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And where are you from? And how old? Not "do you" but just if you know how.

I'm in the US, mid 30s and can (and do) drive a manual transmission.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes. Europe. We pretty much all do. Automatics are becoming a bit more common in recent years, but 90% of cars here are still manual. Especially the old beat-up cars we learn to drive on are all manual. And if by chance you learned on an automatic, and pass your driver's test on automatic, it says so on your driver's licence and I think you're not actually allowed to drive/rent manual cars.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's how it is in Sweden. I learned on a manual specifically so I wouldn't be limited to automatics.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Same in Finland as well. I have both automatic and manual cars, newer ones are often automatic and it's a bit funny that more often people aren't famliar with automatic transmission and they need to be spesifically told to keep their left foot at the floor and not do anything with it.