Who drives their manuals in the city?

I agree. I've had six Toyota trucks all but one manual. Low range is much more useful in the MTs with the 4.30 diffs.

 

I drive a manual in a city with lots of hills. But only a 7 min commute to work so no complaints here.

 

I park a automatic at the city limits and switch trucks.

 

Manual or bust. If anyone ever asks me about if I mind the manual in traffic. I tell them I mind being in traffic, the clutch pedal doesn't have much to do with it. I've found it also helps out getting in/out of 4 hi & lo.

 

I drive mine in the city. This is my 3rd manual Tacoma, I've had one of each generation. I like the control of the manual and when I'm not in the city I enjoy driving corners with some excitement which a manual does better. Nothing like going into a corner at the perfect speed and powering out of the apex. I know it's not a sports car, I've had those but it's way more fun than auto. I also like the way a manual tows over an automatic.

 

I’m in stop in go traffic quite a bit. I actually prefer the manual to my old auto Tacoma in traffic. When everyone else is riding their brakes I just shift to neutral a coast forward ever so slowly. It really doesn’t feel like more work than an auto. Plus it’s more enjoyable.

 

I never liked sitting in the Tunnels in the Burgh.

 

I will drive my manual in the city, I will drive my manual in the country, I will drive it with a Fox, I will drive it with a with a box, I will drive it in the rain, I will drive it to the train, I will drive it here, I will drive it there, I will drive my manual anywhere!

 

I drive my manual Tacoma to the city limits and park. I then UBER a Prius and blend in with the herd.

 

My wife strenuously disagrees with that line of thinking: “that’s offensive. I’m not at all manly.”

She hated driving until I showed her the stick.


Um I mean. This:


Not that:

 

That honestly sounds like a way better trip. My 16 year old son and I were driving down to Florida a couple years ago after Hurricane Matthew caused I-95 to get shut down in South Carolina. He drove and I navigated through fire roads and small towns, we had a blast doing it and he learned some land nav skills.

Sorry for the de-rail, just made me think of this.

 

I do but the city here is not like big cities (ATL, NY, etc). Only takes 5 minutes to get out in the country. Either way though I'm one of the people who truly doesn't mind a manual in traffic. That's everyone's first go to against manuals and I get it but it's just not the case for me. Even in deep traffic I'd rather be in a manual than an auto. Traffic sucks don't get me wrong but it's not better in an auto, for me.

 

its my daily driver, so everywhere

 

Only in the morning and the evening every Monday through Thursday.

 

I daily drive my truck in the city and drove it recently in LA traffic, all I can say LA traffic is nowhere close to Toronto, stop whining.

You either know how to drive or make excuses and blame traffic.

 

As much as I like driving a manual, I’d never take my truck close to NYC

 

I learned how to drive on a MT. It’s no big deal. If you know what you’re doing, you don’t even have to think about it...you just do it. I can’t stand it when I hear people whine about driving “in traffic” or “in the city” or “up hills” with a manual. Hey, I got news for you...you don’t know how to drive stick.

 

I was driving my TDI wagons and motorcycles though San Francisco

 

SF hills during this rain storm are a walk in the park