# We can officially take stick-shift cars off the endangered list! **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 25, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/we-can-officially-take-stick-shift-cars-off-the-endangered-list/182113 "2022-01-25T19:02:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 19
**Author:** ![LoudThunder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/loudthunder/32/27769_2.png) [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 5:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/we-can-officially-take-stick-shift-cars-off-the-endangered-list/182113/19 "2022-01-26T05:25:16Z")
![laugh](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/c/d/cde4a2c657f03a16dafc2ad3385a9aff74423004.jpeg) Yeah, that’s us old timers laughing at the thought that Automatics would replace Manual Transmissions. Little did we realize that the “Last Laugh” would be on us… Count me in as one who loves manual transmissions and I do not dread the traffic jams… I’m going to mis-quote “Forrest Gump’s” Box of Chocolate line. “Shifting a Manual Transmission is like a Box of Chocolate, no matter how bad it is, it’s still good…” Below is the tread to my First Car story (a manual transmission car)… > [@Tell us about your First Car](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tell-us-about-your-first-car/177791): > > My first car was a 1954 Dodge Meadowbrook, 2-door, Club Coupé. I bought it from my neighbor, who bought it new with almost every available option (and it came with all its original paperwork, sales slips, window stickers, etc…). The special option was the “Red Ram” Hemi V8 engine (not the huge hemi, but a “baby hemi,” 241 cu in, rated at 140 HP. It came with a three-speed, column shifter, with a Hydrostatic clutch (Fluid Clutch…) that worked like a torque-converter. You could let the clutch … --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/we-can-officially-take-stick-shift-cars-off-the-endangered-list/182113)._