Is it worth learning to drive manual?

>America

No

>The rest of the world

Yes

Pretty much this, love hitting gears on my bike because I'm out to ride but I'm in truck or car I just want to get somewhere.

Lmao. I learned how to drive manual from watching tutorial YouTube videos. It's not rocket science

Have you ever driven one?

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How does one get so passionate about something as irrelevant to one's daily life?

Do it. It's so much fun, better to know and not need than to need and not know. It took me an hour alone before getting decent at shifting from stop to go. Plus stick is cheaper to fix and buy

>more control over the car
>superior mechanical efficiency = more power and MPGs than autos (not accounting for user error/gear ratios/DCT)
>less complex, so lower repair costs if you don't drive like a retard
>one of the best anti-theft devices you can get if you live in America (assuming that the thief doesn't get butthurt that their tiny brain can't figure out how to manuel and just murders you instead)
I'd say that it is.

You can pick it up in an hour. Getting good will take more time, but of course it's just practice. Really depends if you see it as a skill that might come in handy later on, I can't say cause I don't know you that well

they are mentally ill. same with the people the plaster the whole rear of their car with stickers.