Manual Transmission Quotes

My first car was a stick.

Learning to shoot firearms to me is a little like driving stick - it seems like a decent skill to have.

On My First Driving Lesson “First things first: A car has five gears. What is that smell?…Okay, first thing before that first thing: Farting in a car that’s not moving makes you an asshole.

I used to spend hours just sitting in an old wreck of a car with a stickshift; I'd just sit there and shift.

In South Africa, we drive on the left-hand side, and most of the cars are standard, so I learned with a full-gear transmission with a clutch and hill starts. I've never driven an automatic until I came to Canada.

I drive a Mustang. A 2005 five-speed GT convertible.

I've always been a fan of the five-speed transmission - on anything.

I had never driven in England on the left side of the road. I had never driven an automatic car.

Nobody is born with a steering wheel or a gear shift in his hand. It's something you choose to do or you don't.

I've got a Range Rover. It's brilliant actually but it's manual.

I don't know if you know this - I don't drive a stick. I mean, I barely drive my automatic. I get to work and everything, but I'm not any kind of driving prodigy.

I've never not owned a stick shift. There's something about manual transmissions that I really appreciate and enjoy. And besides that, I like driving; I enjoy driving.

Why on earth would you buy a car like this if you can't drive a stick? There are dozens of cars--new cars--that have automatic transmission. It'd be a million times easier." Adrian shrugged. "I like the color. It matches my living room.

I can now successfully drive a stick. That's a huge accomplishment.

I'm driving my dad's old ute. So it's a manual ute. It's massive, so when people see me coming, they just kind of run away!

I can cook a good soup from scratch, this is true, and I do know how to drive a stick shift.

I don't want to sound like a retrospective person stuck in the past, but the fact remains that, in my day, everything was in the hands of the driver - the gear changes, the delicate art of clutch control during race starts, managing engine revs during gear changes - everything.

In our day, the driver probably had more input into the car. We didn't have power steering or fully automated gearboxes. We didn't have all the technical whizzes that are on the car now, so we actually controlled the car far more than the drivers today.

I don't think you could have a 7 with a manual. But I can't see having a BMW sports sedan without a manual.