manual transmission

Example Sentences

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Simple actuators without this capability are a bit like manual transmission cars that need to be shifted into reverse.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

Persaud, an accountant and part-time driving instructor from Fort Lee, is giving me a tutorial—or rather a refresher course—on how to operate a manual transmission.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

She then started the pickup, but apparently discovered she couldn’t manage the manual transmission, so she got out and walked away, leaving the truck to roll forward and strike a fire hydrant, police said.

From Seattle Times • May 9, 2024

Police in San Antonio, Texas, arrested a carjacking suspect who was injured Thursday in a shootout with the car owner after discovering the stolen vehicle had a manual transmission.

From Washington Times • Oct. 8, 2023

In that big field, the old man, whose name we learned after we agreed to buy the car was Ralph Mason, gave my dad a quick lesson in the vagaries of manual transmission.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez