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Comment on What percent of American Drivers cannot drive a Manual Transmission car? by James H

James H — Sun, 20 May 2012 14:51:58 +0000

It looks like everybody has roughly the same ball park, Between 65%-80% sounds about right. I’m learnign to drive one now actually, lol. Buuut, im 17, so its cool. lol.

Comment on What percent of American Drivers cannot drive a Manual Transmission car? by Ozdevil

Ozdevil — Sun, 20 May 2012 14:44:44 +0000

69% of new yorkers even can not drive auto transmision so you figure it out the manual side!!

Comment on What percent of American Drivers cannot drive a Manual Transmission car? by rotis93

rotis93 — Sun, 20 May 2012 14:22:14 +0000

I don’t really have any exact stats for you but I think you should try to find something that includes age groups, almost any american over the age of 50 can drive stick, I would say 50% of the americans under the age of 25 can’t drive stick.
I am a car nut and have been all my life.
Automatics are becoming more common, but your question can also get more complicated.
I have driven a model A ford and I would say very few drivers american or otherwise can drive that car.
I went to test drive a 1 ton flat bed with a 454 and a 4 speed standard on the floor. I pulled up in a 5 speed convertible, full synchro manual transmission 2.0l 4 cylinder turbo.
The owner of the truck asked me if I knew how to drive stick, I said “yes I drove up in a standard”
I got behind the wheel of the truck let the clutch out in second gear, acelerated and went for third, the gears ground and I couldn’t get it into third, and I couldn’t get back into second.
The old man that owned the truck laughed and said “you kids these days don’t ever know how to drive stick. That is a heavy duty bus transmission, there are no synchros, you have to hear the motor talk to you and tell you what gear it wants, and you have to mach the rpms with the gas pedal to get in gear. Move over and let me show you how its done”

That was mine first time with a non sychromesh manual transmission.
Just cause you can drive a modern manual, don’t mean you can drive stick.
Also Diesel are harder than gas because of the roughly 17:1 compression ratio.

I hope I gave you some thoughts for your paper.

I thought I would add: once you learn to drive stick it is like riding a bicycle you don’t forget.
I haven’t drove stick in 2 years and I had to move a manual transmission that was parked 6″ from a bumber on a slight downhill, it was a car I didn’t know, and I was nervous, I found the friction point in the clutch, quickly swapped brake for gas, and let the clutch out. Old hat like I never stopped, car didn’t roll and inch, buck or stall. Granted this was a small car and there easy to drive.

Comment on Can anyone help me find for theVW Golf 2001 the automatic transmission computer #01M927733JD ? by hapathecrackerjap

hapathecrackerjap — Sun, 20 May 2012 13:58:50 +0000

do you have a golf with engine code AEH or AKL??? if you do, according to ETKA (vw and audi parts catalog) the 01M927733JD tranny control module got switched to 01M927733KE… so might want to try that… if that is not your engine code, post up your engine code and i will try to look for corresponding tranny control module for 4spd auto (5spd auto started with 09A)

Comment on Can anyone help me find for theVW Golf 2001 the automatic transmission computer #01M927733JD ? by Digg It

Digg It — Sun, 20 May 2012 13:50:45 +0000

try http://www.CarParts4sale.com they specialize in used vw parts