When most people learn to drive a manual transmission, they're worried about stalling the engine at a traffic light. When I learned how to drive a manual, an instructor was telling me over a ...

When my 16-year-old said she wanted to learn to drive a manual transmission, I decided it was time to sharpen my own ...

This is largely due to what is almost a complete disappearance of new manual transmission car sales. Reader’s Digest reports that “just 1.83%” of new cars purchased in early 2025 were stick shift ...

I don’t mean to brag — actually, I do — but I successfully taught my 17-year-old son how to drive a stick shift. And he managed to learn it in about an hour. Even more impressive, there wasn’t any ...

A new video on Lemon8, the TikTok alternative that debuted in 2023, offers a quick lesson to help you reach your goal. User Autoleader (@autoleader) has posted the driving advice to their account. As ...

Learning to drive a stick shift while being screamed at by a parent used to be a rite of passage for America’s youth, but times have changed. Studies have shown fewer and fewer people are bothering to ...

Six percent of the cars sold today have a manual transmission. I believe most teenagers should know how to drive a stick shift because there's more to it than being cool. It's a different way of ...

Shifting gears, the feel of the clutch underneath your hand. These mark the experience behind the wheel of a manual transmission car — now a rare breed in the U.S. Though the American auto industry ...

Learning to ride a motorcycle can be a challenging endeavor. You have to learn how to start, steer, and handle your bike safely. But without a doubt, the most difficult aspect is learning how to shift ...

We at Jalopnik have been talking manual transmissions lately, as starry-eyed gearheads often do, and I have found a new hill to die on: If you don't yet know how to drive a manual transmission, sign ...

There used to be many good reasons for a new driver to learn a manual transmission: To start with, cars with stick shifts were cheaper, more efficient and quicker. The longstanding barrier has been ...