Here's a hypothetical situation: You rode around with your friend that is driving his 5 speed car out in the countryside. He pulls over to take a leak, and he get's stung by a bee on his way back to the car. He is allergic to bee stings, and starts to swell up like a balloon. You open the glove box only to see he's out of his epinephrine shots, so you pull out your phone to call an ambulance only to see you have no reception at all. You can drive him to the hospital in time to save his life, but you don't know how to drive stick, so you don't make it in time, and he dies.
It's a highly unlikely situation, but there are times where knowing how to drive stick could be of importance. I believe that all drive's education courses should have a manual car and it should be a requirement to learn how to operate a manual car to get a valid driver's license.
I would never buy an automatic car purely based on the cost and complexity of rebuilding an automatic transmission.
That's a great idea!
lmao. it's one of those things you need to just know how to do, and once you learn you never forget. You could drive a stick when youre 15, never drive one again for 60 years, then drive it again just fine when youre 75. Just like riding a bike.
my first manual was my 350z >.> lol. got the "hang" of it (by hang i mean not stalling everytime i came to a stop) in about 1 day. I'm still learning, and still don't have it mastered by a long shot.