Can you drive a car with a stick transmission?

A lot of cars in Europe are manual so it's a given to know how to drive stick!

All but one of my many cars over the years were of that type; called "manual transmission" not "stick shift" in Britain - and sometimes shortened to just "manual" when the context is clear.

I don't know the proportion, but many British drivers do prefer manual to automatic and most garages other than some main-dealers given no choice by the marque they sell, offer both modes.

I have owned one automatic-transmission car, which took a bit of getting used to, but it was unduly thirsty thanks to that; and I have never owned one since.

The others included two Landrovers, Series Two or Three, whose central transmission-tunnel sprouted three gear-levers! They were the main 4-speed gearbox, the High/Low Range selector and the 4/2 wheel-drive selector. For normal road use, you use High Range, 2WD and the normal gears.

My gf taught me when we were teenagers. She used to love to pull up on a hill, pull up the brake, hop out and make me take over. We sat on many a hill for very long periods of time. 🙂

I love the stick shift - have had several cars with that.

Outside of North America I "think" most people drive Manual/stick shift

every single person in the uk knows how to drive a stick shift car

We had to learn with manual cars that come with the gear stick, yes.

Of course, double clutch too.

Always. This is UK and not the USA

My sister and me are the only two girls I know who can drive a stick. Our parents insist we drive a manual transmission because it forces you to pay more attention to your driving. Plus it's almost impossible to text and drive with a stick shift.

OVER 80% IN THE uk

In Australia, just about everyone my age learned to drive a stick shift. I heard recently that car manufacturers are thinking of stopping production of manual cars and just have automatics.

I learned out of necessity when I borrowed a car while mine was in a shop. I LOVED it. still wish he would have traded me that cor for the one i was having fixed. but he loved it too.

Yes. That's all I drive. Though young people these days increasingly seem to not have this skill

If it was an emergency I could but otherwise I may strip the gears 😬

I had difficulty learning in a manual so I changed to an automatic.

@jjoe01...what's double clutch mean?

I prefer a standard.