<![CDATA[Can you drive a vehicle with a manual gearbox?]]>Can you drive a vehicle with a manual gearbox?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/efddda23-dc16-49ad-a42e-48b7323444e1/can-you-drive-a-vehicle-with-a-manual-gearboxRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 06:15:21 GMTThu, 07 May 2026 05:44:38 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Can you drive a vehicle with a manual gearbox? on Thu, 07 May 2026 20:04:10 GMT]]>@hayesstw yes, until the next wall.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/doublesandal/statuses/116535083017276292https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/doublesandal/statuses/116535083017276292Thu, 07 May 2026 20:04:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can you drive a vehicle with a manual gearbox? on Thu, 07 May 2026 18:55:52 GMT]]>@scottrochester @hayesstw I drove a manual for years in the US. Now I'm in the process of getting my UK driving license and will go for the "automatic" option for the practical test. I can shift in my sleep with my right hand but my left hand just doesn't have the muscle memory to deal with it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/isotope239/statuses/116534814483584185https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/isotope239/statuses/116534814483584185Thu, 07 May 2026 18:55:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can you drive a vehicle with a manual gearbox? on Thu, 07 May 2026 18:13:22 GMT]]>@hayesstw /me laughs in European 😄]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-1669-fcd6-42c5-422812119901https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-1669-fcd6-42c5-422812119901Thu, 07 May 2026 18:13:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can you drive a vehicle with a manual gearbox? on Thu, 07 May 2026 17:40:44 GMT]]>@hayesstw

I prefer to, but when we bought our new Mazda 3 we would have had to have bought a more expensive model to get the full manual transmission but we got the Mazda 3 Sport with a clutchless manual mode.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ottawa.place/users/the5thColumnist/statuses/116534519047401587https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ottawa.place/users/the5thColumnist/statuses/116534519047401587Thu, 07 May 2026 17:40:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can you drive a vehicle with a manual gearbox? on Thu, 07 May 2026 17:24:32 GMT]]>@hayesstw
I'm German. Guess …

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://literatur.social/users/ngorongoro/statuses/116534455334321560https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://literatur.social/users/ngorongoro/statuses/116534455334321560Thu, 07 May 2026 17:24:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can you drive a vehicle with a manual gearbox? on Thu, 07 May 2026 17:20:22 GMT]]>@hayesstw Yes and I own two...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/arisummerland/statuses/116534438946996050https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/arisummerland/statuses/116534438946996050Thu, 07 May 2026 17:20:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can you drive a vehicle with a manual gearbox? on Thu, 07 May 2026 17:19:23 GMT]]>@hayesstw In the UK about 95% of us have manuals

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/scottrochester/statuses/116534435090590366https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/scottrochester/statuses/116534435090590366Thu, 07 May 2026 17:19:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can you drive a vehicle with a manual gearbox? on Thu, 07 May 2026 13:01:10 GMT]]>@hayesstw mastodon users might be a bit of a sampling problem.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.hams.social/users/kj6evv/statuses/116533419751390939https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.hams.social/users/kj6evv/statuses/116533419751390939Thu, 07 May 2026 13:01:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can you drive a vehicle with a manual gearbox? on Thu, 07 May 2026 09:36:12 GMT]]>@hayesstw even with non synced gearbox

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/Tecci/statuses/116532613789082984https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/Tecci/statuses/116532613789082984Thu, 07 May 2026 09:36:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can you drive a vehicle with a manual gearbox? on Thu, 07 May 2026 09:24:23 GMT]]>@hayesstw Fair enough 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.africa/users/GrahamDowns/statuses/116532567301983996https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.africa/users/GrahamDowns/statuses/116532567301983996Thu, 07 May 2026 09:24:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can you drive a vehicle with a manual gearbox? on Thu, 07 May 2026 09:08:03 GMT]]>@GrahamDowns

I thought of that, and decided that it didn't matter too much.

It was really sparked off by all those "Have you ever...." lists followed by things like "Used a rotary dial phone?" "Played a CD" and the like. So I just wanted to see how rare the "can" people were.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/hayesstw/statuses/116532503085382935https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/hayesstw/statuses/116532503085382935Thu, 07 May 2026 09:08:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can you drive a vehicle with a manual gearbox? on Thu, 07 May 2026 05:50:46 GMT]]>@hayesstw No. But I can't drive at all due to my visual disability. So perhaps I shouldn't have voted, because now I think of it, you probably intended it for people who can drive in general. 🙂

Maybe delete and re-do the poll with an "I can't drive at all" option?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.africa/users/GrahamDowns/statuses/116531727356238907https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.africa/users/GrahamDowns/statuses/116531727356238907Thu, 07 May 2026 05:50:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can you drive a vehicle with a manual gearbox? on Thu, 07 May 2026 05:48:58 GMT]]>@hayesstw The only time I've driven an automatic is rental cars on vacations. I've never owned an automatic in all my many years of driving.

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