can see the upcoming hill, but the automatic can react instantly to an increase in grade.

@@joso7228What has MAGA got to do with it? One could as easily say that liberals like automatics because there’s no government department to send an official to change their gears in a manual. Or because manuals are racist. Or sexist. Or both. Maybe MAGA people tend to be more middle and working class and prefer manuals because they don’t mind a bit of extra work for a little extra reward? Or maybe politics has nothing to do with it. Jesus. Give it a rest.

my dsg has never been caught out and is never in the wrong gear

Lol my first time driving automatic was so stressful and funny at the same time. I kept reaching for the gear lever and whenever I approached a stop my brain would selfdestruct. It was telling me step on the clutch but there was none, leg started twitching coz its used to working all the time. I had to reverse and put it into first gear to pull away but I stepped so hard on the brake pedal for overcompensating for my left leg that my head snapped back😂😂

My last car simply had to be an automatic car. The car had to be changed, that the gas-pedal would be put on the left side. With there being another pedal, it would be impossible.

my first thought was: it's stupid

Yeah I always get the feeling that I'm not actually paying attention to how I'm driving when I drive an automatic. Manual just keeps me more at ease and in control.

My first thought: My new car will be automatic. Why do something extra when it can be automated.

Oh, yes, you're right, as some cheap cars like Trabant and whatever each country had, were modified for handicap persons with acceleration/clutch/brake on/around the steering wheel for the manual transmissions. But the more special conversions were automated manuals or just used straight original automatic cars. Good point for the lady 😂😂 , I bet you all had some laughs 😂

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In my early trips to the USA from the UK, when I first drove someone's manual car, I was surprised to see the pedal arrangement is the same; Left ft clutch, Right ft Gas & Brake. I expected it to be reversed. That made it simple to drive. I think every rental car I've had there over the years has been automatic, though I have vague recall of a Gremlin or a Pacer being manual (mid 70's)

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LOL no, she got it right!

Same with me...takes me about three days until I'm trained to fully use the other hand. Now, only driving relatively short distances (like Brentwood to Dunton and back) every day is not much of training. Back in Germany, it would again take me three days I'm trained to fully use the right hand again (driving similarly short distances). One week in UK, the other week in Germany, repeat. Oh well. Also: onramps and motorways in the UK. I remember my first onramp during driving scholl in Germany - and how the driving instructor yelled: *"FLOOR IT!* One just doesn't go full throttle on a Motorway like it's an Autobahn.

I live half time between Spain and the UK and have manual cars in both places. I used to have to adjust to the change each time I travelled but after 8 years it’s now become completely natural. It’s like my brain just flips a switch. It’s the weirdest thing.

I know the pain! I'm an Aussie, and of course, we also drive on the left. I have no problems driving on the right, and definitely no issues driving a manual car, but on my trips to Europe, I have found gear changing with my right hand very challenging! More than once I've downshifted from 5th to 2nd! Luckily, I knew exactly what I did as soon as I started to release the clutch and quickly intervened in those instances 😂

@@robertdowell9493 I used to work between continental Europe and Ireland. First time was a bit awkward, but I got a fair bit of time on the road (always drove from Dub to Waterford). On my like 3rd time being there I wouldn't mind it at all. Given that, imagining someone without experience on manual transmissions going from left to right or the other way around AND having to deal with a different transmission sounds borderline impossible.

"change gear with the window winding lever"... yep, me too! 😄

The guy in the video was a bit confused writing 3 cylinder V4 I think. V has never stood for valves in that way, he should have written 12v to denote them. V doesn't stand for cylinders either, it just denotes the shape of the engine when the cylinders are configured opposite each other in pairs rather than in one line. A six cylinder in line engine is therefore not a V6.

@@davemull7061 Pairs in the shape of a "V" to be more accurate. If they're configured in pairs literally opposite each other it is a "boxer" engine.

Yes, in the US or Canada you pass as long as you're not involved in an accident, exceed the speed limit or don't do anything stupid.

@@cehaem2entirely false for Canada, requires a lot more than that.

True in my country you must drive at least 20 class but have option if you never drive first time sit in car you can drive 40 class one class is like in school 45min

And after that you have two test one is in classroom with police and you have answers A,B,C,D all about sings first help everything about traffic have 20 page for 45min and after that go again with your instructor and policeman drive test in city parallel parking parking in rear and only can use mirrors if you turn head you fail immediately then drive in city where is most heavy traffic and that's all! I wasn't know to drive car at all bcs we never have a car I was drive 40 and after that I was know to drive car but I was drive my 40 classes all year remember drive in snow and at heat in summer all 4 season's me and my friend 😂

US aren't use to roundabouts as well. They find it scary Lol.

With manual transition its easy to drive out from mud ditch

Oh, now I finally understand the amount of accidents whenever it freezes in the US

I currently live in a remote rural village in Bulgaria, where my road turns to muddy slime in spring time. My car is automatic, because my American wife doesn't know how to drive manual. It's extremely difficult trying to mimic behavior of manual transmission by using both gas and brake pedal simultaneously in automatic car in order to get out of the mud. Yes automatic is wonderful in paved cities, where one needs to stop at traffic lights continuously but manual gives much better control of the behavior of the car.

100% this. A manual transmission isn’t just about shifting gears. It’s a whole other method and level of control. I’ve driven an automatic car once and I absolutely hated it. It felt unreal and fake, like a toy car, or like a dodgem car at a fairground.

​@Merrsharr that's actually because of tires and lack of training.. many states never freeze so they all use summer tires and have no idea how to drive in bad weather so when those states do freeze its bad 😂

My dad had the same rule, except it was a Chevy S-10, and it was a mountain instead of a hill (West Virginia). I’m 32.

in Europe when I was getting my drives licene we cant get it unless we show that start under handbreak and ofc hold off on clutch on smaller inclines. But now people get drivers licence on Automatic. Some countries give options Automatic or manual but if u go Automatic u cant drive manual by the law but if u take manual u can drive anything so well

You had a good father. Like I did. I learned to drive a three on the tree and steer a 65 Chevy stepside pickup when I was 4 years old. I sat on my dads lap and drove it 25 miles first try. My dad operated the clutch, cause I was 4. When I could reach the pedals, I was driving manual, ever since. I can't stand crapamatics. Flappy paddles too. They all suck. Don't care if they shift quicker now. Those tenths of seconds mean nothing on public roads. I am bored out of my mind in one after I sit down in it.

@@rtwiceorb770 Yes, if you get the driver license on automatic gear you can't drive manual because on licence is a code UE 78 in my country.

Taking off an incline without letting the car slide down is actually part of the license exam here. We take our exams with cops and if they feel unsafe and apply the brakes, that's it. You failed.

I don't look down on them I feel sorry for them they're missing the true driving experience. However in slow city traffic I sometimes wish I had an auto but then I also have a motorbike so city traffic is something I simply pass by.

And they are right: Automatic is for women and sissies.

Been there, done that, now I've had fun Audis with DSGs It's a ball ache to have a manual for a daily.

Not true.

Yes, yes we do

I would have just pushed the car in and out and not tell the customer that our staff is too dull minded to even google how to put a car on gear and release the clutch in order to creep it inside.. Or simply go out and wash there by hand. But it seems that being dumb is more accepted in the usa then here in Europe where all you're friends would remind you about you're stupidity every chance they have.

@@vihreelinja4743 How the F* would they know how to put it on neutral?

@@hanuman9 a quick google search will tell them all they need to know. And assuming it was parked in neutral it would only mean dropping the handbrake.

L200 is a SOLID car, I had one for a month, it rattled my kidneys, but I liked it.

DO NOT SELL IT im a Mitsubishi mechanic and those old l200s where amazing 100 times better than the newer ones if you want a new truck take the money you want to spend and use it to restore your old one trust me mate

Did he bail out or did you lose the car?

I think the clutch pedal is your answer 😂

"Americans don't have a clue on how to drive a manual." I would correct to: "Americans don't have a CLUTCH on how to drive a manual."

Yep. That's funny, but scary. I've had road trips with drivers who can't drive manuals. It's not worth the kangaroo hops, crunched gears, and stalling. They're baggage. 🙃🇦🇺

​@@Renee_R343he was automatically sent to jail, and manual labour.😅😅🇦🇺

Toyota

It had a lot to do with options too. Manuals were sold at the bottom tier. If you wanted the good stereo, automatic doors/windows, good seats, sunroof etc you had to get the auto. Made it look like there was no demand for manual.

Brake pads wore quickly on A/T cars. Clutch lining usually on M/T..

That was their upsell truck. 😂

Well said Sir

Yup yup yup 👍

automatic gearbox is more fuel consuming and is much more expensive to repair.

​@@arisplugis5197Okay.. just say you don't know how to drive manual.

you've never driven in a large congested traffic light happy city have you

I drive unsynchronized manual, even more of meditation, no handholding, just raw straight gears....

Last car I had before switching up was a Hyundai Accent manual...loved the everliving heck outta that one...fast, agile and an easy 3 week pr tank going to and from work every day...now I get 1 week at most pr tank...and yeah...not the same joy at all. 😊

Dafür das du deutsch bist hat sich das ganz schön amerikanisch angehört 😂

Great explanation

Same in the Netherlands, we see it as a dummy car and dummy licence. driving lessons start in a manual car, if you can't manage those you get transferred to a automatic car and you get a licence with a code on it that only permits you to drive automatic cars.

Given the choice my manual license offers, given that choice I would always pick manual

It used to be the same in Germany. Until now, drivers who passed their driving test on an automatic car were not allowed to drive a car with a manual gearbox - the so-called automatic driving license contains the key number 78. With the abolition of this regulation as of April 1, 2021, learner drivers can take the category B test on a vehicle with an automatic transmission and, under certain conditions, obtain permission to drive a car with a manual transmission. Motorized two-wheelers are not covered by the new regulation.

@@muppeteer You would rather pick manuals, but you're still allowed to drive an automatic. Manuals are fun and you're in control of your vehicles, but manuals do have some disadvantage in traffic jams.

Even funner fact. If you pass your car driving test in a automatic. If you then get a buss or truck license you are only alowed to drive automatic buss or trucks regardless of If the truck or buss you do the test in have manual gear box. Because its the car license that dictate what gearbox you use. How do I know that. Well my wife have a handicap so she can't drive manual. But she also have a truck license. Lucilly. Basically all trucks are automatic.

ha ha ha, more controll with a manual, I cant imagine, so mister ,i got my drivinglicense in 87, learnd on a manual, drove maual cars to around 2000 ,and been driving auto since, and there have been zero problems with using the gearbox to gear down on an dowhill ,or in the snow for thath matter. I live in norway so ,snow and ice is normal in the winter......and i have no problem using a manua even tho i've been driving a auto for dayli the last 25 years .

You can engine brake with an auto, that's what those 3-2-1 shifter positions are for. However if you have a lead foot and a road to suit, a manual is significantly better. I've been to situations where i had to choose between overheating my tranny (because it was feeling unhappy when it got hot, refusing to shift into 4th, i think by design) or my brakes (because of the lack of engine braking), so i would alternate, and it was about +30 outside. If you're in a really hilly terrain, your trans temp rises on uphill sections, and it also rises while engine braking, and stock brakes do not cope either. With a manual you just don't have this issue.

@@superskrobb That's a rather obnoxious and pretentious way to respond.

@@zloychechen5150 Here in Europe not many cars have the 3-2-1 shifter stuff, it's usually D-N-R-P and some let you use the semi-automatic shift ( + / - ) , although for those options you have to use them from the start of the trip as you can only switch modes when fully stopped :(. Also, I didn0t know the 3-2-1 shifter positions worked for that type of stuff, first time I get the explanation!

That‘s exactly right….I probably would have died if I had driven an automatic one day on snow…pretty close deal with my Golf II

With the electic cars coming in to replace the combustion engine one the issue becomes redundant.

XD at my work there's an 85 dodge 100, we do uhaul so I have to back trailers all the time, that old truck handles em no problem, it's also a stick shift, 4 speed. My car is also a manual. a friend who had come over asked if he could use my car to go to the gas station to get a fountain drink, I tossed him my keys without thinking about it. A minute later he comes back in with a look of confusion on his face and said it wouldn't start. Thought oh crap, then realized, the clutch has to be in all the way for it to start. Asked him if he had the clutch all the way in and he asked, what's a clutch. Wound up driving him to the gas station.

Getting the image of Peter Griffin trying to reverse his speedboat down that ramp😂

Why oh why don't rally and formula1 drivers use automatic and just concentrate on the steering? Because manual is SUPERIOR. You are in control and know the engine and know what revs at what gear is best at each moment in different terrain. Automatic can't handle complicated calculations on what's best in each moment.

Most people don't need a trailer, so never learned to back one up. You aren't better than them buddy.

You know when you stand still you can just put the gear in neutral and you will be able to let go of the clutch

EV is artificial trying to make money on you as well as poor. The sanctions are working after all.

On manual. Double declutch is good to learn. Probably most would say it’s not necessary but it definitely has fun.

Suntem saraci, asta e adevarul

In Poland we have a saying: "Your instructor will teach you how to pass the exam. Your first winter will teach you how to drive." ... We don't have any real sayings about automatic cars. Though if you pass your exam in an automatic car, you're only allowed to drive automatic cars. It is a bummer, coz most of the cars here are manual.

Thats so true, im from Romania and when i was learning for the drivers exam, the instructor told me that he was teaching me how to take the exam, not how to drive xD@@McSenkel

the first time i drove an automatic i mistook the brake for the clutch and slammed on for no reason lol

@@McSenkel We have a simmilar thinking in norway. Wich is also why it is mandatory to also have ice driving experiance before you get your licence. They are frankly quite fun lessons to take if you want to, you get to drive on a track with ice and snow, and it is quite fun both to drive and spectate :D

It's like bike - the actual part of mindlessly shifting gears with basically just muscle memory doesn't seem to go away. Thought there are those moments like forgetting to press the clutch to either turn on the car (wife realized after 2nd car with manual mysteriously wasn't starting 🤣), or like me start and drive a manual just fine (hills, traffic lights and all) - and then forget the clutch when you finally park the car at the end of trip (yeah it stalled/choke). The more dangerous switch is when you're initially getting used to automatic after driving a manual your whole life. That first few harder breaks where your left feet tries to hit the nonexistent clutch pedal - resulting in both feet slamming on the bigger/wider break pedal.

Destin from Smarter Every Day: riding a bike *can* be forgotten. He even talked about it in his talk at NASA 😂.

not true but ok. every cluch is diffrent. some let go in the begining and some in the end. it takes some driving to learn that cars cluch. i have Audi a3. when i sit in other people car. their cluch is totaly different

New Zealand, 61 years here. I got my license in a manual car at 15. I'd been driving manual tractors and trucks -- with no synchro -- on the farm for years. Motorcycle license a few months later, and truck at 18. At first I always had manual cars. But since the mid 90s well over half the "new" cars sold in NZ were used imports from Japan, and almost all of those are automatic. A lot of cars sold new in NZ are still manual, but I'm guessing it's only 5% to 10% of used cars now. My current car is a 2008 Subaru Outback with 2.5 256 HP turbo engine and 5 speed auto. It has paddle shifters, lock-up in every gear at higher RPMs, and pretty nice rev-matching on the shifts. When you're driving sportily it's very much like an easier manual. Re fuel consumption: it's basically identical to the 1997 2.5 Outback I had with 5-sp manual plus hi/lo range, at around 9.1 l/100km. The auto actually uses less fuel on a trip -- best of 7.9 vs 8.6 -- as it is significantly higher geared doing 2300 RPM (peak torque, incidentally) at 110 km/h indicated vs 3000 RPM in the manual.

@@77leny That also depends on how worn the clutch is. Sometimes a worn clutch lets go earlier compared to a new one.

There was also cars from Ford and Saab with V4

The only time I have driven an automatic was when I drove a Nissan GTR around a track... which was great, and it was nice a clean drive, but you engage more with a car that requires more than just... stop and go.

Until you get someone that makes an attempt, and they grind your gears. 😅

So wholesome too, with a genuine reverence for all kinds of motoring.

I’m American very first car I learned to drive for the stick shift.. And I agree with you..

Since I started driving at age 16 nearly 50 years ago (in the USA) all the cars I have owned have been stick shift but even I think that what they supposedly say in Europe is kind of silly. For one thing 95% of the drivers on the road in both Europe and North American are barely competent enough to keep the car between the lines. In other words, they are far from in complete control of their cars. For example, if I were to hide in front of a big truck parked at the side of a road with a 50mph speed limit and then I were to quickly push a shopping cart out into the path of cars just a half second before they would cross its path, virtually all of the drivers (both American and European) would crash into it. Heck even if I gave them a full second to react - which is an eternity - most drivers would still hit it. Furthermore, the ones who did manage to react would just hit the brakes even though at that speed and that short distance the brakes would be pretty useless and so swerving would be the only way to avoid impact altogether. And let's face it, very few drivers indeed are competent enough to bring the car under control in an oversteer situation. And I could go on and on. The point is that a truly skilled driver is in control of his car in the same way that a professional gymnast is in control or his or her body. The average driver on the other hand is only in control of his car the way a child is in control of his body just a few months after first learning to walk. As for using the clutch I would tend to agree with you, although you would only be using two pedals (clutch and accelerator) to keep pace with a person walking. That being said, holding a car stationary on a steep incline using only the clutch and gas pedal is much more difficult than simply driving very slowly on level ground. And holding a car stationary on an incline without using the brakes is something I naturally mastered before I was even 17 years old. This is why I can stop on a steep incline and start moving again without rolling backwards even an inch just by using the clutch, gas, and hand brake. But since many manual cars these days come with electronic parking brakes that do this for you automatically I’m afraid that this will soon become a lost skill. Another lost skill is shifting without using the clutch at all should the need arise - such as when your clutch cable or clutch hydraulics go out. Many times in my life I had to drive a friend or coworkers car to their home or to the shop to save them the cost of a tow after the clutch cable broke because they did not know how to drive it and make smooth upshifts and downshifts without using the clutch.

​@@SLOBeachboy riding the clutch on an incline like that will roast your clutch. Sure, it's a skill, but a skill with absolutely no mechanical sympathy. Don't do it, use the handbrake, or more likely just the foot brake and master the skill of quickly catching the engagement point of the clutch as you move your right foot across to the accelerator pedal.

@@clintonlangerak7972 - LOL! It seems that you somehow managed to misinterpreted what I was saying. I did not say that you should just sit there holding your car in place without using the brakes every time you stop in a hill (not sure what even gave you that idea). I simply said that this is more difficult to do than just going very slow on level ground. I was simply making a point. However, since you brought it up - and now that I think about it - this actually IS something one should practice a bit, particularly if you live in a very hilly city like San Francisco. The thing is that when you start from a stop on a hill you are basically holding the car in place with the clutch for a split second anyway as you release the hand brake (if you are doing it correctly). And if you cannot do this well then you will always end up rolling back a bit and will then either lug the car or get the rpm too high when taking off and possibly getting some clutch burn in the process. So basically, spending some time practicing holding the car in one place on a hill with only the clutch and accelerator until you get the hang of it will actually cause less extra clutch wear in the long run compared to consistently not having smooth transitions from hill stops. And because the rpm's will be under 2000 on a moderate hill if you are doing it correctly you will not get any burn. Naturally of course the more time your clutch spends being half engaged the faster it wears but the short time you would spend practicing this would at most take maybe a week off the life span of your clutch disc. And as I said before if you live in a place when you have to make a lot of hill stops your clutch may actually last longer since you now have the skills to make smoother hill startups. Just to clarify again - since in my first post you did not seem understand what I was talking about - I was always talking about the starting from a stop on a hill using the hand brake. If you are doing it correctly however you are neither rolling back nor jumping forward but rather you are holding the car in place with clutch for a split second as you fully release the hand brake and then you transition smoothly into forward motion. If this is not the case then you are doing it wrong and you are putting more stress and more wear on your clutch.

@@SLOBeachboy To shift without clutch you have to bring the engine to exacly RPM in neutral before attempting a shift,i learn on old european trucks and i do this with higher gears.

My old car had got problems with the third gear when it was cold, so 1-2 and jump to 4, i still do that with my new car in the city to have less changing gear

Here we have two types of lice one for ato and one for manul I have found that younger people perfer ato Being of the older gen i love manul also iuse to drive a lorry

It is pretty common to skip gears. If I drive in traffic i'll go from 1 to 3 and then to 5

My Mr2 Turbo will pull off in 3rd with ease :)

​@@marco_grt4460what?!😂

I just drive for 2 Years now and yeah i can hear it if the Motor does not sound right or the vibrations are unusual

I have my driving license for barely 2 years now and I can't drive automatic trasmission car because I dont feel the car especialy when it has that electric power steering so it is to easy to turn the steering wheel in such a car I feel like Im HUMAN IN A CAR and i cant feel that car so it is dificult to drive for me

You know how much your ankle hurts after 4 hours in M25 traffic 🤣

😂😂You feel the car cos of the pointless extra effort 😂😂

You sound like the crazy guy from the “Christine “film……or was he.?????

That beetle, having a rear engine, could really fly up Hardknott Pass in Cumbria, actually overtaking other cars occasionally. Very nimble. 😁

Unfortunately you can't buy a new manual BMW anymore in Germany unless it's the lowest class or an M2, M3, M4. Same with Audi and Mercedes.

Going into a turn and being able to upshift before you enter to cut torque is a useful thing on occasion. So is being a gear high in snowy conditions.

I love this

​@bbb462cid upshift into a corner??

@@PixelTrooper No, not upshift into a corner. I didn;t say that. I said before. The gears are torque multipliers. Reducing torque is a way to prevent oversteer. Not all cars have traction control. Tires lose grip when torque overcomes traction.

Dude, is walking or breathing a skill? You need to be a skilled driver to drive fast, or faster than anyone else, not to use a manual car. When you know manual, it's as simple as walking. Sure, some people won't be able to, just as some can't walk.

@@globalist1990 nice to see someone miss a point by a country mile!

@@CerdicTheGreat by making a different point? Ok, dude.

exactly! I received once an automatic (rental) car for a trip in the Alps, it was terrible, a struggle to drive swiftly and safely and not getting the car overheated. On German autobahn automatic is okay, but when getting around quickly in city traffic, when having to passing on narrow country roads, in mountains, on snow-covered roads I surely prefer manual transmission....

Amen! I love the additional control you have with manual..

This doesn't work with modern manuals anymore sadly

​@@pudermcgavin4462depends on the country, what your talking about is the clutch switch , they are mandatory here in Canada but they aren't in the US, and some manufacturers sold cars there without the clutch switch. There's some funny/terrifying clips out there of people using remote start on manuals when they've been left in gear

a bump start works, but you should not use it, because it wrecks the catalyst

@@teezettsb if bump starting your car wrecks your catalytic converter then it's had problems for a while but if your battery is just low from leaving lights on or use at a drive in or something then a bump start won't hurt a thing

@@pudermcgavin4462 Took a minute or so to figure it out, but it still does work with many modern cars. Maybe not as easy as turning the ignition key, but with a bit of timing, you can get the car confused enough to start.

Thanks for keeping the legacy. 😊

They dont like driving...they only wnat to go from point A to B and in america is all designed to do it by car.

Fellow German here. I drive an old, little Honda, not a big car...but the manual transmission actually is the only one thing that is actually enjoyable to me when driving. All the other aspects of having to drive in cities just suck.

The last automatic I drove (a hire car years ago, I have only owned manuals) had that built in: when you put your foot fast and full to the floor, it dropped two gears and off you went. It was quite cool actually. I'd be surprised if they didn't all do that now.

My first driver's license was issued by the US Navy. I learned how to drive in a truck with a four-speed stick in 1973. All of my vehicles have been manual up until 2008. I hate automatics.

@@HrochnickYeah, pretty much all automatic transmissions in existence do that. If they didn't, it would be very slow to pass anyone or accelerate while driving an automatic. It's still more fun with a manual though!

There a thousands of autos in scotland ,some models only come with the auto..They are mainly dual clutch and you have the paddles on the steering ,but most just leave them to change themselves ,,The majority of trucks nowdays are Autos

Mercedes, Audi, BMW, Porsche, McLaren, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini + many others & almost every single Hypercar? Seriously ?😄 They are not getting laughed at due to their gearbox !

Italian here, once I asked my uncle who experienced it why he didn't like to drive automatic, he said: 'cause auto it's like a videogame, when I drive I want to DRIVE

@@norb0254 I seriously doubt most automatics in Scotland are dual clutch models considering how uncommon those are compared to torque converter ones...

So Scotland doesn't have a single hybrid? Because all those are automatic, unfortunately.

On our Volvo we now today have automatic and i must say, regarding safety, it is safer than a manual. If you slip, in a manual you have to register that and press clutch down. It can take a while even for an experienced driver (human reaction time have a limit...). Here, on this automatic - if you slip, the car will handle it. Using engine brake and it slips? Then it disconnects the gear box, instantly. If you slip going on speed, then the car will adjust (gearbox, engine, brakes and everything). I have tried pushing it on safe places and for real, as soon as you feel like "Oh, now, here she goes!" the computer kicks in and... back on track. Ridiculous actually. No way i could have done that on my manual cars i have had. The computer tech, gyros, accelerometers and all are way to smart and quick. Speaking of fuel conomy: Volvo V90 D4 AWD. Automatic, eight speed transmission. Fully packed (above 2.000 kg - tested it on a road scale) with stuff and people, 470 km road trip, outside temperature around 0, studded tires: 0,50 l/10 km. The same trip during summer: 0,49-0,50. Shorter trips, 37 km with some smaller roads and 20-25 km motorway (110 km/h), to work during summer: Around 0,55-0,57. All year around, all trips, since new (closing in on 100.000 km), including parking heater, measured at the fuel pump (i have full statistic of all fueling for my four cars i have had): 0,67 l/10 km. My Mazda 6 i had before, manual, petrol, i could never go that low. Despite lighter car, and manual, and i know how to eco drive.

Same in the Netherlands: if you do your exam in an automatic, you will get a mark in your licence that you can only drive automatics. Most cars here are manuals. However, the number of automatics is increasing fast due to the hybrids.

@@Xanthopteryx That's true that modern cars with computers have much better response times than humans, and are often safer in different driving conditions. But it all still depends on the driver. A computer can only do so much preventing accidents if the driver was driving too fast for the conditions. And from what I've noticed, is that people trust the computers in their cars way too much. One glitching sensor can make the car do funky things before the computer notices the problem. Everyone should every once in a while disable all of the Electronic Stability Control, traction control and other such systems of their cars and get a feeling on how the car handles without them. Most people would most likely lose control quite fast. My 2 current cars only have ABS in them, and have found no need for any other systems/assists.

@@Stenkish Completely agree. A friend of mine has a Tesla, when he has the autopilot on, on a motorway, the sensors seem to think overhead bridges are hazards and will break in the middle of the motorway. Scary to imagine! He has to keep his foot on the accelerator at all time, just in case it happens!

Same in the UK with your licence, 'small manual cars, is that they're a lot of fun to drive on roads with a lot of curves' UK country roads in the summer are what the old MG's, Austins, Morgans etc were built for. Drivers of all these little sports cars pretend to be flying a Spitfire at least once during a journey!

Thats awesome. I bought a vw diesel, bc I had an internship at a biodiesel plant, and it is a manual. My dad knew from driving old muscle cars, a bit different, but tuaght me how to drive it. Now its all I can drive, love it.

I know women who prefer manuals. They can't find guys to control, so they had to find something else with a stick.

I see that happen in usa but I never understood how that happens. And it's usually so incredibly fast, I guess they were trying to hit the brakes and instead hit the gas? Can you have the car in gear and standing still without pressing anything?

​​@@sandracardoso2602No. If you don't press clutch down when you turn the engine on and you have for example the first gear selected, then the car will stall or lurch first a little and then stall. I've read that in some older cars it was possible to move very short distances before the engine stalled but I can't verify that.

@@ezioauditoredafirenze5453 I have used the starter to limp a car with an exploded slave cylinder home without a tow, and that was a little baby i4. So yeah, if you start in gear (or in gear with the clutch in and the slave not doing squat, so still 100% in gear bypassing the safety interlock) with the gas pedal down, it will start and take off all the same as an automatic car...

​@ezioauditoredafirenze5453 depends on the car ..

It is one of the major disadvantages of automatics ... only two pedals ... easy to pick the wrong one under stress ... hence cars going through storefronts or over cliffs because the automatic driver picked the wrong pedal and panicked. Almost impossible to do with the 3 pedals in a manual.

Those were the good old days! You learnt as you went. These days parents want to hold their teenage kids hands when they go to the toilet.

Same for me! 😂 Except that I had a very good job when I bought my first car and since I wanted a new one and didn’t wanna spend 2000$ on an automatic transmission, I ordered a manual one 😅 I am sure that mechanics who seen me trying to leave the garage still remember me to this day! 😂😂😂… It was the first time I drove a manual car and I had to leave the garage with it…. I felt so embarrassed after the 6th time trying 😅 Memories… 😊

@@rayray-xs6xu You're not over exaggerating. I knew a woman who insisted on brushing her son's teeth for him. He was 11-years-old. Yes, there was an obvious joke that came up every time she would tell everyone that she brushes her son's teeth for him. What? No! They weren't dentures FFS. They were his teeth in his mouth. Fun fact. She was the singer in our band and we'd practice in her basement. She was a nutcase. If she disagreed with you, she would pick up her microphone and shout at us through her 1,500 watt PA system. Funner fact? We were an acoustic band.

@@rayray-xs6xu True! And when you try to tell them, they usually think you are the one bad parenting 🙄 Just do your thing, and let these parents have problems with their kids when they are adults 😉 People used to tell me that I am too « permissive », too this, too that… I did my thing. Now that my kids are beautiful happy adults I can see that I did well after all. Some of them can’t say the same thing. The future will tell if a person was right or wrong 🙂

@@KukumEesinekapo 6th try? That's nothing compared to Al Cowlings. Running from the police for more than hours, making only 50 miles (80 km) in that time because he didn't know to shift into 2nd gear. Yes, the infamous O. J. Simpson car chase.

True. You can also do this with Toyota automatic models with lock up torque converters.

Idem pour moi Pascal. Mes disques et plaquettes tiennent 100.000km sans problème. Le fameux frein moteur est comme le nom l indique aussi un frein. Je trouve aussi le dosage de l embrayage en manuelle beaucoup plus facile. Si je veux je peux avancer à 1cm par seconde en dosant l'embrayage. Alors qu'en automatique j ai toujours peur de sauter de 30 cm d un coup. Question d habitude peut-être.

@@mriverbach6276 il y a un truc que je deteste avec les conducteurs d'automatiques, ils sont toujours sur les freins... d'ou les 'accordions' sur les routes, plus personne sait ralentir en descendre une vitesse.

@@user-dl2md2kv4x tant que je le pourrai je roule en boite manuelle. Mais en Europe, cela devient aussi compliqué. De plus en plus de voitures sont uniquement disponibles en automatique. Hormis le petites citadines et certaines entrée de gamme. De toute façon si on passe à l électrique faudra si habituer à ne plus passer les vitesses.

One problem I found with slowing down, just normally or using the gearbox here in Oz, is that the idiots behind can't comprehend that if the brake lights don't come on, you must not be slowing and they almost drive into the back of your car.

The only thing that might throw someone off that does drive a manual is if it's old enough to have a 3 speed column shift instead of a stick 😄 I learned on "3 on the tree"

I love driving manual, but getting stuck in bumper to bumper traffic for hours is way less fun in a manual.

@Dizzykitty817 I'm well out in the country here, so I don't have that issue Nearest city is Knoxville,Tn with a population of only about 60k With today's craziness, you couldn't get me in a city over 100k at gunpoint 😁

Traffic jams isn't that exhausting, really. Just put it in neutral whenever you are standing still, and suddenly it's a piece of cake.

Once you get a feel for the clutch and know the best gear for the speed you're doing, manual isn't hard.

Another great thing about using the engine to break - saving fuel I usually engine break, instead of using mechanical brakes - and my Diesel 2L hatchback (factory says runs around 19 km/l on avg) can be extended to 22-25 km/l (going at the speed limit, nice acceleration then maintaining same speed, but reading the traffic and adjusting speed/distance with clutch) High engine rev = free acceleration power, if the engine was used to break from 5'th gear and now is in 2'nd or 3'rd.

Couldn't agree more. From a driver's perspective manual is all about control. Automatic and cruise control goes hand in hand, you better use one with the other. When driving automatic I find it difficult to keep a constant speed, but it's nice when driving in urban areas where you frequently have to stop and go.

@@ollep9142 Maybe it got better, but it annoyed the hell out of me when I driving on the country side at 80 km/h and automatic would constantly change from 4th to 5th.

@@luis_sa78 Can't have been half as annoying as when I drove a Chevrolet van with manual gearbox at a similar speed and had to do all that shifting manually... The gearing steps were totally off for that car/motor combo.

@@ollep9142 bad gear ratio, perhaps? But you can always choose an high rpm (if there's traffic or bad weather) or low rpm (if you're just cruising). It's your choice and you're in control.

Yeah, what's the fun in having a car that can't put it's power down the road off the drag strip. Ontop of that you need to drive it with kid gloves in everyday traffic situation. Nothing beats going full throttle and then shifting gears

Remember there are a number of key differences in the US (Canada and the rest of North America) vs. Europe. 1. North Americans do drive much longer distances. 2. North Americans have much larger families. 3. North Americans have larger vehicles -- including trucks, SUVs, vans, mini-vans, etc. 4. North Americans are far more rural than Europeans. Far more live on farms, the country, suburban areas, etc. 5. North Americans are far more into outdoor activities. Summer cabins, beach houses, hiking, fishing, hunting, etc. again more trucks, need to carry more stuff, etc. 6. North American is not well suited to passenger train travel. 7. Costs are far less in North America -- including the vehicle, gas, parking, larger roads for bigger vehicles, etc.

Don't be a stereotypical American. Only the first point is true, the rest is BS and your limited point of view.

And how much did that set you back?

what a waste of money on a shit box ..

Audi is odd way to spell Volkswagen

If there's one thing I learned about CVTs is that they don't belong in an automobile. You did a good thing here.

No one like them. That's why Audi discontinued them rather quickly, despite sinking a lot of money into advertisements. The sound of engine revving up is part of the experience. And even the jerk when shifting gears. Some dual-clutch gear boxes are actually programmed to have a longer shift time during which the engine can rev up, making a shitty car feel like a sports car.

is your Ford Ranger color orange? hehe

Oh wow! Mine's a manual 2002 CV8 that I've had since new: 325,000 kms (200,000 miles) on the clock. I've recently got an EV, and I laugh that I've gone from a three-pedal car to a one-pedal one - and I hate the automation. Can't argue about the fuel cost difference though... But I've still kept the Monaro, precisely because it's a "driver's" car. They say that people who love driving love driving manuals. People who just want to get from A to B don't understand why you'd want to make it more difficult for yourself.

I think that might have something to do with it as well.

Yeah, 4 way stops are the reet-harded ginger stepchildren of the driving world.

I drove sticks for 37 years and yes I've done all that. I aged out. Hip and knees started hurting. The worst thing about sticks is snow storms and bumper to bumper traffic. 10 feet, stick it in gear, take it out of gear. 10 feet again, do it again, rinse repeat. I haven't driven a stick since 2011. I don't miss it. I had a 20 something mile drive to work one way. I counted the shits once. It was over 120 shifts in the 20 something mile drive.

@@dlewis9760 you counted what?

​@@kandy8382each shift of gears

Also, if a gear fails in a manual, you can bypass that gear and still drive your car until you can get it to the mechanics shop. You can't do that in an automatic

@@dlewis9760You might want to edit that comment... "I counted the shits once."