There is a new rule that came out this year for all people who do driving license now on automatic they at least to have 10 Driving hours with shift in driving school to be able to drive shift in Germany at least I am not sure about Americans driving shift
In germany americans need an IDP (international drivers permit) to drive. But they dont have to take lessons or stuff like that. (They do when their us license expires and want a german license)
Right on top of „driving without a proper license“ this may even turn into loosing your insurance coverage.. so as an American you should tell anyone you never did that before ..
I converted my auto to a clutch, you can go park in the 7-11 in the hood and go in, use the restroom, browse around, talk to the cashier And your car will still be there 😁
@@narmale Idk 7-11 I'm from germany most of us drive with stick here 😂 and if you want to have a drivers license you have to learn how to drive with a stick.
@@SotGravarg 7-11 is a rather... uh... infamous fuel station here in the states rather notorious for crime in poor areas lol Yeah i learned to drive a stick at 18 and i love it!
That isnt true. I have my license from vegas we are allowed to can drive both I didn't even have to do the test for a belgium license. Ive had since I was 16. I only paid 24 euros for the switch because america and belgium has an agreement 🤝
ahaha, fun fact in Ukraine you are not allowed to drive a car with manual transmission if you learnt to drive on auto. On driver license you have a specific mark, we call it a sign of shame
@@a16thcenturypeasant98 Farms tend to be pretty resourceful and keep equipment for a long time. One of our trucks was standard and so was our tractor and our dirt bikes. I think many people learn stick on tractors. I learned the idea on a dirt bike and tractor when I was ~7 and then actual standard for a car when I was 12 to drive the truck around.
@@a16thcenturypeasant98 not only US. In switzerland you can take the test for the license of a tractor, with 14 years. You can drive on streets and everything but you need proof that you need it. Good ol days when my classmate took us to the next mall in the big pause of school or parked beside our teacher😂
It definitely takes a little time to adjust when switching, but years later I still reach for the shifter and clutch. I call it using my invisible transmission.
My main vehicle is a GMC Sierra 1500 that is automatic but I also drive my dads f-150 which is stick shift, after a day of using the F150 I forget that the Sierra is automatic and I always try to grab the stick and press the clutch 😂😂😂
@@ellbceeI always drive manual and owned a few now but recently had to take someone's automatic somewhere and honestly I kept putting my left leg down at junctions subconsciously 😂
Idk but personally automatic is just more comfortable and easier since you don't have to worry about stalling out or rolling backwards on hills and hitting the car behind you.
As someone who dailys a stick, i camt remeber the last time i stalled. Its like riding a bike, once you get some seat time its muscle memory. Also you get used to rolling back, and are able to catch it before it actually becomes a problem. The main annoyance is city driving/bad traffic because you have to constantly go from 1 to 2 to 1 to 2 to 3 back to 2 in like a 500 yard span. The only time automatics exel.
I've been driving automatic for years now, I still occasionally have to worry about rolling backward on hills, but that's an easy fix, just press the brake pedal while standing still ^^
@@ZachyTheLegand i mean that goes with basically anything, the more you do something the better you get overtime, so it doesn’t make stalling or rolling any less of a concern if driving stick
First time in an automatic I was tired of applying the brakes in a traffic jam. Put it in neutral, then I wanted to go to drive, but went for reverse. Car started rolling and I almost hit the car behind me. Would have never made that mistake in a stick shift.
I think most Americans would rather drive an automatic because having to deal with a shifter would mean they'd have to put down their hamburger and apple pie while driving.
@@IAm-zo1boa manual actually has a couple disadvantages, whether it be having to shift, stalling, clutch, etc. Where as the only advantage it has is like slight advantages if you want to race someone in a track that needs drifting.
@@zulik9831 as far as i know manual is standard in EU and people prefer Manual. At least in germany where i live. You are not even allowed to drive manual if you learned on automatic. Automatic has no future. Too heavy, too expensive, too tireing. And with eoectric cars there is no gearbox needed anyways. Automatic is crap.
I’m 55 and there was more manual shift cars in the US a couple of decades ago! Automatics have only become more prevalent because of car manufacturers trying to be more efficient! I actually learned to drive on a “three on the tree” when I was 13 years old!!! Oh yeah I still drive a manual shift every day!
What's hilarious is everyone whining about an automatic clutch. Just because it does it for me doesn't mean it shifts for me I do that . And if I do it wrong it takes ages to shift like seconds I cannot spare doing 110
In Argentina most of the pickup trucks (Fords, Chevys etc) up untill the 90's were three on the tree, i heard in the US those trans are quite rare right?
I'm a generation behind you and I've owned 7 manuals, my first car as a manual and I only purchased ONE automatic for my small business so other employees could drive them. Europeans barely drive cars to begin with, I dont know who the fuck told them Americans dont drive stick.
@@iamcase1245 Many OLDER Americans know how to drive stick and even 3 on the tree. It's the fucking gen z like this idiot in the video that don't. We drive 18 SPEED SEMI's here which is definitely a lot harder than a regular 5 SPEED. To say that Americans don't know how to drive stick is bull.
In Algeria, I don't even think you're allowed to have a driver's license until you pass the test in a manual transition car. Like idek where you'd find a school that teaches you with an automatic
In the Netherlands there’s a certain rule: If you had driving lessons with an Automatic you cannot drive stick. (You can choose if you want Auto or Manual) If you leaned manual, you can drive Stick shift and Automatic
In Sweden we have two different driver licenses, one for just automatic and one for both automatic and manual. If you've ever been in a manual car with someone who's only ever driven automatic I think you can see why this makes sense. Even I, who only ever drives manual in Sweden, struggled for a week or so to get my muscle memory of when to shift after living abroad and driving automatic for year.
I’m a vehicle transporter, I almost always have at least one manual transmission car on my truck. I often have more than one. Certain cars are still very popular as manual in the United States.
In Australia most cars now are automatic and my husband and I have also succumbed (sooo much easier in traffic) BUT whenever we go to Europe we purposely hire a car with manual transmission because manual cars are more fun. YES I know, there is also traffic in Europe BUT ...I'm not referring to little side street traffic.. I'm talking about the traffic on freeways / motorways - the big roads which should allow for fast moving traffic. Due to the predominance of 1) ignorant drivers 2) arrogant drivers 3) undisciplined drivers our "fast" roads, during peak hour, resemble car parks therefore driving a car with manual transmission becomes painful. Literally.
@@insertnamehere5660 ...I mean, he brings up a great metaphor. I recently watched a video about how modern automatic transmissions are now faster and more efficient in certain models than their manual counterparts. Thats for ICE, and with Hybrid and EV taking hold of the auto industry in not just the USA but Europe too, soon the biggest benefit for driving a manual will no longer be as relevant. So itll be that boutique hipster thing that people do just to be different ala using a rotary landline phone in 2023.
@@sergeantbigmac I suppose so, however manliness literally has no part in this whatsoever, and I don't think I have seen any manual drivers think they are better than auto drivers just because they can change gears, and anyone who does think they are better clearly are only driving it to look better instead of wanting to feel better with the car. Your point I accept is very relevant if we take out manliness, I do feel like knowing how to drive manual makes you a more rounded driver (if practiced well) but that is a whole other subject however.
@@insertnamehere5660 Well I never personally equated it to manliness (that was the OP commenter) because its silly to assign gender to an inanimate object. But I do agree it makes a person a more well rounded driver and people should learn if they have the opportunity. My point is will it actually matter when manuals will be so rare to find in the future? Hell theyre rare to find now! ...Only 1 person in my entire extended family and friend group owns a manual and it took like 6months of coordinating to finally get them to teach me how. So now I know how but the odds of needing to in my life are slim because where do I buy a newer manual in the USA thats not a sports car or offroader? So you have to be a bit of an elitist to drive a manual at least in the USA. Its obviously different in other countries.
I used to only drive stick when I was younger. Now I'm a grown up and work 50-60 hours a week and drive in hellish traffic all year long, I wouldn't touch anything that's not an automatic. Automatic, air conditioning and Black Sabbath on the radio... I'm good.
I was working as a tech at a Nissan dealer and I volunteered to take a Polish woman to her destination being she’s dropping her vehicle off over night. So we took a 2018 Nismo Sentra manual. The entire way from the dealer to where she was going which was about 20 minutes. She couldn’t keep her eyes off of me shifting gears. She told me she was baffled that people in the US know how to drive stick, over in Poland and all over Europe, manual is the norm lol.
Funfact: If you didn't know how to drive manually....you'll get in BIG trouble if they pull you over. If you get a drivers License for manual you're allowed to drive auto (whats the one called? XD) but NOT Vice Versa xD
Here in India you only get your lisence if you can drive manual. Or bribe the officer. But, if you want to drive here and survive you better know how to do it
Yes, and only in car form. The only truck I know of that still offers a stick is the base model Tacoma, but that info might be out of date. What gets me is Hellcats only come in automatic, yet they’re considered high performance. Make no sense whatsoever.
Most new and electric cars are automatic, manual transmission is a thing of the past and most car manufacturers aren’t offering cars in a manual anymore. So yeah this joke isn’t funny unless his implications is that Germans only drive cars that are more than 15 years old.
@@Tybalt-si9wf the problem is that there is no demand anymore therefore car manufacturers don’t see the need to make manual cars. Also like I said with the push towards electric cars manual transmission is a thing of the past.
@@Tybalt-si9wf In the United States it’s only 13% of all cars sold in 2020 and about the same in other developed nations. You’ll find as people move more towards hybrid and EVs manual transmissions will end up disappearing.
@@starscream512 You are wrong about that. In Europe not just in Germany, most Drivers still drive manuals and Car Companies still make manuals and they are not just a thing in the past if there is a lot of demands for manuals. Tell me you're American without telling me you're American because only in America where most people only drive Auto.
@@filledwithvariousknowledge2747I know, that's what I did, you just need to get used to no longer using the left foot, but you get used to it quite fast
My father would not let me drive (USA) myself until I was competent with manual transmission. I've had a 5 or 6 speed stick on every car since 1998. I hate automatics.
My stepdad taught me to drive a manual before I ever touched an automatic. He said "Any man that can't drive a stick shift, doesn't deserve to drive." Lol.
@@SashaFujiwaraNo, most cars have spare tyres and asking for roadside assistance is costly and will take time. Change tyres, car battery, jumpstarting a car are essential part of having a car. Also, it is very helpful to know how to change some fluids on the carm
@@ale_s45 well I don't thing it's about standards anyway Its just that people in the US are a little bit lazy of driving a stick Here in India we people don't even get the real feeling of driving if we don't shift gears Here 90 percent of drivers drive stick And they are used to it and happy with it Coz it is more comfortable for us
@@MT_PistonHead03 here in Italy everyone can drive a manual too because it's required to get the driving license. At the moment 80% of cars use manual transmissions, it used to be more than 90% 10 years ago so sadly things are changing
@@ale_s45 fr bro I'm also scared I don't want to see manuals dying at least as long as I'm alive I'm myself a manual guy And if I will not be able to drive a manual then there will be a no reason for me for driving I'm a car guy plus a manual car guy
I just don't get why people from the US don't learn with a manual gear shift, it's the most common thing in the world, they should learn to drive any car instead of automatics only.
@@comical3303or maybe they don't want to spend thousands on another car just for the sole purpose of learning stick. Why is it such a a big deal in the first place? Not everyone wants to deal with the fact of changing gears.
LOTS of people are saying you need to learn manual through driving lessons. This is NOT the case in the US. The ONLY thing they teach you in driver's ed these days in the US is Automatic. Plus MOST cars in the US are automatic.
Not really since it has multiple disadvantages compared to a automatic, sure those almost go away with skill but never completely, basically the only advantage manual can claim is some dude's aesthetic preference or like slight advantages in drifting.
When I started driving in the USA every car was manual transmission. But not a stick transmission. The shifter was on the steering wheel column. Often called, "three on the tree." When you can float the clutch you know you're an expert. Floating the clutch is not pushing the clutch down to change gears when you are moving. You have to match the engine speed to the road speed to float the clutch. Can people in Europe float the clutch?
Do you not use the clutch at all? Can't really tell from your description. I can shift without clutch, but not at a 100% succes rate, I'd need an old junk car to get better at it. I can shift pretty fast and don't really press the clutch all the way in.
I'm European/ German and I've always driven cars with manual transmission (again: stop calling it stick!!!), but never in my life have I driven an automatic car. And I probably won't until I'm old😅 Even if that means buying old cars. Oh and btw, because Americans always think that public transport in Germany was great: Spoiler alert, it isn't! Well, at least not if you're living in more rural areas or small cities. Therefore, we drive over 50.000km per year by car, which is a lot for European standards and even a lot for Germany.
They cannot drive real cars, build real buildings with stone .. they need a manual for everything just to be safe not to put their hamster into a microwave..
In pretty much all of europe you *have* to learn in a stick shift. If you want to learn in an auto, you can, but you are then only allowed to drive automatics.
Say what you want, but sooner or later, automatic will be the norm everywhere. It's more fuel efficient than any human trying their very best, and much easier and more accessible. Manual cars will still be around for car enthusiasts or those who enjoy the "feeling of control" or whatever, but for normal people, automatic will be the standard.
Man how the hell people can drive without pushing there car to the limit and not doing wheel spins 💀 I can't live without it As a honda owner my car catches 105Km/pH on the second gear @7200 RPM Its fun
My first car was a stick. I hate how American cars companies is phasing manual transmission out. It a custom thing now and will cost you extra. Some companies still have them like Subaru but people just don’t want to buy them.
I am one of the few Americans left, that are passionate about keeping the Lost art of being able to drive a manual transmission vehicle, alive. if the trends continue like how I unfortunately think they will, the ability for anyone to purchase or drive a manual transmission vehicle will be gone forever because too many people lost interest and the skill will die forever💔 I am 22 and I have been living in the United States my whole life. I was born here and my parents are not foreign. I am very much an American in many ways I have traveled to Europe and of course have seen the dominance of stick shift vehicles that will also soon go away as electric cars become mandated there🤮. I have driven nothing but stick shift vehicles since I was 15. All three of my cars have been stick shift. I've lived in areas with mountains and snow and now, extremely heavy traffic. as of right now I live in a metro area with about eight million people. so yes I drive my stick shift car in heavy traffic frequently and I still wouldn't have it any other way. there is just something so satisfying and carnal about driving a stick shift for me that makes me genuinely upset about the idea of it being gone forever in the near future and me not being able to teach my children something my father taught me. I honestly don't understand the complete lack of interest except among Die Hard car enthusiasts for driving stick shift vehicles. by no means am I a totally rule-abiding driver at all. I am still able to confidently text and drive within reason and when I used to smoke cigarettes I used to be able to drive and text and smoke a cigarette and nothing was really different from someone doing the same who would be driving an automatic. driving a stick shift does not at all affect any sort of conveniences with driving that automatic-only drivers think they have. I haven't driven a car with only two pedals instead of three in a very long time and when I have, it's been a family members and it's been for no more than 30 mins. driving a stick-shift is truly second nature to me and I prefer it that way as I have gotten used to the increased levels of control I have over my car and what it does on the road based on my input. stick shift cars are better in snow or any lose traction situation. and I'm actively trying to promote this and I have started by offering stick shift driving lessons to anyone around me who's interested in learning and isn't a complete moron without the ability to listen to basic instructions I have taught 8 people how to successfully drive a stick shift if they ever needed to or just want to. eight different people around my own age who sometimes didn't even know that there was a third pedal, can now confidently get a stick-shift car up and moving from a stoplight without stalling all thanks to me teaching them because they showed slight interest at least and I was dying to teach someone else this lost art now a couple of them drive stick shift cars themselves either as their primary or weekend car,! 🎉
Words can’t explain how shocked ppl act when they realize I drive a stick shift car here in America. I guess it’s because I’m young, but even people double my age don’t know how to use a clutch😂 I bet the car culture in Germany is 🔥 I always tell people who can’t drive stick that R stands for “Race mode” 💀 Usually their response let’s me know if I’m talking to an idiot or not
No, car culture in Europe isn't "fire" in the way you think. Because driving a stick here isn't something people do because they think cars are cool or because they're super into cars. It's just the default type of car here. Driving a manual is something every granny and every girly girl with pink ribbons in her hair who doesn't know how to check her oil does as well - because it's nothing special. It's not something to "prove your car driving prowess". It's just something boringly normal everybody does. I mean, sure, we have people who are super into cars. Those are probably as few as in the US. There's not more of them just because most people drive stick. The reason we all drive stick is because automatic cars were a lot more expensive than manual until recently and also, the early automatics, like in the 70s, 80s, and 90s were just terrible in terms of gas mileage. In the US where gas always costs half (or even less) than it does in Europe nobody cared and people went for more convenience (probably because you already had a lot more traffic jams and stop and go traffic, the only scenario where I would prefer an automatic). But in Europe, people are thrifty and care for efficiency, so they stuck to driving manual. It is declining, though, most of the more upper class cars now come with automatic as the default option.
