It seems the vast majority of Americans (maybe 90% would be my guess) drive automatics. I learned to drive on a stick and drove nothing but sticks for 14 years. While I can expertly use a stick, I find it to be a royal pain in the butt and would never go back to a stick.
I know performance enthusiasts are big fans of sticks, but I doubt sticks really perform any better in the real world. To them a Corvette with an automatic would be an abomination. But you don't go zero to 60 too fast if you stall the engine at the starting line.
Some think sticks are so cool, and probably real macho too. After an hour in stop & go traffic the allure of the stick really starts to wear off after you shift up & down a couple hundred times.
I know performance enthusiasts are big fans of sticks, but I doubt sticks really perform any better in the real world. To them a Corvette with an automatic would be an abomination. But you don't go zero to 60 too fast if you stall the engine at the starting line.
Some think sticks are so cool, and probably real macho too. After an hour in stop & go traffic the allure of the stick really starts to wear off after you shift up & down a couple hundred times.