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    16 Things Americans Who Drive A Stick Shift Know To Be True

    "No, I will not teach you."

    1. People feel the need to tell you all the time how "unnecessary" it is in this day and age.

    2. But you don't care because they just don't understand how great it is

    3. And yet they're all like "teach me!"

    4. You make up excuses about why you simply can't.

    5. But really you just don't trust them with your car.

    6. Because you know there's only one possible outcome.

    7. But sometimes you're feeling nice and decide to give them a shot.

    8. If you're a girl, you'll get some truly terrible car related pick-up lines.

    9. Anyone you meet from Europe assumes you can't drive stick.

    10. People automatically think you're a car junkie

    11. You get questions all the time like "is it easy to drive?"

    12. "Isn't it annoying to have to shift all the time?"

    13. "How do you text?"

    14. "How do you know when to shift?"

    15. "So why can't you just leave it in first gear?"

    16. And when you meet someone else who drives stick.