A holy rite of passage for any young car enthusiast is learning to drive stick shift. But why, in the age of single-speed, self-driving Teslas, is the manual transmission still relevant at all? We discuss.

Special thanks to Devin for coming up with the video subject and of course for lending his presence to the video. Follow him at @devin.st1 on Instagram.

Music:
Indefinite by Harukasuka
https://soundcloud.com/harukasuka/indefinite

Prophets by Kavern
https://soundcloud.com/kavern-beats/prophets

Belonging by Muted
https://artlist.io/song/2807/belonging

Special thanks to Hello Studios for the use of their space, Veronica for her grip work (@lil.poptart), and Rapp for being sexy.

Source of 2013 sales figures: Edmunds.com
https://www.edmunds.com/fuel-e....conomy/five-myths-ab

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