How many of you still drive a manual?

[massman]

Back in the day in Manitoba if you didn't pass your driving test in a car with a manual transmission your driver licence was restricted to vehicles with automatics.
Is that the case in Ontario?

Interestingly, when I moved to Quebec from Manitoba the Quebec licence they gave me allowed me to drive all motorcycles, though I had never passed a motorcycle driving test. When I moved to Ontario that same right was transferred to my Ontario licence. Are specific tests required for new drivers in Ontario to be able to drive motorcycles? Are there motor displacement restrictions?

Ontario has never differentiated between manual and automatic transmission on driver’s licenses.

I always chuckle at these restrictions on driving wrt manual vs automatic. If you don’t know how to drive a manual transmission, the car ain’t going anywhere!

 

[massman]

Driving stick is fun and nostalgic, but modern automatic transmissions are better, more efficient and more convenient, especially in traffic. Manual transmissions will soon become obsolete (at least in NA, in UK and Europe, not as much).

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

If you don’t know how to drive a manual transmission, the car ain’t going anywhere!

It would be hilarious if someone drove a stickshift, and he got carjacked, but the thief didn't know how to drive it

 

[richaceg]

Most of my cars growing up were manual up until 2004 when my first kid was born. Now that that all of my kids are big. I'm considering it just for my weekend getaways. Maybe back to Subaru STI. my favorite car of all time.

 

[anon1]

Try looking to buy a used car that's stick.
Few and far between and they command a premium.

 

[Robert Mugabe]

Try looking to buy a used car that's stick.
Few and far between and they command a premium.

I bought and sold a Mitsubishi with a stick last year. Very hard trying to sell it. Only had one call in 1 month. Luckily they bought it. Otherwise I would have been stuck with a stick.

 

[anon1]

^^^ a limited market and associated problems.
Hondas from the 2000+/- are pricey for manuals, less so for autos.

 

[southpaw]

It would be hilarious if someone drove a stickshift, and he got carjacked, but the thief didn't know how to drive it

There's a whole bunch of these on YouTube.

 

[lomotil]

Hate to break it to you but a large majority of the people that are stealing cars in Toronto aren't from north America..
Outside north america manual/standard is still quite common...
I just got a 2020 Tacoma TRD with a manual and immediately had an immobilizer installed..

It doesn’t matter where they are from, it matters more where they are at which is right here , and they are stealing cars to be sent to markets that are ordering automatics ..

 

[lomotil]

There's a whole bunch of these on YouTube.

If it is pr-ordered then, this doesn’t happen.

 

[lomotil]

I love driving standard and I love a hairy pussy.

 

[261252]

If you own a car that has a manual transmission either as a weekend car or daily driver - answer yes.

If you know how to drive manual but don't actively do it - that counts as a no.

All of my current cars are manual, as well as past cars. I think it's the only way to be if you like driving.

I got a Scion and they came with manual as they were trying to pretend to be sporty .

Great car but I will never get another manual

- Eats up gas as you are reving higher than automatic esp in city

- expensive to repair clutch if you wear it out through bad shifting

- on the highway the cruise control is unsafe because in an emergency
you may press brake before clutch then stall out so I never use cruise


They are not as safe as automatic because

- on the highway the cruise control is unsafe because in an emergency
you may press brake before clutch then stall out so I never use cruise

- you get lazy and stall out

- you get lazy and dont fully stop at stop sign

 

[Robert Mugabe]

I got a Scion and they came with manual as they were trying to pretend to be sporty .

Great car but I will never get another manual

- Eats up gas as you are reving higher than automatic esp in city

- expensive to repair clutch if you wear it out through bad shifting

- on the highway the cruise control is unsafe because in an emergency
you may press brake before clutch then stall out so I never use cruise


They are not as safe as automatic because

- on the highway the cruise control is unsafe because in an emergency
you may press brake before clutch then stall out so I never use cruise

- you get lazy and stall out

- you get lazy and dont fully stop at stop sign

Speak for yourself.

 

[shack]

It would be hilarious if someone drove a stickshift, and he got carjacked, but the thief didn't know how to drive it

That point has already been made a bunch of times in this thread. Maybe they were all by people he has on ignore. He's got a long list.

 

[Pussytickler]

I got a Scion and they came with manual as they were trying to pretend to be sporty .

Great car but I will never get another manual

- Eats up gas as you are reving higher than automatic esp in city

- expensive to repair clutch if you wear it out through bad shifting

- on the highway the cruise control is unsafe because in an emergency
you may press brake before clutch then stall out so I never use cruise


They are not as safe as automatic because

- on the highway the cruise control is unsafe because in an emergency
you may press brake before clutch then stall out so I never use cruise

- you get lazy and stall out

- you get lazy and dont fully stop at stop sign

To each their own, but none of this is actually an issue if you take the time to learn how to shift well. Other than a very rare brain fart causing a stall at low speeds, nothing on your list has ever happened to me in almost 20 years of driving manual.

I got a Scion and they came with manual as they were trying to pretend to be sporty .

Great car but I will never get another manual

- Eats up gas as you are reving higher than automatic esp in city

- expensive to repair clutch if you wear it out through bad shifting

- on the highway the cruise control is unsafe because in an emergency
you may press brake before clutch then stall out so I never use cruise


They are not as safe as automatic because

- on the highway the cruise control is unsafe because in an emergency
you may press brake before clutch then stall out so I never use cruise

- you get lazy and stall out

- you get lazy and dont fully stop at stop sign

To each there own, but none of this is actually an issue if you learn to shift well.

Other than a few, very rare brain farts causing low speed stalls, none of the items on your list has ever happened to me in almost 20 years of driving stick. And I'm getting about 1 full litre per 100 kms better fuel economy than the Transport Canada rating for my car, driving in Toronto traffic.