I spent part of Halloween hanging out in a cemetery. I wasn’t there to commune with the dead. Instead, I was getting reacquainted with the dying art of driving a stick shift car. In Roselawn Cemetery ...

Just 4 percent of new cars sold in the U.S. today come with manual transmissions. But 90 percent of worthwhile cars come with a stick shift (okay, that's an unofficial stat). The decline of the true ...

MINNEAPOLIS — I spent part of Halloween hanging out in a cemetery. I wasn’t there to commune with the dead. Instead, I was getting reacquainted with the dying art of driving a stick shift car. In ...

I learned to drive stick in a Ford Bronco. It’s noon on a hot July day in New York City, and the thermometer reads 100 degrees Fahrenheit. I’m sitting in a red Ford Bronco overlooking an empty parking ...

Learning to drive a stick shift while being screamed at by a parent used to be a rite of passage for America’s youth, but times have changed. Studies have shown fewer and fewer people are bothering to ...

Manual transmissions have quietly become a niche skill, yet the drivers who still use them tend to be more attentive, more ...

Automatic transmissions make cars easier to drive, and modern ones are much improved. Yet manuals teach skills you can't get ...

When most people learn to drive a manual transmission, they're worried about stalling the engine at a traffic light. When I learned how to drive a manual, an instructor was telling me over a ...

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