Does anybody else drive a stick shift?

In Britain I drove a manual and always preferred to. Since living in Bahrain though, due to driving a left hand drive car (British cars are right hand drive) I drive an automatic in Bahrain, because the idea of changing gears with my right hand, but still using my left foot for the clutch, seems like a bad idea. I feel like if I switch sides on one I have to switch sides on the other too (and all this is on top of driving on the opposite side of the road)

I like manuals because you have more control over when you change gears, e.g. over-revving to get up speed if necessary... although the automatic that I drive now has been programmed to do that all by itself and accelerates nicely when I put my foot down, and I can hear from the engine that it's over-revving a lower gear to get up more speed.

lol, paddle shift still an auto

No you're not the only one who drives a stick shift. All of my cars are/were manual either 5 or 6-speed.

As others have said, I live in Europe and the vast majority of cars over here are manual ('stick shift') Only once driven an automatic - in the States of course!

I have a 2007 Jetta that is a 5 speed and my Fiance has his 2001 BMW that is also a 5 speed! That's how we roll!

Nope! I have a 1979 Bug Convertible that's a stick. I love it.

Yes i drive a stick, my former car was a manual and this one again, I'm originally from Europe and everyone there drives stick, automatic there is very expensive and mainly for people that can't drive stick anymore because of health reasons. I think it should be law that every one should at least learn to drive a manual

I don't. This girl in college tried to teach me, but after many failed attempts her engine started smoking so we stopped.

I wish their was some clever word play in there, but nope, just facts.

You're definitely not the only one, and here in the UK pretty much everyone drives manual (including me)

I literally know just 2 people who drive automatic.

I learned to drive on standard shift and only drove manual transmission vehicles until I got my used 1998 Mazda 626 from a friend... which would have been so much more fun to drive with a manual!! My current vehicle is a nice little 1999 Toyota Corolla, which would also be much more fun with standard shift, and probably get better gas mileage too... But it was too good a deal to pass up last year when I ran across it with only 35,000 miles!! I have a long commute to work so this was a goldmine!

I drive a stick shift. Always have. Took my driver's test in one 30 years ago. I doubt I'll ever change.

Loved driving a stick in college. That always leads to this conversation:

Distant Acquaintance: "Can I borrow your car?"

Me: (I do not want to let them borrow my car, so I say in a very bubbly voice) "Sure you can borrow my car, my pleasure! It's a stick though, can you drive a stick?"

Distant Acquaintance: "No"

Me: "Oh, that's too bad. I'd totally let you borrow it if I could!"

Distant Acquaintance: "Hey, I've always wanted to learn though, could you teach me sometime?"

Me: "Sure, I'd love to. I'm kinda slammed with __Insert bullsh*t here__ but hit me up in a couple of weeks!" (Avoids person for rest of semester).

I'm still amazed that it costs less for a manual transmission AND it's more fun to drive.

I learned, just so I could drive this beauty.

I put 150,000 miles on a 63 VW when I was young. I could even make the tires chirp (no smoke from them though....i forget if it was 36 or 40 HP, top speed 71 MPH!!!!). I loved that car, but swore I would pay more for an automatic for the rest of my life...