All my personal cars have been manuals.
I have one automatic transmission and it’s in the dead K5. It’s been too hot in the tin oven building where the thing is stored.
Been too busy with the job, Willys jeep, and whatever the crisis d’jour is at home.
I'm 72 years old and never had an automatic transmission in my cars or trucks.
I bought my current truck after watching it for over a year online drop in price by almost $10,000.
I finally drove across Phoenix to the dealership to see it and find out why it hadn't sold and the price had dropped so far.
The salesman told me a lot of people were interested until they found out it was a stick shift. Nobody knows how to drive a standard transmission nowadays he said.
I negotiated the price down another $2,000 and drove home with it. A $20,000 truck for only $9800. A steal.
All because it was a stick shift. Sweet.