Do You Drive Stick? Fans of Manual Transmission Can’t Let Go

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6. They didn't when I was in school.

The simulators were equipped so that manual shifting could be used if desired but the teachers never did when we were there.

Where I live the when the schools did drivers ed in house they would lease out cars for each semester from local dealers. It was how we had comfy larger cars while the school district next to ours was using compacts that they purchased. One of the teachers said that many years ago the dealer they worked with tried giving them manuals. After they wore out three clutches in one semester the dealer told them they were getting automatics going forward.

The school doesn't do drivers ed in house any more so students take drivers ed either from the local community college or a couple other driving schools. I doubt they do manuals.