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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Our car dealers ask do you want a standard or an automatic transmission?
Hence without your clarification on the post about your friend, I would have been wondering how your friend drove one handed.
Note pesky English to English again.
Editing to add: I think those knobs are illegal here in the US unless one has a permit for them.
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Cars with manual transmission are the large majority in the UK, so it would always be assumed that you wanted a manual unless you ordered an automatic especially. It's primarily high-end luxury cars that are automatic here.
A quick search suggests that around 25% of cars in the UK are automatic, compared to 95% in the US.