And the driving test is about a million times harder. You also get trained by a professional driving teached on public road where the driving test is held, too. In average you might need 30 driving hours (45min school hours) to get to the driving test and pass it. The test itself is 45mins of public road with your driving instructor not doing anything (or you fail) and the actual (certified) driving inspector person sitting in the back watching you. He decides if you pass and tells you where to go. It's mainly driving in town/city, little bit highway, freeway and also parking is required. Before all that you have to pass theory test with 30 questions beeing asked (including videos and pictures) out of around 1200 possible ones.
Only if you're german. If a country only has a general driving license they can still drive stick here in Germany, even if they never drove one back home.
I always found that weird, what about the driving test? When I took my license in Norway in 2005 you had to pass the test in a manual car. The only ones who took the optional automatic driving test was people with disabilities (which also would get your license marked that you would only be allowed to drive automatic cars, just like having about the need for glasses\contacts to drive).
Most people in Germany learn and test on a manual. If the go through their training on an automatic, it will be noted on thei driver's license and will only be allowed to drive automatic. If you train on a manual, you can drive either.
same in the UK. also, the manual/automatic is seperate for different vehicle categories. I know of a bus driver that had to take a manual bus test because he had a manual car licence with an automatic bus licence.
Yeah same in Australia. Even some jobs ask if you have a manual license. I had to get a manual license and the driving instructor I did paid training with to get my hours up had a manual car. Pretty much you can't drive manual without doing your test in a manual
@@HamburgerHelperDeath in Europe automatic models come at a premium. You can drive more economical (and dynamic too) manually. Automatic cars (If not driven with the LIGHTEST foot) have worse mileage. Automatic is nice to have and more importantly will take over once hybrids become the bare minimum standard for lower emissions not to speak of fully electric cars.
@@HamburgerHelperDeath well, after giving it careful consoderation and in light of other more pressing world matters (guess I'm not an expert after all, having never owned a car myself, because in Berlin ober 60% of housholds don't/won't/don't have to given multimodal transportaktion) I hearby rest my argument with one final shout "ELECTRO!", hoping that in the near future push-go will become the norm, but in the right way ; ) good day!
@@HamburgerHelperDeath Almost all cars still have a manual option. Only big and heavy cars, like suv's come automatic only. But who really wants a suv?
Haha, he should´ve explained what a clutch does, decuppling the engine from the transmission and driveshaft. If he wouldve understood that it probably would´ve gone better :P.
Yes, yes it does. I was wondering why he was in normal traffic being on his very first stick drive. Video doesn't show how much ptractice he had though. ;)
Well done! I (German) learned manual shift as the first thing in my drinving lessons, and I remember how hard it was back then. But when you get used to it, you feel like touching the motor every time you shift gears. It really makes you understand the machine and the energy in it.
Driving shift gives me the feeling of being much more in control of the car. More a driver than a passenger. On the other hand on the autobahn and especially in a traffic jam not having to kick the clutch all the time feels much more relaxed.
I went to the US last year and had a hire car in Boston. It was an automatic. I'd never driven an automatic before. It took me a while to stop pressing the brake hard thinking it was the clutch but I got the hang of it in the end and really enjoyed it after a while. It felt like I was driving a toy car. Never did find the hand brake though.
When u are driving a automatic car just teach your self not to use your right foot that's cause your mind set is keep on telling u clutch in and brakes
I am German and only drive stick shift. But honestly I don't get why so many people hate automatic and call it "unmanly" etc. Modern cars shift better than humans can and there is no reason not to make use of this technology. If you like stick shift more - hey, faire enough. But don't hate people who like to use automatic.
NALF Because in a nice car it can be great fun. But have you driven manual in a traffic jam yet or in slow city traffic? It gets exhausting over the time ^^
And to close that door: You need to have had your driving test on a manual to be licensed for manual in Germany. Glad your home state has an agreement with Germany to recognise it's license but better inquire about limitations.
Not bad :-) We all were like you when we had first ride in carschool. I think manual car is more interesting to drive. It keeps you a little bit "awakened". But I believe that in most european countries it is illegal to drive manual car with only automatic car driving licence. At least in our country it is. Anyway, I hope you had fun and learn something new.
Automatic gear license is mostly used by people with disabilities. Then, it is also shown on the license that they are only allowed to drive automatic cars.
In Belgium automatic gears is mainly for the disabled, the old and sales reps who want their right hand free to fiddle with their smart phone whilst being in the traffic jam. Regular people drive stick. People who only have a driving license for automatic are not allowed to drive stick.
Don't worry. When drove my first automatic car in Canada it was weird, too. In Germany you can't drive manual cars when you only have a license for automatic. You don't want to have drivers on the autobahn who shift to the wrong gear at 250kph. But the fun part with manual comes in rush hour and stopandgo traffic. And downhill. And uphill. Or all together now.
Hahaha I also love that part ! The traffic jam is my favorite, especially in Paris ❤️. I love going back and forth between 1rst and 2nd gear for hours.
And now to test his supposed 6.5 on the 1 to 10 scale... Let's drive to a steeper incline (let's go for an easy 6%), park the car, engage the e-brake, put the car into 1st gear, turn off the engine, release clutch. To make this a real challenge, we will park your own car directly behind your parked Passat, with a distance of, oh, let's be generous, appr 60cm / two feet. And another car 1.2 meters in front (appr. 4 feet). That's being very generous for an inclined parking area. In many cases other cars will park a LOT closer than that. Now let's start up the engine, with your right foot on the brake pedal, your left foot pressing down on the clutch, put in 1st gear, now slowly release the e-brake while you instantly shifting your brake-foot to the gas pedal, give a little gas, and carefully release the clutch SO YOUR CAR DOES *NOT* ROLL BACK INTO THE CAR BEHIND YOU OR SMASH INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF YOU!. Let's see you sweat through that one. I challenge you to that. You may still claim a 6.5 outta 10 if you succeed without any major bumps, or any damage to any of the involved cars. After that he will accept that his score was at best a meager 0.5 to 1 on the 1-10 scale. But heck, maybe, just maybe, I'm being a jackass right now! ;-)
If he passes that test he deserves at least 9/10. also, If you have a diesel you do not neccessarily need your foot on the gas pedal to drive uphill. very slowly releasing the clutch is enough.
you shouldn't have your foot on the brake, move your foot to the accelerator (gas pedal) whilst the e-brake is on, that is assuming it works exactly the same way as a standard handbrake, you should be able to stop it rolling back with just the clutch and gas when you take off the e-brake
Big difference: in Germany you FIRST get it explained. That way he would have known what a "Schleifpunkt" ist. ;-) If you can repeat it (or tell it in your own words), you may practice it (with a trained teacher).
Another cool feature of manuals is when you see a red light in the distance, just downshift with no gas and the gearbox will slow the car down. It's also much more fuel efficient because you can decide whether you want to shift early or hit the pedal to the floor and shift late
This remembers me to my first driving lessons, 45 years ago. But this opens the world to much more driving fun. Keep exercising and you will probably never turn back to automatic transmission. The next challenge will be to start moving a car uphill with the help of a traditional handbrake. Then you will need to learn how to synchronize properly the clutch, gas, and the handbrake.
Patricia Grass you hit the clutch with your left foot, why would you hit the break with your left foot on automatic???? I really hope you dont drive near my area
+Patricia Grass I know what you mean! The rule of thumb (or foot if you will) is that when you drive an automatic (and is used to a manual) place your left foot away and idle to the side, and only use your right foot for breaking) This way you avoid accidentally ramming the brake as you would the clutch.
you do know that you are not allowed to drive a manual car if you did your driving licence only with an automatic? better check you are legal here. and only drive instructors are allowed to teach people without a driving licence
Das würde nur gelten wenn die in den USA auch zwei verschiedene Führerscheinarten haben. Wenn die nur einen generellen haben und er diesen besitzt darf er auch hier Handschalter fahren ohne je so ein Auto gefahren zu haben.
MoNt3c0r3 muss man nach 6 Monaten aber umschreiben doch lassen, ab da gilt der US Schein nicht mehr. Und da kommt die Anerkennung auf den US Bundesstaat an, soweit ich weiß ..
Its all about the practice. In a couple of days you gonna ask your self what the fuzz was all about und you will be driving like nothing changend. Downside is you cant vlog while driving anymore because you need both hands now.
... just noticed that this video isn't 4 days but 1 year and 4 days old 😅 Now I already wrote this wall of text so enjoy 🤷♂️😅 So some small advices: 1) Almost never go to neutral. Only if you are waiting at a red light for a long time. Normally you would just change to first gear after breaking (clutch + break -> 1. Gear -> release clutch). Also when you park the car, stay in first gear and keep the clutch pressed -> switch off the engine -> then release the clutch. This prevents the car from rolling away if there is no hill and you don't need the other break thingy (Handbremse in German). 2) If you turn left or right into another street while driving ( = when you drive very narrow curves inside a city) you should normally drive them in second gear. 3) Most important: don't worry! After a while you won't even remember that there is a clutch in the car because every movement will work automatically. Muscle memory ftw. This can btw be a really shifty problem for Germans when they drive automatic for the first time and they want to stop at a right light and automatically the left foot is going to press in the clutch but instead the driver presses the break with his left foot. Not a cool feeling, trust me 🙈😂
I actually never paid this any mind until this channel. I learned to drive a manual when I was stationed in Germany. My sergeant made me drive a manual truck alone on the autobahn even after I expressly told her that I didn't know how to drive. I've loved manuals ever since!
I'm from germany and i'm learning how drive at the moment. And my first lessons were almost like this ,like sweating, scared and only little control over my feet😂👌🏻
Oh wow, you really did a good job for your first time. And finally you are ready to FEEL a car instead of just driving it! I literally felt your thriumph while simply watching your face! (And by the way - I think that "Peer Gynt" by Edvard Grieg was the perfect music for this video, haha, well chosen!)
The consistent comments that bash Americans are honestly quite annoying, not just because I am one. Just because someone has lived in a country where things are done differently from your own, does not make your life or culture better than the other person's, just because it was your experience. Also, driving manual does not mean one has superior intelligence, just as driving automatic does not mean one is dumb. It makes me wonder why then so many people are rude, and not hoping that he improves.
Yeah. Don't listen to those douchebags. I'm German, and when it comes to cars, many Germans turn into total morons - like, you sit next to your calm, friendly colleague, and the second he touches the wheel he starts screaming and ranting! And everyone claims to be a "natural-born super driver" that only needed 5-10 lessons. It's like penis size. Everyone lies about it.
I don't get this either and it is not because I am not a German. Obviously things are done differently in the USA and the fact that he even bother to learn how to drive manual shows that he's the kind of person that is willing to learn new things and improve himself. Driving a car, manual or automatic, is a skill that can be learned. I personally wouldn't bother with driving a manual car because there is no need for it and there's no reason for me to believe that those who can drive manual are any more intelligent than those who doesn't. If people think they're somewhat smarter or better because they drive manual seriously need to check themselves.
Dana Haldeman Well... I guess we German are just a little too proud. If there is a video about Germany the comment section is full of Germans explaining and correcting every detail that might have been wrong about our country. I must admit. I do the same.
FuckYouGoogle Oh! It’s you again? So the US isn’t a threat with a orange as your president??? How is Germany a danger to Europe? Can you explain that further? Right now you aren’t being better than all the other Germans and people bashing about the driving techniques in other countries. I guess you are one of those people who think that Adolf Hitler is still alive and secretly ruling Germany.
Old people like me remember the "Zwischengas" which was necessary before gears were synchronized. Clutch - accelerate - switch gear - accelerate - clutch. Anybody else remembers?
One important thing i not seen - that was just the basics.... You ll find out that you can break using the motor by shifting down. If you drive in curves on a wet street or in winter think twice or even just do not do it. If you drive a 2WD in the front this moment of break can kick you out of the curve - harder than just breaking ( usually the break combine all wheel - shifting down only the wheels where the power goes to ). When you break in a curve you loose your adhesion. That´s what you learn in your first lesson in a german driving school before experience what it is like to drive backwards controlling speed with the clutch.... Sorry for my pitful english...
There's something called the "emergency automatic" for most manual cars. Stick it in second, get the clutch right ONCE and you're good for driving within cities. On the long run it's bad for the clutch, but it's fine if it's once or twice in a longer time.
Keep on practising. It's like practising moves and strategies in football. You have to practise until you could do it while sleeping. And you haveto practise "Anfahren am Berg" Start to drive at an uphill street. If you can manage this task, you are good to go anywhere.
I'm American, if I went to Europeans would be surprise that I know how to drive a stick shift, I learn how to drive on it for my first car. I prefer automatic, I don't why the Europeans want to work so hard and shift gears, it is tedious with all the stop and go traffic. Today, the fuel economy is better with CVT and the newer automatics nowadays than with the stick shift.
Robert Perrett because for us is car=manual transmission. It gives you a better control of the vehicle and were pretty comfortable driving manual. Also with a manual you can control your own fuel economy by adjusting your drive style, and in regards of traffic, well, newer cars have super light clutches, you don’t get tired of driving them in the traffic.
Yes. Some people are tought by their parents using the family car and take the test in that same car, others take classes in high school and there is an instructor. Some states do have proper driving schools. I think I saw maybe five cars with manual transmission when I lived in the US. My host dad had a sports car with manual transmission. The other two cars my host parents owned were automatic ones.
When I took my drivers license back in 2005 in Norway you would have to pass your driving test in a manual car. There was an option to take it with an automatic (which was intended for people with disabilities) and it also got your license a limitation that you would only be allowed to drive cars with an automatic gearbox. Never heard anyone taken a driving test with an automatic, but I've heard it has changed the last few years due to a influx of new automatic cars in Europe.
I feel the pain you guys just went through! 😂😂😂 When I tried at the driving School I felt like it was an impossible thing to accomplish, but eventually you'll get the hang of it. 🤗👌💙
I just found your channel. You guys are making me nervous watching this. My Dad taught me how to drive standard (stick) when I was 17 years old. I almost gave my Dad a heart attack several times and after every drive I was in tears. When I married my husband I tried to teach him how to drive my car. My husband only learned how to back up. So, we ended up selling my car. Even though I do not have a standard car anymore, I still believe it’s a useful skill to have. It’s all about managing the clutch, brake and gas. Hills were the worst for me. I would stall the car all the time as the car would roll back slightly when I would let up on the brake to go to the gas. Fast forward, I’m 64 and I still know how to drive a standard. Thanks to my Dad for sticking it out with me, even though I’m pretty sure he saw his life flash before his eyes a few times. My poor Dad. Love you Dad❤️
GOOD JOB MAN! I tried teaching my american friend to drive stick and it was the most nerverecking day of my life. In his defense, Italian streets are way worse than german once. You guys can come visit me in Venice anytime :D
Manuale tutta la vita. Ho guidato una sola volta con l'automatico ed é stato di SERA, un'auto NON MIA, in mezzo al TRAFFICO. E ogni volta che frenavo ovviamente inchiodavo.
Bloody hell, how many Americans act like this? Does everything warrant a loud clap, high five, "wooohoo", "oh yeah" and exaggerated drama? Then there's this fool who couldn't find a shirt.
Now try going uphill on a steep climb with full capacity haul and get stuck in stop and go traffic on the incline. You learn that and you are manual master !
It is kinda adorable to see you learn what some of us know by heart at the age of 18. thats not trying to be mean to you. you haven't learned it so it's definetly new to you. I just love watching you explore it. :D Don't know if your buddy told you, but when you release the clutch, don't do it abruptly. be gentle and smooth. it's like a dance between clutch and gas, when the clutch is coming, you gently ease off the gas, and vice versa when you want to shift gears. Once you know the movement by heart (every car has a different clutch point that a driver has to learn) you'll shift gears without the "whiplash". Also never take your foot off the clutch pedal. don't press it but just leave the foot there, that way you can't accidently stall should you break, as you push both down. Accidents with the elderly usually happen when they mistake the gas for the break when they have their foot not in the right position.
Well, motorcycles are as common in the US as one might expect. Looking on a page from Bureau of Transportation statistics, there were about 6.6 Million registered motorcycles in the US in 2006. (Taken with a grain of salt. Unregistered ones can be operated legally under some circumstances but it says "majority of motorcycles in use must be registered for operations on public highways". Of course, people may have a licence without owing a bike right now while others may own more than one.) With an US population of over 320 Millions that's not that many. For comparison: According to Statista there are 4.31 Million motorcycles ("Krafträder") in Germany as of January 2017.
Motorcycles are a niche vehicle. Why would it be necessary to learn manual transmission when the overwhelming majority of US cars have automatic transmission?
Americans are the only people in the world who make such a big deal about driving a manual car. It's simple, super easy, but they make it seem like it's incredibly hard. I guess that's why those who actually do learn it there think that they're automatically great drivers because they can drive a manual, which is literally totally untrue. Americans are also the ones who started the bullshit about how you can't be a skilled driver if you don't drive a manual, which is untrue as well. Shifting gears is literally the easiest part of driving a car. My 70 year old grandma drives a manual.
wow, is it so hard to unterstand that it is "hard" for (many) americans because they never did it before? I bet your first driving lessons were far away from clean driving, probably including stalling the car. The vast majority of cars in the US is automatic, if that was not the case it would be as easy and normal for them as it is for us.
people here also struggle with manual in driving school, but once you get used to it you dont think about what you have to do, it becomes automatic. i have everything in manual, my car is manual of course, heck even my scooter is manual.
FuckYouGoogle sorry, but you seem to be stupid af. germany still rules the car industry. and it won't change. look at those stupid american cars: 7437 l / 100 km and absolutely no safety. go on licking trumps ass and stop talking shit nobody cares about.
FuckYouGoogle im sorry to tell you but some german cars could be able to drive autonom...there is more a problem with laws than witch technical issues... audi is even leading in this sector
as a german currently taking driving lessons (on my 8th hour on the street) seeing an american with no manual knowledge or strict street laws drive around is a true Gefährdung für den Verkehr
me too. this is the 2nd video I watched from NALF and ... yep, he got another subscriber. Very nice made. Music not too loud, entertaining and informative. Go ahead NALF *thumbs-up*
1812 Overture from Tchaikovski great Background Musik I have the same problem driving an Automatic . Like your videos. Moving to another Country isn't easy, no matter where you come from and where you move to. I know, i lived 10 Years in Canada. All the Problems you had in Germany ,I had in Canada. Keep up the good work
Manual shifting is really good if you need the control, however automated dual clutch transmissions are way more comfortable and can shift much more precicly than a human!
There are some things i will never understand about the u.s ...like the inch system, or why they all learn how to drive automatic first... every idiot can drive an automatic car. So why not teach them how to shift drive first ?!
dXb Most Americans never leave the US, though. Many don't even have a passport for that very reason. And if they go on vacation outside the US, they often don't need to drive a car - eg on a cruise - or just rent an automatic. So they don't care.
Driving manual gear is a lot safer, especially on wet or icy roads.. If your going too fast on a curve you suspect is wet or icy you don't just brake, you release the clutch and if its still yoo fast apply a little bit of brake.. if its still too fast after that you apply more brake (but increase your chance of sliding) or shift to a bigger gear..eg. if you are on the 3rd or 4th gear you shift to 2nd or 1st then you release the clutch again.. It will reduce your chance of accidents compared to when you just brake the shit out of it.
Lol this video reminded me of my first driving lesson. Stalled the car trying to go at the first traffic lights stop, lots of honking from behind, that didn't help :)) Only owned manuals until now, but told myself the next I would buy would be an automatic, after driving a few of those and they are so much more comfortable.
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FuckYouGoogle man shut up and stop trashtalk. in the future they'll definitely exist manual cars. no one said that they'll will stop produce manual cars.
FuckYouGoogle so i'm just simply a troll or stupid for you because you can't face the truth? interesting. man you're so pathetic you can't even bring some proofs or arguments... and you want to tell someone something like this? now please do us a favor and shut the fuck up you stupid kid.
Hahaha! Butthurt Germans clinging on their dated "technology" in this comment section. Forget it! There is not a single rational case for manual cars. But I think you can't argue with these people. This is like a religion to them, you know. ;) @Jasmin Lawrence: If you want a real driving test, let's go to the kart or race track and I will show you how to drive. ;) A driving test doesn't make anyone a real driver in any country. German drivers are no exception. Look at how bad most people drive here.
It's more complicated if you've to train it the other way around because you're doing a hard stop the moment you want to shift the gear and therefore try to kick the non-existing clutch.
Lol. Do they teach you how to drive only automatic transmission in your driving schools in your americas? If you can't drive manual, you just can't drive.
A manual transmission = millennial anti-theft device. ;-) Its a rare person in the US under the age of 40 that can drive a stick. I learned to drive a stick a few months after I got my license (at 16) and it was absolutely terrifying the first week. I can't count how many times I killed it in traffic. About six months later I had to go to San Francisco and the hills were super intimidating from a stop pointing uphill.
that is really funny. And I did expect German people to rise the finger and point out what could happen, and what the law says. And as long as your license is covered in Germany, you are free to drive... So don't worry about the "Besserwisser" (back seat driver) Good job mate.....
The passenger maybe mentioned it without making it into the edit, but, it seems he forgot to mention that a stick shift sort of "shifts itself" when you go up, it wants you to go to the next gear almost automatically, helping you so you don't have to look at it while you are shifting. I'm not sure what kind of Audi this was, but most modern cars can easily set to roll just by letting the clutch grip gradually and finally depress it completely. Also, with driving lessons I always learned to downshift by matching the numbers of the gear you want to go down to (or up, for that matter) with the first number of the speed (in kilometers) you are driving. Gear 1 is from 0 to 10 (and it depends on the car if it's 15 or 20 as a maximum for going into the red revolutions per minute) Gear 2 is from 20 to 30 and so on. If you do not have a revolutions indicator (I'm unsure if American cars ever come without them actually, but some smaller cars you can get in The Netherlands do) this way you can learn to safely downshift without causing to much of a big and abrubt speed reduction when releasing the clutch.
In Germany you have to choose if you want to make your drivers license exam with automatic or manual gear shift. If you chose automatic, you are not allowed to drive a manual shifted car. But I don't know what it's like if you are a foreigner.
Probably nothing ... with a foreign driving license there is nothing to worry about between manual/automatic license. That applies only to German licences (and I have yet to meet a German who only has the license to drice automatic)
de.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/driving-in-germany/ I just want to make sure, that there is no trouble you can get into. If you cause an accident without being allowed to drive... In Germany we say: Oh, oh, oh, das wird teuer - Oh, oh, oh, this is gonna be expansive
The trick in a manual car ist just to chill and find the sweet spot of the clutch and hold it there until the car starts rolling ;) I've been driving manual since i was about 8 jears old^^
Excuse me? Really... you know over here in the netherlands over 95 % of the cars are manual. And more over, insurance companies give female drivers 10% more discount on the premium to be payed, oposed to men.... because female drivers are less involved in carcrashes...so.. how about that Dorfnasen?
Funny to watch, no worries withtin a .short while you will develop muscle memory. Important tip!!! DO NOT LEAVE your HAND ON the STICK!!! This will wear out the synchromesh rings and other components in the gearbox. Expensive repairjob... Have fun shifting gears :)
I feel like every man should learn how to drive a manual transmission car. Women can drive only automatic if they want to, because it's easier and more convenient for them.
What ! I'm a woman, I'll be 60 in few weeks and very happy of that. I only drive manual cars, my first one was a Citroen 2CV, very funny to drive ! :D I was the co-pilote of my kids when they achieve the driving test. I would prefere to have wings to my car ( my dream ! ) than automatic transmission !
Next step: try driving an old VW Beetle without synchronization in the gearbox. Need to adjust the RPM to get into the gear cleanly ;-)) Then, go to Bergisches Land or Taunus and do some curves up and down the hillside. Tip: you're gonna need second gear A LOT, unless you take those curves in a nice middling line with some momentum left.
I'm from Germany, 19 years old. I got my license at the age of 17. From the driving school car (2010 BMW 3 series, Stick shift) I went to a 1992 Audi 100 C4. Stick shift, no clutch control, 450.000km at the first clutch (so basically dead until the last 2cm) and without any assistants. Not even ABS or TCS. It was so great. Last year I got my first own car. An automatic 2002 Toyota Corolla 1.6 VVT-I. It's a great car, but I miss the stick shift. Driving automatic is way more relaxed than driving manual. But it cuts off a lot of fun. I do not feel my engine anymore. I can't rev it or accelerate hard unless I lock it to drive only the first 2 gears and open it up after that and I miss breaking by using the engine's force. But I love it on the highway (Autobahn) or when driving in stop-and-go traffic. The problem I see with today's automatic cars is, that you do not learn to drive properly. Even if you learn stick shift today, you can't drive a car that has not all the assists, like clutch control or hill breaking so you don't roll down the whole hill when trying to get off. And with all people driving automatic in the US and the way too easy and undisciplined driving test in the US, I think many people will get into traffic while they are not ready for it. And because I love driving a stick shift, I always try to drive my old Audi. Even with it's nearly half a million driven kilometers and the many issues it has. I was even the only guy in my company to only want a stick shift company car for work. And I love it. Sometimes I even use the gears to its maximum and accelerate from the traffic light to feel the power in my hand when quick-shifting with the clutch. The feel when you slam the clutch, hit the next gear and instantly slam the gas pedal again is just amazing.
🤣 Here in New Zealand most cars are auto. I drive a 10 yr old Honda Civic Euro model manual, my wife's car is auto. I can drive both types. My son and daughter are learning in the auto. The only problem with the Euro Civic is that the indicator is on the left and the wipers are on the right. In most cars here it's the other way around.
These cars may be manual but they got all kinds of systems that assist you on a stable driving. Imagine having to start off uphill with one of those really old cars when the car rolls backwards when you let go of the clutch just a bit too far
to be honest this audi was from the early 2000s. i doubt it had such a system but it has enough torque. try this on a car with zero low end torque next.
Been driving stick since I was 16. Had an older friend teach me how to handle a stick and became a pro right away. Been driving stick everyday since getting broke in on manual with learner's permit.
If you have learnt on automatic cars in the US your driving license is valid here with a limitation ,u actually are not allowed to drive manual here, if u wanna you have to pass an exam for that....
im 27 and im filipino, here in my small community, we believe that if you can't drive manual you can't drive at all, i've been using manual cars since 11 but legally drove on the streets at 18.
