Can you drive a stick shift?

Brutuskend

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I've only owned 3 cars in my whole life that weren't standards. In fact the first car I ever drove was a 1964 Triumph TR-4. Of the 3 vehicles I now own one is a 3 speed, one a 4 speed and 1 a 5 speed, all sticks.

Autos bore me ....
 

BudAshes

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Originally posted by: Brutuskend
I've only owned 3 cars in my whole life that weren't standards. In fact the first car I ever drove was a 1964 Triumph TR-4. Of the 3 vehicles I now own one is a 3 speed, one a 4 speed and 1 a 5 speed, all sticks.

Autos bore me ....

I'm starting to agree, i've been driving my girlfriends manual lately and even though it's just a very modest saturn it is a blast to drive. My car seems so mundane to drive afterwards.
 

Fineghal

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I learned how to drive a stick from my grandfather years ago, but I've driven an automatic for the last 5 years or so. I could if I had to, but it probably wouldn't be pretty.
 

nweaver

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I took my only driving test the day of my 16th birthday (Nevada doesn't require driving with an instructor/drivers ed) in a stick that I had never driven.

Some cars are OK as autos (My jeep is good, minivans, etc)

Small cars should be a stick (my 88 VW is a blast as a stick)
 

TheChort

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Originally posted by: BudAshes
I'm actually kind of surprised that most people can so far.

1. ATOTers who drive stick make fun of those who don't ... or at the very least are condescending towards them, so the the non-stick people stay away from these threads

2. This thread clearly isn't a serious one, so no non-stick person is gonna make himself known
 

skyking

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Yeah, I spent about 2 hours driving home in stop and go traffic with one of these shift patterns.
After I get done with that, I gladly get in my automatic car and rest my left leg.