DonOH

Last November I got a C6 coupe with a stick. First manual I've owned since 1979 and I love it.

rayk

Well, when I think of automatics, I think of powerglides if anyone else remembers those.

59 and got the vette for hdpe's, so it's a manual.

heli-vette

I found myself shifting my AUTO benz E320 , 3 to drive . It was a sign !!!! I needed a Vette .
Only 25% of newer vettes are Manuals .

alamo1974

I purchased a 2005 manual and traded it in for an A6 in 2007. I am 64 now and love not shifting. I am going to Bowling Green on 5-6 to get my third C6 - A6

cwing85b

Its like someone else on the forum once said "I would rather drive the Vette than ride in it" Not an age thing at all.

big doug

72 bought a z06 last year,sold my Harley a couple months ago,not ex an age thing age is a mind thing.

LPT2011

mid 50's ... decided to buy a C6 about 4 minutes after driving my son's '01 Z06. Found an '07 LT3 coupe (all the old man comforts) and was an M6. It is the very first manual I have ever owned (wife had an auto C3 (1977) BK ... before kids).

Love it but it IS my fun car ... hasn't seen a wet street since I got it, only comes out on those great driving days / nights

su8pack1

Sometimes related to physical condition when older.

69L79

Sixty Five years old. And, love my manual. Also, I feel sorry for the guys that admit that they bought an auto to please/placate the Wife.

Dendk

Had both types of transmissions in various cars, sticks are a blast but the vette is an auto and suites the need for now...not age related more a choice of the car and not trans type at the time.

4thC4at60

I drove stick shifts for more than 60 years, can still drive one but don't unless I _have_ to.

I'm 70, was racing Porsches back before most people even knew what a Porsche was. Ditto for BMWs.

I have ZERO desire to go back to a standard shift in anything.

I have more than 300,000 miles in Porsches, more than 600,000 miles in Corvettes... have put more than 4,000 miles on my '07 in the past six weeks... leaving on another 1,000+ mile trip first week of May.

We doan need no stinkin' stick shift.

jimb100

Right! Tell it to all the "girls" at the drag strip.

Actually, comments like yours are usually related to genitals - small.

genolan

It's all about the way you use your car. Weekend driver=Manual Commuter=Automatic

rz2mbc

any lady that can work the stick is A-OK !!

flashburn

I'm 29 and my 2012 GS is my first manual. Personally I just couldn't see owning an automatic Corvette, it just seems wrong to me. I figured that if any car was going to get me to learn manual it'd be a 'vette. The only exception to this would be if a future model has a DCT, then maybe I'd think about it.

N2TU

Somewhat unrelated to age...it has more to do with abilities....when I was 40, I need an Achilles reconstruction....and haven't driven manual since...would love to but just not in the cards....

Crap, I play tennis with guys in their 70's and they can move around the court just fine......and could certainly drive a manual!.

N2TU

and younger!...sometimes we get injuries when we are younger....!

MikeyTX

You survived last weekends fun I see ................

6spdC6

I'm 66 and on my 6th Vette. They have all been manuals.

I would rather drive than ride.

O for the record I have a bad left knee, but it does not stop me from getting a stick, it only makes getting in -out a little more difficult!

Bearsden

I'm 70 and have never had an automatic.