I would totally beg for lessons if I lived anywhere close by!
I can sort of drive stick, in that I have done it several times and managed it reasonably well, but it's been a good long time (in the vicinity of 15 years) since I've done it, and I've never had a vehicle of my own with a manual transmission or otherwise had the steady access to one that would let me get the kind of good solid practice needed to really be proficient at it. But I'm fairly confident that in an emergency situation, I could competently get the car to go down the road.
I assumed on the -5 to +5 poll that you meant the range to be the same as on the repost, so I answered +4, meaning that while I strongly prefer an automatic, I wouldn't totally rule out the idea of buying a car with a manual transmission under the right circumstances.
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Date: 2010-02-05 05:47 pm (UTC)I can sort of drive stick, in that I have done it several times and managed it reasonably well, but it's been a good long time (in the vicinity of 15 years) since I've done it, and I've never had a vehicle of my own with a manual transmission or otherwise had the steady access to one that would let me get the kind of good solid practice needed to really be proficient at it. But I'm fairly confident that in an emergency situation, I could competently get the car to go down the road.
I assumed on the -5 to +5 poll that you meant the range to be the same as on the repost, so I answered +4, meaning that while I strongly prefer an automatic, I wouldn't totally rule out the idea of buying a car with a manual transmission under the right circumstances.