AMERICAN Reacts to Why do Brits Drive MANUAL Cars?? *what's a clutch?*

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[neilstothard]

In the UK if you pass your test in a automatic you can't legaly drive a manual so the majority learn and pass in a manual that way you can drive either type in the future.

[patriciaburke]

As others have said before to Americans reviewing this subject, having a manual car in America is a natural ‘Anti Theft Device’ - as most Americans wouldn’t know how to steal it and drive it away!

[alfiekelly]

I passed my test at 17 and in 40 years of driving, I only drove an automatic once. It was so weird. I kept going for a non existent clutch. I'll stick to manual!

[Aeronaut]

If you spend a lot of time sat in traffic then automatic is probably the way to go, but if you really want to feel the car, and feel like you're in control, and you have roads that twist and turn, with elevation changes, then manual is definitely the way to go, it puts the FUN back into driving!

[matriculus]

With manual gear boxes you can adjust your gear for the situation. Eg in ice and snow drive at low revs in high gear to reduce wheel spinning and down hill drive in lower gear to apply extra engine breaking so manual gears give you an extra element of control.

[shaunrye]

Finding the biting point on a clutch can be difficult at the start but it soon becomes natural.

[lucylindsay]

I am British (learnt to drive manual) and moved to Tennessee. I bought a car from a large chain but wanted a manual and had to have my little car brought in from Texas because that was the nearest place they had a 'normal' car.

[lottie]

I'm surprised that American tourists are allowed to hire a manual car in the UK if they've never driven one. Crazy!

[johnellis]

Hi, JT. Here in the UK with a manual car, we have more control you are driving the car, not the car driving you.

[rosiehedgehog]

I've driven both and, given the choice, I'd always pick a manual. The way you can balance the gear against the engine power against the way the road is moving is an absolute joy. Driving an automatic always feels a bit disconnected and chaotic by comparison to me.

[Leesa_]

I've always driven a manual. I hate automatic I find them boring 🤭 nothing like changing gears when you're building up speed it's a different experience. Automatic feels like driving a child's go kart 😄

[weejackrussell]

I recently heard on the radio that a lot more people are taking their driving tests in automatic rather than manual cars in the UK because of electric cars growing in popularity. It's more difficult to hire an automatic car here because not so many people, until recently, drive them. Remember if you only passed to drive an automatic you are not allowed to drive a manual car in the UK. It would be illegal to do so. I don't know about other European countries but I should imagine they have similar laws. British driving licences specify what someone can drive and it's mainly based on the driving test one took.

[peterward]

I grew up in the UK and live in Canada now. I learnt to drive in a manual and didn't drive anything else. One day I went over to my dad's and he had one of those "new fangled automatics" This was very rare in the 70's. He gave me the keys and I jumped in. Started her up looked at the shifter and decided on D. Set off and then without thinking I pushed my left foot down to change gear and hit this big assed brake pedal. Nearly went through the windscreen. After that my left foot was planted on the firewall. Lived in Canada for 43 years now and driven an automatic for most of that.

[Carl-Hancox]

Hiya JT, Im 60 now and have mostly driven manual cars here in Birmingham UK, i experimented with a couple of Automatics over the years but to be honest i couldnt take to it, it felt like driving a bumper car (Dodgem i think you guys call em lol) it felt detached from the car, whereas with gears you are in tandem with the cars reactions and performance 🤣🤣

[davidrobinson]

I was taught to drive in the RAF, so my first drive was in a crash gearbox Land Rover. (You need to double-declutch to change gear up or down..) So when I drove a syncromesh, it could cause problem, as I was listening to the revs and 'slamming' the gears! I did pass my civilian test in an automatic geared car as I had sustained injuries to my left leg whilst serving, which made using the clutch awkward...

[martinscott-reed]

Two major reasons for driving a manual car.
It is a much more involved driving experiance.
If you drive a manual you are able to drive economically. Whereas in an automatic, gear changes are fixed at certain points in the rev range.

[JeanetteWoodrow]

we all tend to think of automatics as a disabled car, were here in the UK, we have two licences you can get a manual licence and you can drive an automatic car, but if you get a automatic licence, then you cannot drive a manual car

[Chris_GY]

In England we learn to drive at 17. Stop calling a liquid gas, Jeremy Clarkson mentions this in clips of Top Gear when he has a go at americans. Gas is used to heat houses cook on the hob and in the oven.

[Philippakis]

Hi, in Britain passing your driver's test in a manual car allows you to drive a automatic, if you take a driving test in an automatic, you are not qualified to drive a manual

[Shoomer]

You can take your test at 17 in the UK.