I only have an automatic licence, can I drive a semi automatic car legally?

madeline06

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Reply 1

CherryCherryBoomBoom

I've never heard of a semi automatic car. I'm not sure of the answer myself, but I'll bump this for you :smile:

Reply 2

CJN

CherryCherryBoomBoom

I've never heard of a semi automatic car. I'm not sure of the answer myself, but I'll bump this for you :smile:

Has gears but no clutch.

To OP, sorry I have no idea.

Reply 3

CherryCherryBoomBoom

CJN

Has gears but no clutch.

To OP, sorry I have no idea.

Yeah, I Googled it already, but thanks anyway :smile:

Reply 4

LaughingBro

I'm quite sure a manual driver can drive anything tho.

Reply 5

tkwan196

madeline06

no you cant

Reply 6

jeh_jeh

Isn't a 'semi-automatic' just an automatic? My car has no clutch, but it is possible to use the gearstick manually - there's just, like, a button thing that you press to move the stick up and down. But I just leave it as it is, since I learnt in an automatic anyway.

But, no, you can't, in answer to your question.

As a side note, I learnt in an automatic (and took my test in one), yet have a manual driving licence. :woo:

Reply 7

DarkWhite

An automatic is classed as a car without a manual clutch. A semi-automatic has gears but no manual clutch, so yes, you can drive it.

Reply 8

DaniLou17

mum has this car that can be manual but if she puts the gear stick left its automatic easytronic maybe ?!?! she only has an automatic license and can drive it
dont know if its the same thing in which case this post is a bit random but if it is then yes?

Reply 9

CherryCherryBoomBoom

jeh_jeh

As a side note, I learnt in an automatic (and took my test in one), yet have a manual driving licence. :woo:

How does that work? Wouldn't you have to learn in a manual to be able to gain a manual licence? Otherwise, how can you know how to drive a manual? :curious:

Reply 10

AntiMonarchist

I thought only ferraris had semi automatics.
does it have flappy paddles behind the wheel?

Reply 11

Paranoid//Android

DarkWhite

An automatic is classed as a car without a manual clutch. A semi-automatic has gears but no manual clutch, so yes, you can drive it.

THIS

So you can drive anything as long as it has no clutch pedal, even where you have to physically change gear, with the gear stick, paddles etc.

Reply 12

DarkWhite

AntiMonarchist

I thought only ferraris had semi automatics.
does it have flappy paddles behind the wheel?

There aren't many semi-automatics out there tbh - Smart cars are also semis, but eh, I can't stand them lol

Reply 13

michael321

AntiMonarchist

I thought only ferraris had semi automatics.
does it have flappy paddles behind the wheel?

You get a fair few, but yes they tend to be quite upmarket makes. Jaguar do some, Mazda and Nissan offer some, Ferrarris and Lambos... They're coming into fasion a bit more nowadays.

Reply 14

Tofufi

Volkswagen were making semi-automatic Beetles as long ago as 1968 :biggrin:

All the other makers are playing catchup...

Reply 15

Enfo

Yet another reason to buy an old VW...

Shame that semi-autos are like rocking horse ****.

Will

Reply 16

Jonpickles

Hehe, Yeah i have my 2 seat convertible smart roadster, Semi-Automatic :biggrin:

, but i only really use it in automatic mode. Althought i do have a full manual license

Reply 17

Dante786

Semi-automatics are the same as automatics, except you can choose to switch gears if you wish.

There's no clutch

Reply 18

jeh_jeh

CherryCherryBoomBoom

How does that work? Wouldn't you have to learn in a manual to be able to gain a manual licence? Otherwise, how can you know how to drive a manual? :curious:

Mistake by the woman who passed me, I assume. I'm never gonna drive a manual, though, because I physcially can't, so I never saw the point of getting it changed.

Reply 19

Enfo

Naffy

Semi-automatics are the same as automatics, except you can choose to switch gears if you wish.

There's no clutch

Not always, on the '68 to '76 VW's as mentioned above, there is no clutch per se, but you have to change gear. It does not change gear automatically like modern cars, just takes away the need for depressing a clutch pedal.

Im sure that 'modern' semi's are like you say.