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Took me a minute to figure out that "standard" meant "manual" here. Interesting usage. I tried to research the actual % out of curiosity, and I think your anec
by q7xvh97o2pDhNrh 4y ago
Took me a minute to figure out that "standard" meant "manual" here. Interesting usage.
I tried to research the actual % out of curiosity, and I think your anecdotal guess was pretty accurate. This article [1] claims that it's 97.6%.
[1] https://www.carmax.com/articles/stick-shift-index https://www.carmax.com/articles/stick-shift-index
- frosted-flakes 4y ago"Standard" to mean manual transmission is a common usage in Canada. In my experience, even people who know nothing about cars still call them that. Even though manuals haven't been standard for decades.
- pluc 4y agoWe actually call it manual, I called it standard because that what I feel americans call them