Long story short: I’m (24M) American, and I’m visiting my long-distance Romanian boyfriend for the first time soon. In Romania, most cars are manual - including all the ones owned by my boyfriend’s family (I’ll be staying with them). I’ve never driven a manual before. His dad told me he can give me a quick lesson, and that I’m welcome to use their cars if I want; otherwise, I can rent an automatic. I don’t have access to any manual cars here in the U.S. to practice on, so I’m not sure what to do.

  • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
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    5 hours ago

    I miss my manual a little bit sometimes, especially for shorter drives it could be fun.

    Long drives with frequent speed changes, traffic or hills kinda sucked though. I had a pretty crappy Kia though lol curious how a higher end manual feels by comparison.

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      4 hours ago

      I never minded manual until I got the crappy little Swift I’m driving now. It only seems to respond to swearwords.