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If I HAD to I could probably get one going, but there would be a lot of grinding. It's just so impractical I see no need to hone my rusty skills. I drive stop and go in the city and cruise on the highway, auto is just more practical.
I agree it's a good deterent for would be car thieves. Other benefits I didn't see mentioned are better gas mileage than an automatic transmission & the ability to start the vehicle by popping the clutch should that be needed.
Other benefits I didn't see mentioned are better gas mileage than an automatic transmission & the ability to start the vehicle by popping the clutch should that be needed.
The gas mileage advantage that manual transmissions historically had, has pretty much disappeared in modern vehicles, given the 6-9 speed automatics that are typical now, plus other advancements, like electronic control & lock-up torque converters.
It also isn't as easy to push-start a modern fuel-injected vehicle, as it was the old carbureted vehicles. The electronic fuel injectors need power from the battery, and if it is too heavily discharged, it won't start by pushing.
I prefer stick. I have driven stick since I got my license. I think that cars now-a-days are too easy to drive, and any unskilled and uncoordinated person can multitask while driving or confuse the gas with the brake and crash into a storefront like you see ever so often. I think all cars should be manual, and if you can't drive one you shouldn't be on the road.
In the past the manuals gave better mileage, not so anymore. .
I disagree, I think it has a lot to do with how you drive. I have a 2014 Chrysler automatic, and it constantly wants to upshift to get better mpgs but that results in the engine lugging and you not going the speed that you desire resulting in stepping harder on the gas, getting higher rpms and wasting gas. I hate the new chrysler transmissions.
I coast in manual in neutral often based on the road topography and traffic lights, etc. No automatic can have that insight to the road conditions like a human who knows how to drive a manual correctly does. My 1998 Honda Accord 5 speed manual commuter car gets better mpg than many of the new cars with fancy automatics.
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My Porsche 914 was a dog leg.
