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POLL: can you drive stick shift ?

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Originally posted by: rh71
how'd you guys learn ? Who's car ?
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You live in NY?...go work (part-time even) in a parking garage for 6 months...You'd be able to park anything, anywhere. You'll have driven so many M3s in the first 3 weeks you won't even care anymore.
 
I can also drive Roadranger tranny equipped trucks,
and Hydrostatic loaders,and do so at my job.

First vehicle I owned was 3 on the tree standard shift.

🙂
 
I learned at a subaru dealership, back when I was considering the WRX.

I just walked in during monday lunchtime-ish, and told the dealer "I want to test drive a WRX, and even though I want a stick, I have to test drive the automatic"

I guess he was bored or something, because he told me to give him 30 minutes and he'll teach me. So he took me to an empty street and we spent 30 minutes on a brand new WRX learning stick.

Not much of test drive though, considering i didnt know what I was doing. But i had a pretty good time.
 
Driving an automatic is annoying for me because my left foot wants to do something. I'm always looking for the clutch with it. In Colorado, I highly recommend a manual, particularly if you do any driving around the mountains... i.e. when you're going skiing. Being able to have more control over your gear is helpful.
 
First car I ever drove was my mom's stick shift Rabbit. I was fifteen, and I had recently passed the state learner's permit test. She took me to a parking lot in a nearby industrial district one evening (after most of the businesses were closed, so there was little traffic around) and said, "you're driving." It was pretty cool feeling that clutch engage under my control. Didn't stall the first time, either (the second through fiftieth times, though, well... it took some practice).
 
Originally posted by: TrueBlueLS
Anyone who doesn't drive a manual thinks it's the world's hardest achievement.
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You'd be surprise to how many people who do (mostly ATOTers) think it is as well.

 
I just learned about a month ago (I'm 31). I've driven an automatic all my life, but wanted a change of pace and it was time to get a new car. So I decided to go with a manual. My aunt tried to teach me on her car, but she was a horrible teacher and didn't explain things well at all. I went and looked it up on the net on a few places that described it pretty well, and did fine on my 2nd attempt. I've been driving the new car about 3 weeks now (Mini Cooper S) and pretty much have it down. I still haven't really mastered the art of downshifting quickly, and my takeoffs are a bit jumpy sometimes, but haven't stalled/grinded since the first week.
 
my mom got her latest car (vw passat) in manual for the specific purpose of making sure i learned stick.

you lose like 30 Man points if you cant drive stick. even if you choose not to.
 
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Yep, it's what I learned to drive with.
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Me too. My kids will have to show me they have mastered a stick shift before I'll even consider letting them get behind the wheel of an automatic.
 
Yup. Double-clutch and rev-match too. I learned on a friends Festiva (the thing was a complete beater, but it just wouldn't die, great little "throw-away" car). First car of my own with a standard was a '76 914. The synchros on 1st and 2nd were shot, so I had to double clutch to make it smooth. Got to where I could shift into first smoothly while moving, it was a great little car. I'll have another 'teener someday.

ZV
 
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