Where are you and your Miata?

Sugar Land, TX

Trent Woods, North Carolina, USA (wife owns the 1997 Miata)

Trent Woods, North Carolina, USA (wife owns the 1997 Miata)

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania here. Iva & Vixen

Beaverton, Oregon

I'm just judging by what I hear in traffic, but my guess is that Miatas, Porsches, and Z3/4s are overwhelmingly manuals, while domestics (Corvette, Solstice, Sky) tend to be automatics. The sedans that some call "sports cars" (Mustang, etc.) are almost invariably automatics. Many U.S. and Japanese models are not even available with manual transmissions.

We now have two generations of drivers who never learned to use a clutch.

Minneapolis MN... just getting first flurries

'96, 65k

miker

Auburn, MA USA

Silver 2000 though I'll probably sell it in the Spring and get something bigger.

Standards are much harder to find but they are out there. I've been looking at used cars (mostly sport sedans, 3-series, A4s, G35s). Far and few but they are out there with nice options.

I'm pretty sure autos are more common in the U.S. among all cars, including the majority of non-sporty sedans, most SUVs and probably all minivans. But the sportier cars - ranging from hot hatches to sports sedans to pure sports cars and roadsters - still are often stick.

One major difference between here and say Europe is, almost all rental cars in the U.S. are automatics, whereas I gather in Europe autos are more the exception than the rule.

If you've rented a car the rentals are almost all automatics.

Saint Peters, MO...The Heartland of Mid-America. '90 Classic Red purchased new 7/03/89 and '06 Acura RSX. All other info at

Dallas. '96, Montego Blue, 103K near perfect miles.

How 'bout them Cowboys!

Yes -- she has a red '03 with a tan top. Garaged in West Cross, actually.

-- Larry

The "Land of Lincoln" Capitol of the State of Illinois Home of the Abe Lincoln Miata Club

(The MX-5 was purchased in Peoria...)

Chris D'Agnolo wrote: !

On a recent visit to Iceland, (almost) all rentals have manual transmissions. Even the buses that carry passengers from Keflavik to Reykjavik are manual shift. All of the comforts of a modern excursion bus - with "rev & shift" like a 1940's Greyhound.

XS11E wrote:

Congrats Richard, 1st from outside the continental US!

Thanks, Chris

Richard, The Miata (MX-5) is one of the few cars here in the US that is predominantly a manual transmission car. Auto's are few and far between.

Thanks for the reply, Chris

CA is the first state with 2 folks replying!

Thanks Roland, Chris