Should I learn to drive manual or automatic?
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Next month I can sign up for driving school. I can choose to learn / take the exam on either a manual or automatic car. My dad, boyfriend & big bro are all telling me to choose manual. I personally want to choose automatic as it seems easier & am not a car enthusiast.
If you’re in the US, automatic is fine. Manuals make up like 1 percent of new cars and maybe 4% of used cars here. It doesn’t hurt to know how to drive one, but it doesn’t benefit you much, either. I drove a manual once, but it was a rental in another country. I’ve never been faced with needing to - or even having the opportunity to - drive a manual in the US.
However, learning on a manual does make it easier to understand certain ways of how cars work, even on automatics (less so on CVTs), so if you like understanding things more, I recommend manual even in the US. You can still get that understanding driving automatics, though - just a bit more effort.
Outside the US, most places I know of manual is the default. If manuals make up even 30 percent or so of cars where you live, I strongly suggest learning to drive one.
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Next month I can sign up for driving school. I can choose to learn / take the exam on either a manual or automatic car. My dad, boyfriend & big bro are all telling me to choose manual. I personally want to choose automatic as it seems easier & am not a car enthusiast.
Manuals are a lot of fun to drive. Also, since a lot of people nowadays can't drive manuals, it's like having a ln anti theft device in your car.
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Next month I can sign up for driving school. I can choose to learn / take the exam on either a manual or automatic car. My dad, boyfriend & big bro are all telling me to choose manual. I personally want to choose automatic as it seems easier & am not a car enthusiast.
(America). As a die-hard lover of manual transmissions, I can say that unless you specifically want a manual, the odds of you ever needing to drive one are near zero. Oddly, the big exception would be if your partner drives a manual transmission car, which is true here. Will there ever be a time when your car is in the shop and you need to borrow his car?
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Next month I can sign up for driving school. I can choose to learn / take the exam on either a manual or automatic car. My dad, boyfriend & big bro are all telling me to choose manual. I personally want to choose automatic as it seems easier & am not a car enthusiast.
If you want to learn how to drive safely, automatic.
If you want to have fun while driving, manual.A manual transmission requires more of your attention. It connects you to the car and the road. It gives you more control over your gas mileage and torque. Forget about texting and driving.
My first few cars were automatic. I bought a car with manual transmission when I was about 20 years old. It took me about 10 minutes to figure out how to drive it and an hour to become proficient.If I were a father, I would mandate my kid to drive automatic. People on the road are dangerous and there's far too many distractions. Learn how to drive first. That means learning how to deal with your environment and making quick decisions.
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