Manual transmission cars rising in value (NY Times)

[my59]

My youngedt boy learned to drive manual on our Benz 190e 2.6 5 speed. He had a hard time at first, so we went out in the bus where you can see wtf your feet have to do. A few miles later we were back in the Benz, and he never looked back. He and his older brother beat the snot outta that thing, it was the the best $700 I ever spent
Fast forward to his frat boy days in college, and he was the only one who could borrow the Saudi prince's vert mustang, all because he knew how to drive stick.
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my59: Well son, my grandfather died before I got to drive it, so does that answer your question?
our79: sunroof bus w/camper interior and 2.0 FI
Other:'12 Jetta, '77 Benz 300D, and a 74 MG Midget.

[iowegian]

We have a low mileage VW EOS with DSG. I like the direct shift gearbox
except often after backing up and then going forward---especially going forward uphill-----it goes "lurchy-lurchy-lurchy". Makes me feel like a 15 year-old just learning to drive a stick.
Fixing it will probably cost more than I paid for the silly car.

[Cusser]

In 2004, I bought a 1998 Nissan Frontier single cab 4-cylinder, 5-speed with 100K on it for the kids to drive, and to learn stick shift.

They said even the boys at the high school didn't know how to drive stick !

After college, they returned the frontier to me, now has 257K miles.
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1970 VW (owned since 1972) and 1971 VW Convertible (owned since 1976), second owner of each. The '71 now has the 1835 engine, swapped from the '70. Second owner of each. 1988 Mazda B2200 truck, 1998 Frontier, 2014 Yukon, 2004 Frontier King Cab. All manual transmission except for the Yukon. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335294 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335297

[cdennisg]

I drive a 1987 Toyota pickup, with a 22r and 5 speed. Might be one of the easiest manual trans vehicles on which to learn. She wants to drive it, too. But I figured a VW clutch is much cheaper and easier to replace than the one in my truck, so that's where we started. Once she has it down in the Beetle and Toyota, she MIGHT get to drive my 68 single cab. That is her singular motivation for learning all of this stuff.
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[ach60]

Where the hell is reverse?
VW Passat all the way to the right, don't push down, just pull back.
VW New Beetle all the way to the left, push down, push forward.
VW Beetle all the way to the left, push down, pull back.
VW CC, with DSG. no reverse?, shut car off, turn car back on, try for reverse again.
VW Atlas. Damned Dog keeps stepping on the Stop/Start Button, and shutting off the car!
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Good Luck
Al

[Randall]

Here is a related story that explains, from a woman's point of view (namely, that of the author Logan Mahan), why "it’s so damn hot when a man knows how to drive a stick shift."
https://www.insidehook.com/article/sex-and-dating/hot-men-drive-stick

[Abscate]

I got so depressed when I read that EV sales passed manual transmission sales….I went for a spin the the 5 speed stick NB in the twisty parts….

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[Zundfolge1432]

That’s definitely an after photo because everything looks good no visible depression. https://thetyee.ca/News/2013/03/06/Horse-Dung-Big-Shift/

[KTPhil]

[KTPhil]

Good:

Better:

Best:

And actually, this is probably enough... no hints at all!:

And for the pièce de ré·sis·tance!:

[Pruneman99]

That 4th to 5th gear change ain't gonna be fast

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[ach60]

[Jon Schmid]

An unnamed family member of mine managed to break a half shaft on my Porsche 356C transmission. Apparently one of the few VW parts carried over to the car. Also, apparently a very difficult part to break, but oh well. This was almost 10 years ago and even then it was $6000+ to fix. Said member never did learn to drive a stick.

[Steve M.]

The upside to this is a thief not knowing how to drive your car.
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[ach60]

[Emily's Owner]

One of my brokers (Shearson Lehman Bros) left for a month in France back in the late 80's and let me drive his 928 while he was gone - manual transmission and the most fun I've had since my bus was my daily driver at that time.

Interesting the difference in how people let you merge onto the freeway though, in the bus they grudgingly let me merge, in the Porsche they closed the gap and cut me off every time , so I'd just romp on it and make my own space - wootyhoo.
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ITMC - OG Den Mother

What (and I cannot stress this enough) The Actual Fuck?!

1974 Transporter
2023 Subaru Outback

[EverettB]

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