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Jabro · 12-03-2012, 12:26 PM

Alby, if only you knew how much American's love their automatics. I want to say that in 2008 something like only 8% of all cars sold in the U.S. were manual transmission. Driver's Ed is almost exclusively automatic, and being licensed automatic automatically allows you to legally drive manual, even if you've never drove a standard in your life. Personally I think everyone should learn stick, it'd cut down on a lot of the idiots I see texting while driving, but I digress.

My driver's ed car was a red ford taurus. Four weeks of classroom instruction, and three days of driving on the weekend and I was good to go. That was how it worked for me in high school, and that wasn't too long ago.

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12-03-2012, 12:26 PM	#5
Jabro Drives: 2008 2dr Yaris Liftback Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: New Orleans Posts: 77	Alby, if only you knew how much American's love their automatics. I want to say that in 2008 something like only 8% of all cars sold in the U.S. were manual transmission. Driver's Ed is almost exclusively automatic, and being licensed automatic automatically allows you to legally drive manual, even if you've never drove a standard in your life. Personally I think everyone should learn stick, it'd cut down on a lot of the idiots I see texting while driving, but I digress. My driver's ed car was a red ford taurus. Four weeks of classroom instruction, and three days of driving on the weekend and I was good to go. That was how it worked for me in high school, and that wasn't too long ago.