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Can you drive a manual transmission? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

or else they would’ve chosen to take their lessons in a regular manual like most people

More likely that it's often their parents' car, I suspect. Depending on where you live, practising in your own car can save thousands in driving school fees.

But for the non-Europeans reading, the thing is that with the manual license you get to choose. You can drive both. Automatic license, you can never drive a manual.

Rental companies are almost certain to replace their cars with EVs sooner rather than later. But if you want to rent a bigger van, those'll likely be ICE for a while longer. A van like that can easily do hundreds of thousands of kms. That's a lot for a van that does the occasional move.