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P.S. Knowing how to drive stick will help you get certain jobs . . . . e.g, valet, parking attendant, car dealership, mechanic, etc.
You also have less risk of getting carjacked or car stolen.
As a well-traveled woman, I can tell you that over half the world drives stick (including old grandmothers), and there's nothing masculine or attractive about beyond the idea of basic competence.
I have also never met a woman who has been gaga about a stick shift. That's just made up stuff in a guy's head and/or some teenie bopper said that to stroke an ego.
I do agree with the p.s. statement. But generally the more skills you have, the more employable you are.
Other than YouTube tutorials I have nothing. I'd have to have the owner of the car park it in some quiet residential neighborhood a few blocks from my house because my house has too many cars come every second,so learning to drive stick in the streets near me wouldn't work.
I can teach you,
I already taught my 10 and 12 year old kids
The problem is that most people don't know how to teach how to drive a manual.
First thing to do,
you have to be able to get the car moving without touching the accelerator
Clutch pressed = neutral
Clutch middle = transition point
Cluth out = in gear
the key is to hold the clutch in the "transition point" while the car begins to move
Once you get good at it, you can give it a little more gas to start faster.
This is why manual is better than automatic.... you can't do this with an automatic ..... Yes, I can drive like that, I've been driving manual for 20 years
I knew the process before ever attempting it. I knew the general idea of how to use the clutch, and when to shift, etc.
So...without ever driving stick, I bought myself a new Mustang GT. Did fine on the test drive, only stalled once. Within 3 days I was driving it like a natural. A week later, and I could do hill starts and such without problem.
15 years later my car's are mostly automatic these days, but my weekend car is a stick. Haven't touched it in 3-4 years, but when I finally got behind the wheel, it was like riding a bike.
In ten years you will not be able to buy a new car with a stick shift.
I doubt that. Almost every major automaker still has 3-6 vehicles it makes with manual trans option. Pretty much everyone that makes a sports car will continue to make manual options - Camaro, Mustang, etc..
In ten years you will not be able to buy a new car with a stick shift.
in ten years there will be cars with no steering wheels or pedals either. It would still probably help you to know how to drive. Meanwhile back in this decade or as close as we can get to the past ones; not everyone prefers new cars.
In ten years you will not be able to buy a new car with a stick shift.
I heard someone say that 10 years ago.
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