America cannot into manual

"Somethingwittyer likes noisy" (Somethingwittyer) 10/10/2013 at 12:34 • Filed to: Polandball

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Also can we (Dwhite) start tagging our Polandball posts?

GhostZ > Somethingwittyer likes noisy 10/10/2013 at 12:37

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Hey, they have good taste in cars at least.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Somethingwittyer likes noisy 10/10/2013 at 12:37

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It's a Mazda?

Cloud81918 > Somethingwittyer likes noisy 10/10/2013 at 12:37

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Lies all lies. Or perhaps my German ancestry gibes me German skills?

Carl (@stuffcarlsays) > GhostZ 10/10/2013 at 12:37

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It did look like a 9-something, didn't it?

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Somethingwittyer likes noisy 10/10/2013 at 12:38

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I can, but the brutal traffic my hour drive forces me through makes it not worth the fun to me.

Nibbles > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 10/10/2013 at 12:50

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It's a Marathon .

carcrasher88 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 10/10/2013 at 12:50

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It looks like the Annis emblem from the Grand Theft Auto series.

getchapopcorn > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 10/10/2013 at 12:52

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definitely a mazda

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Nibbles 10/10/2013 at 12:53

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Yep, I got confusseded

getchapopcorn > Somethingwittyer likes noisy 10/10/2013 at 12:53

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Is this a joke? I don't know anyone who cannot drive a manual; honestly, not one single person. I know people who don't regularly drive them but no one that is incapable.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > Somethingwittyer likes noisy 10/10/2013 at 13:01

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Yup. I can start tagging them.

Tekamul > getchapopcorn 10/10/2013 at 13:01

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Seriously? I know a lot of people who can't. It drives me nuts. From my seat right now, I could throw a baseball and hit at least 5 people who have never tried. Ever.

getchapopcorn > Tekamul 10/10/2013 at 13:03

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Where in the country are you?

Tekamul > getchapopcorn 10/10/2013 at 13:07

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Where? The problem is wide spread, but I'm in the northeast.

Apparently it's falling out of favor not just in models offered, but also in drivers' ed classes. Most don't even teach it anymore

D > getchapopcorn 10/10/2013 at 13:10

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Just look at manual sales in the U.S. versus other countries.

getchapopcorn > D 10/10/2013 at 13:11

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I'm not sure what manual sales have to do with ability to drive manual. You should read my comment again.

getchapopcorn > getchapopcorn 10/10/2013 at 13:11

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Not to mention this has a lot to do with manufacturers not providing the option of a manual.

D > getchapopcorn 10/10/2013 at 13:12

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What I was saying with my point is that Americans, in general, aren't really into manuals. That's the joke in the comic.

Jayhawk Jake > getchapopcorn 10/10/2013 at 13:13

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How old are you and the people you know?

I'm 24, I didn't learn from my parents. I essentially learned last year from a friend/test drives, now I own one. Many, many people in my generation have never driven a manual.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > getchapopcorn 10/10/2013 at 13:15

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you are arguing a point that has so much incontrovertible evidence to the contrary that it is futile to even argue with you unless you can come up with detailed statistics proving your point. Which I imagine you won't find. The simple fact that drivers ed doesn't teach people how to drive a manual says it all. That couple with the fact that probably something like 90+% of Americans will never own a manual says even more.

getchapopcorn > Jayhawk Jake 10/10/2013 at 13:17

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Shamoononon drives like a farmer > Somethingwittyer likes noisy 10/10/2013 at 13:20

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My father made me learn to drive in a truck with no power stearing and a manual transmission.

getchapopcorn > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 10/10/2013 at 13:20

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I'm not arguing anything so I'm not sure what you're really speaking to. I made a statement; calm down and please stop chugging the haterade.

Sparf > Nibbles 10/10/2013 at 13:21

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Oh man did I spend a lot of time hunting for Marathon easter eggs in the Halo games.

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > Somethingwittyer likes noisy 10/10/2013 at 13:37

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FU-69.....

MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig > getchapopcorn 10/10/2013 at 13:46

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I read somewhere that less than 10% of Americans can drive stick. Only people I know that can are all car enthusiasts, everybody else drives auto.

Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment > Cloud81918 10/10/2013 at 13:56

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I'm thinking the same. I learned stick in like, 10 minutes. While on a test drive. 100% german...as far as I know.

Agrajag > Nibbles 10/10/2013 at 14:37

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MARATHON!! I love those games, and didn't think anyone else really knew them.

offroadkarter > Somethingwittyer likes noisy 10/10/2013 at 14:38

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This is a sad reality, sorry Americans, but for every american who can drive stick, theirs probably 30 Europeans to match.

feather-throttle-not-hair > Somethingwittyer likes noisy 10/10/2013 at 14:44

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I'll just leave this here. You can tell its american, because in germany this car didn't come with a manual.

feather-throttle-not-hair > getchapopcorn 10/10/2013 at 14:47

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I know a shitton of people who can't drive a manual. My car friends all know how, but my non-car friends? Probably only about 40 percent are manual capable. Hell neither of my siblings know how to operate a clutch.

Eazy-O > Carl (@stuffcarlsays) 10/10/2013 at 15:20

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I came here to post that they got the interior on that 9-5 completely wrong. :D

D > Jayhawk Jake 10/10/2013 at 17:08

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We (all others who apply) should start a club for people who brought the manual upon themselves.

Jayhawk Jake > D 10/10/2013 at 18:07

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Yeah! We can have t-shirts!