Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire How many of you old farts still drive a standard ?

I’m 36.

2007 F150 and 1967 Mustang are both standards.

OTOH....

Yeah, & I don't think it's because a few of us have tired of them.

Thinking mfrs. can more easily meet strict Gov't. fuel mileage & emission standards by ever more management of the engine & eliminating the driver input. A benefit for them, maybe, is that they can streamline parts sources & production lines by offering less options.

All the mfr's still make & sell vehicles with manual transmissions, just not in the states. Same with ultra fuel efficient small diesels.

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And I drive standard tranny Tacoma.

2005 F150, long bed 4.2 liter V6, 5 speed. Twist it up to about 3600 rpm in second through fourth and it spins down the road pretty good. The fifth gear overdrive is too high to use unless you're doing 80. I pretty much treat it as a 4 speed. I'm not sure what its top end is, but I've had it up to 105 and it was still pulling. The small V8 they put in them back then only add about 20 HP and they're junk motors.

In my opinion, Ford made a mistake phasing out those Essex 4.2 liter V6s. You can find them still out on the road with 200K miles on them. Mine only has 76K on it. It'll rust away before the motor goes.

Been helping a friend with the bean harvest just claimed out of a 2015 freightliner with a 13speed roadranger

Started out with a 1/2 ton (F100 at the time) Ford p/u w/ "Three on the Tree".
Have owned several "sticks" over the years. Last I bought was an '06 Dodge 3500 4 door, dually w/ 6spd and Cummins diesel.
Was a huge waste of dollars. '06s were crap. Sold it and kept my '01 Dodge 3500 dually! THAT..is one tough s.o.b.!
403 actual miles. Still on original clutch, pressure plate and throw out bearing!
Six speed that shifts smooth as butter.
Also still have a '95 Dodge 2500 w/360 cid and 5 spd.

I'm 72 and have no intention of swapping, trading or selling either manual tranny!

Wife drives an '03 Dodge 2500 single cab with auto trans, but even she prefers the manual trans.
Both kids grew up driving manuals.

My son and his girlfriend both bought manuals. They like sports cars and decided that was what they wanted. I occasionally drive a manual pickup for delivering tractors.

I'm 52 and my hunting & fishing truck is a stick shift 1999 f150 4x4.

Arrived in Ireland after an overnight flight with little or no sleep, at rental car agency was presented with a manual transmission car with the steering wheel on the right side where the passenger typically sits, on top of that, you drive on the opposite side of the road there. I was convinced I was going to crash at every traffic circle as they have lots of them over there. I grew up learning to drive my dads '73 F100 three on the tree so I'm familiar with manuals but shifting with my left took a bit of getting used to. Driving that car around Ireland was one of my favorite parts of the trip! My sister recently showed up at a family wedding with a rental, a Mustang 5.0 GT manual, the only car they had on the lot at the airport. Naturally I had to take it for a spin, a quick smoke of the tires and doing 80 in second gear, I figured I would not do well with a car like that!

2004 LJ 6 spd, all day every day. i'm 83 Rio7

A couple stick shifts over the years. Learned to drive on a 1956 Plymouth Savoy, 3 on the column. My first new truck was a 1981 F150, 300 in-line 6 and 4 on the floor (believe there was overdrive too) 260,000 miles on that truck. Two Fox Body 5.0 Mustangs (1985 GT and 1993 LX) with 5 speeds. Those days are sadly behind me.

Age 73
2013 Tacoma.

5 speed, driving it since new 17 years ago.(Almost 78)

Born in '57. My Cummins has a G-56.

Edit: Oh....my John Deere is a manual, too!

1 manual pickup

81 F150 300 straight six with a 4 speed manual(firewood truck)

2000 F250 7.3 PS with the 6 speed manual.

I’m 44. All my vehicles have been manual for the most part but not easy to find now a days.

58 years old and enjoy driving my GMC Sierra with the 8.1 liter backed by a ZF-6.

Next question: How old/ young is the original poster and can he/they/she/it drive a manual?

55YO....searched for a long time in 2020 to find a new Civic with a 6-speed manual....had to wait about 2 months.

I'm 79 years old.

There's one 4 wheel vehicle in our family. It's a 2001 Ford F250 SD 4x4. Do-it-all every day driver and hunting rig. Deer, antelope, elk, nilgai, hogs and javelina.

Truck is regular cab, long bed, manual hubbed 4x4, 5 speed stick, V8 gas, AM/FM radio, manual doors, windows. No AC. Rubber mats.
Bought new....now has 160,000 miles. Even has a manual oil dipstick!!! No USB ports!!!

FjLee
Denver,CO