POLL: did you learn to drive in an automatic or manual?

[freegeeks]

manual because nobody drives an auto where I live.

if you did your test with an auto you are only allowed to drive an auto

if you have a manual, you are allowed to drive both

 

[Salvador]

I'd tell you, but you probably don't care to hear about it.

Sal

 

[LAUST]

3 on the tree <--- real manual

Now adays it's push the clutch in 2" and a throw so short you can blow it into gear (Yawn)

 

[Saulbadguy]

Tried to learn on a manual when I was 14. Failed. Auto ever since.

 

[Buttzilla]

auto first...stick after

 

[Ryan]

Manual first

 

[Electrode]

I learned manual first, but have since forgotten most of what I knew about it.

 

[Tom]

Originally posted by: Saulbadguy
Tried to learn on a manual when I was 14. Failed. Auto ever since.

learnt on a manual, I can even drive one while munching on a blueberry bagel drippng with creamy butter !!

:sun:

 

[conjur]

Learned in an automatic. A 1967 Chevelle station wagon. Thing was a BEAST.

 

[illusion88]

learned on an auto first. Later I learned a stick on my friends ford pickup.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Originally posted by: murphy55d
Automatic. I've never driven a manual, no real desire to either.

 

[Dedpuhl]

I learned on an automatic but drive a manual.

 

[GTaudiophile]

I learned to drive on a 1991 E30 BMW M3 5-speed

 

[Emrys]

Would like to learn to drive manual, but we got rid of all of our cars that had a manual transmission before I got my licence. So still haven't really learned, other than messing around in a friends car.

 

[Mr N8]

Learned auto first, but picked up manual shortly after. Driving an auto is insanely boring to me.

 

[eLiu]

Stick first (1982 Toyota Pickup), auto second (1985 MercBenz 300SD)

-Eric

 

[Flyermax2k3]

I learned how to drive a manual first, but all the cars I've owned have been A/Ts.

 

[JBT]

Auto first but my first car was manual and my currecnt car is also a manual.

 

[Xionide]

I have run into people who like wont drive a manual. They just dont get it. I think that if they dont have the brain power to be able to drive an automatic then they shouldnt be allowed to drive.

 

[billbixbysmonkey]

1979 Chevy Blazer 4 speed

 

[JDub02]

Drove a motorcycle before I ever drove a car, so I knew about the concept of a manual. Learned to drive a car with an automatic then borrowed a friend's VW Fox with a manual and learned in that thing. It was really easy coming from a motorcycle. I already had a feel for a clutch. I really miss a stick. I wish every vehicle would be offered with one. Normally you have to make a sacrifice, bigger engine or manual tranny.

I miss the 5 speed in my Wrangler ... I probably shouldn't have sold that one.

 

[Ketteringo]

Auto for life! Lazyness > control that a manual tranny offers

 

[LAUST]

Originally posted by: Xionide
I have run into people who like wont drive a manual. They just dont get it. I think that if they dont have the brain power to be able to drive an automatic then they shouldnt be allowed to drive.

Fine then you don't deserve a hamburger unless you know how to kill a cow, gut pile it and butcher it

 

[JDub02]

BTW, you can only drive vehicles with a M/T .... you just steer with an A/T ...

 

[gururu]

learned on an auto. switched to manual. a lot more enjoyable for sure, particularly with a lot of horsepower.