Chicks that drive stick

I find it such a turn off when I guy can't drive manual.

I doubt most guys would admit it if they couldn't!

I can, but I'm Dutch and practically everybody drives stick here

I love driving standard, but I probably woudn't own one. I just like the control of driving one every so often, and knowing that I'd be able to drive someone else around in their manual car if needed, like if they were drunk and needed to get home or if they had to go to the hospital. It's a good thing to know.

... The last question best applies.

I like a girl who can drive a stick, I'm often disappointed to a slight degree if she's incapable of doing so, but I don't care if her car is actually auto or standard.

I drive an automatic but only because it's so damned hard to find a cheap vehicle that's a standard.

I learned on a stick, hated it, and drove an automatic for a couple of years. I finally got bored of an automatic and started driving stick a little over a year ago now. I agree that it's super hard to find a cheap vehicle that comes with a stick anymore. I searched for 3 months, trying to find a car that I would love that had a stick. Every single sales person I ran into raised their eyebrows and was shocked that I stated I refused to buy anything other than a stick shift car. I finally found the Nissan Sentra, 2012 base version that has a stick. I found it last November, and I LOVE IT. My first stick that I had bought was the toyota supra last June 2011. I'm actually dissapointed to have gotten rid of it, but it wasn't reliable and I needed a reliable car.

Goes to show the cultural difference(one of them anyway) between North America and the UK... someone in the UK sees this and thinks "who can't drive stick? Who owns an automatic even? lol. If I'm not mistaken it's the ratio of autos to sticks is almost flip-flopped between the UK and North America (probably 90/10 I'd guess). Even if a car is available in Europe and North America the North American version usually has no stick shift option(don't even get me started on diesels)... it really sucks. It's downright difficult to find a decent stick car around here, they're almost all automatic

Do i get extra points if the stick I drive is a one ton?

... The last question best applies.

I like a girl who can drive a stick, I'm often disappointed to a slight degree if she's incapable of doing so, but I don't care if her car is actually auto or standard.

I drive an automatic but only because it's so damned hard to find a cheap vehicle that's a standard.

I learned on a stick, hated it, and drove an automatic for a couple of years. I finally got bored of an automatic and started driving stick a little over a year ago now. I agree that it's super hard to find a cheap vehicle that comes with a stick anymore. I searched for 3 months, trying to find a car that I would love that had a stick. Every single sales person I ran into raised their eyebrows and was shocked that I stated I refused to buy anything other than a stick shift car. I finally found the Nissan Sentra, 2012 base version that has a stick. I found it last November, and I LOVE IT. My first stick that I had bought was the toyota supra last June 2011. I'm actually dissapointed to have gotten rid of it, but it wasn't reliable and I needed a reliable car.

Do you know how hard it is to find a Supra these day for any kind of reasonable price? Every racers dream.

Which mark are we talking about? The last model wasn't very good, although it looks nice.

Do you press in and hold the clutch or shift into neutral while approaching a stop sign or red light?

I downshift as much as possible before taking it out of gear.. my first clutch lasted for over 10 years in my subaru... It was the original that my came in the car when my family bought it... I plan on having the new clutch last just as long.

So far, you're the only one who approaches a light properly. Cars prefer it when you downshift through the gears while slowing down. It'll save your clutch and your brakes.

I'm sorry, ladies, but just because you drive a stick doesn't mean you know how (that goes for men as well).

Heel-toe shifting. Learn it, do it. It's easy once you get used to it.

*puts on flame suit*

Yeah that's not true. You don't have to go through all of the gears when you slow down. You can just as easily slip from 4th to 2nd or as others have said, stick it in neutral and slow down with the brakes. There's no benefit to the car by going through all the gears and no damage either way. If you stick it in neutral then you're taking the gears and the clutch out of contention anyway. I stick it in neutral as much as possible as it saves petrol. As other Brits have said, driving a manual is pretty standard over here. Also, heel-toe is just a fancy trick that's not necessary unless you're on a hill and your handbrake doesn't work.

I drove stick for at least a decade and loved it. However, when my kid was on the way, I traded in my coupe for a sedan, which just happened to be automatic. I really do miss driving stick. It gives you much more of a sense of control when driving. And it's just nice to know how to do it.

What I hate the most is that you can't control downshifting with an automatic. If find it most annoying on curvy roads. I like with a manual I can push the throttle down deep and not worry when it shifts. With an automatic I can't predict when it will shift and I don't like cycling through the gears at every curve. I either baby it to keep from shifting or end up shifting down after every corner.

The flip side is that often when I want to get going, it won't shift until I bury the go pedal and then it rockets once it finally downshifts.

I think it is probably a vanishing art.

I think it is inevitable as hybrids become less expensive. In another decade the cost of all of the components will drop to the point that the costs will be the same.

I lament the loss of stick shift pickups. Ford doesn't even make a stick shift 1 ton anymore. When I'm backing a heavy trailer I like that my truck is an automatic, but just about any other time I'd much prefer a stick.

I had to edit this post when I just remembered that my current car is one of those "automatic/manual" deals. I forgot because I don't really get how the "automatic manual" transmission works without the clutch, and my husband and I figured using it would just end up blowing the transmission fast, so we decided not to. It really seems like kind of a silly idea, either make it automatic or make it manual - don't try to do both.

I do like the Hyundai combo transmissions. I've had several rentals and I did like them. They're the only one that it truly is a 'manual' mode. It won't shift on you in manual mode, EVER. It will let you do 6th gear at 10MPH if you make it. I like putting it in auto in stop and go traffic and then going manual on the highway. Every other brand I've had will shift for you at some point. This goes back to the point I made above about not liking automatic transmissions for highway driving.

I drove a stick for 30+ years! I only recently got an automatic because I was sick of sitting in traffic and having to shift all the time! (Plus when you are VERY short, as in 4'10", you have to stretch to fully press down the clutch!)

Sorry to disappoint some, but this is really about my car.

So since I could drive, I've driven stick. I learned how to drive in my dad's old 5 speed truck and both cars I've owned have been manual. I love the feeling of control, the growl of the engine when I downshift through a turn and the awesome gas milage. But, my favorite part is when a guy sees my ride, lifts his eyebrows and says, "you know how to drive stick?" The most awesome feeling ever.

How many of my fellow ladies drive a stick? Do you guys think its cool if a chick drives one or does it not matter to you? Does anyone even care since this post has nothing to do about sex?

I learned how to drive on a stick when I was 13. I was great at it. I was driving an ancient land rover at 18.. not a big deal.
That was ages ago. I now live in a city with a LOT of truck traffic, one of the highest truck trafficking cities on the east coast due to our location, and I don't have time for a stick.

If someone doesn't like that my car isn't a stick, and it matters to someone that I don't know how to drive a stick anymore, they're not worth my time or energy. I know a guy who creates jeep accessories for taking jeeps off-road... if he doesn't care that I can't drive stick.. then no one should.