Rete

Daughter bought her manual transmission Nissan in Florida and hubby will only drive manuals, even his truck, and bought it here in NY. It was an Izuzu <sp>. The only manual I own previously was a Subaru. Guess foreign imports are easier to get with manual transmissions.

sir_eccles

Hey, I know people don't like Indiana, but that's taking it a bit far!

Pulaski

You'll be telling us BMW is a South Carolina company, Mercedes is run by a bunch of good ol' boys from Alabama, and Honda is based in Ohio next.

sir_eccles

Yes, and GMC, Chevy, Ford et al are all Mexican.

mrken30

Finding the manual option when ordering a new car limits the manufacturer you can choose from. I didn't see a manual option in a new Subaru Outback I did find out that a manual Jeep can pull 3000 lbs more than an auto after I bought it

sir_eccles

I think Subaru is all cvt now. You can push it across to "manual mode" where you have 6 virtual gears with the flappy paddles. I rarely use it, except sometimes for engine braking.

Anian

Base model Subaru Forester has a manual option, but it seems that almost everyone goes for the higher up models which don't.

Pulaski

My Fords came direct, special order, from Michigan and Kansas LTP.

rbackhouse

And my Chevy came from Kentucky direct too

Bob

Yeah, the few I see are usually Mazda's and Suburu's. They are still rare and they are harder to find though, but I didn't say they were impossible to get.

Most of the dealers out my way, won't have a new one on the lot but could get you one easily enough if you wanted a new car.

Rete

That's in Canada, right

rbackhouse

As I said before it depends on the car. I bet if you went to a VW dealer looking for a GTI a least half on the lot would be manuals.

Pulaski

A good number of Mustangs will be too. Camaros, probably not so much.

mrken30

That wasn't my experience. Maybe it depends on the local demographics and what sells locally.

Most people around here do not get taught how to drive manuals and there is only one instructor locally that has a manual to teach people. It was an interesting experience sitting in the back when he gave my wife a couple of lessons in preparation for our trip to England. You certainly cannot rent a manual car in my area, I tried everywhere.

rbackhouse

You went looking for with a Golf GTI ?

Herzog-Meier Volkswagen

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