Pretty much everyone I know drives automatics. Our work truck (and my winter truck), the Cheyenne, has a manual. I've been driving that a lot lately, and I really am enjoying the manual a lot more then my car's automatic. Its more engaging. In another forum I am a member of, I created a poll asking members if they could drive a manual or not. 30% said yes, %29 said no. However, the majority of members who said they could drive a manual were not American or Canadian. A lot of the Americans who said they could drive a manual, had automatic cars.