my mates G reg landrover defender 110 in his field when i was 15........man it was fun, of course i live in england where we are real men, and we all learn and drive manual gearboxes....
you usually gotta ask in the show room if u want an auto box
you usually gotta ask in the show room if u want an auto box
took one lesson on how to drive stick for 30 minutes.
2 years later i offered to take this guys car (manual honda accord 1986 iirc), across the country nyc->california.
i practiced in an empty lot for a little bit trying not to stall....once i got confident, i set off for my apt for sleep before setting out.
Stalled once more when i got lost and i stopped to ask for directions. check engine light came on, i got on the ramp to get on the george washington bridge, and then BAM engine cuts out, lights cut out, stuck in the middle of the highway.
2 years later i offered to take this guys car (manual honda accord 1986 iirc), across the country nyc->california.
i practiced in an empty lot for a little bit trying not to stall....once i got confident, i set off for my apt for sleep before setting out.
Stalled once more when i got lost and i stopped to ask for directions. check engine light came on, i got on the ramp to get on the george washington bridge, and then BAM engine cuts out, lights cut out, stuck in the middle of the highway.
I think I stalled around 30 times. I didn't even attempt hills. I got extremely aggrivated and didn't even drive it for a week. Then I got pissed off that I wasn't driving my new car, made myself drive it again, and eventually got the hang of it. I'm an adequate stick driver, but not a great one.
theknight571
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LOL.... The dealer taught me to drive a standard transmission car on my test drive.
I ended up buying the car.
I ended up buying the car.
Bought a brand new 2003 Maxima SE and first drove a stick driving it off the lot (after I had bought it). Drove it in a parking lot for a few minutes for a 'test drive'. Looking back, that was a bad idea!
My first time was when I was fifteen in my parent's Escort. Dad took me to a local school parking lot and I pretty much drove in circles.
Second attempt was a few weeks later when the folks were out of town
A buddy and I took out the F250 4-speed, this thing had no power steering! We drove around town, doing stupid things teenage boys do.
It was a blast. Parking it back into the spot it was originally (in the driveway) was a bitch though. It was on a hill, on a cement platform next to the house. It was on a weird angle and I had a helluva time getting it close enough to the house. I remember washing the skid marks away before they came home.
They were never the wiser.
Second attempt was a few weeks later when the folks were out of town
A buddy and I took out the F250 4-speed, this thing had no power steering! We drove around town, doing stupid things teenage boys do.
It was a blast. Parking it back into the spot it was originally (in the driveway) was a bitch though. It was on a hill, on a cement platform next to the house. It was on a weird angle and I had a helluva time getting it close enough to the house. I remember washing the skid marks away before they came home.
They were never the wiser.
Old FJ-40 Land Cruiser, backroads of Ecuador. In fact, all I drove was manual trucks until I went to college. The first time I drove a manual car was weird, with the pedals being so soft and the throw so small.
Queasy
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My dad's Chevy pickup. I had the hardest time in the world finding the "sweet spot" for the clutch in that truck. We got out and drove my sister's Shelby and I didn't have a problem. Got back in the pickup...still couldn't find the damn sweet spot.
It's a wonder I can drive stick after this.
When I was in the Navy, I was attending a 6 month long school in Norfolk, VA and the school was being shut down for a 3 day holiday. One of my crewmates was also attending the class and he made a deal with one of the instructors to drive the instructor's car to Charleston, S.C. where we were stationed if we would take the wife and their 18 month old son and drop them off in Columbia, S.C. The car was a stick and I'd only driven stick for a few minutes a few years earlier. So, my crewmate got stuck driving the whole way down.
We spent the weekend back in our home port then my crewmate had to take emergency leave. This left me holding the bag with this Toyota Celica stick and hundreds of miles to drive. Grinding my way back to Columbia to pick up the instructor's wife and kid, I felt pretty good. When we hit the N.C. border, it started to snow. Great. I grew up in L.A. and had never driven in the snow, let alone a stick. As it almost never snows on I-95 in NC, traffic slowed to 10-20 MPH. Many hours later, I am on the road from I-95 to Norfolk, VA that is conveniently nicknamed "the devil's highway", it is dark, I can't see the road, lane etc. Somehow, the right rear wheel caught the edge of the shoulder causing us to go into a counter-clockwise spin (queue the ZOMG screaming kid) down the side of the shoulder where we came to a stop with us facing the opposite direction and the car at a 45% angle.
No lights, sporadic traffic, this car has a CB radio in it. (again, I am from L.A. originally. CB?) She gets on the CB and someone comes along in 15 mins or so and takes her and the baby to go get a tow truck. 90 minutes later, the tow truck arrives, pulls me back up to the road and we are on our way.
What should have been an 8 hour trip ended up being a 20 hour trip.
I can drive the hell out of a stick now.
When I was in the Navy, I was attending a 6 month long school in Norfolk, VA and the school was being shut down for a 3 day holiday. One of my crewmates was also attending the class and he made a deal with one of the instructors to drive the instructor's car to Charleston, S.C. where we were stationed if we would take the wife and their 18 month old son and drop them off in Columbia, S.C. The car was a stick and I'd only driven stick for a few minutes a few years earlier. So, my crewmate got stuck driving the whole way down.
We spent the weekend back in our home port then my crewmate had to take emergency leave. This left me holding the bag with this Toyota Celica stick and hundreds of miles to drive. Grinding my way back to Columbia to pick up the instructor's wife and kid, I felt pretty good. When we hit the N.C. border, it started to snow. Great. I grew up in L.A. and had never driven in the snow, let alone a stick. As it almost never snows on I-95 in NC, traffic slowed to 10-20 MPH. Many hours later, I am on the road from I-95 to Norfolk, VA that is conveniently nicknamed "the devil's highway", it is dark, I can't see the road, lane etc. Somehow, the right rear wheel caught the edge of the shoulder causing us to go into a counter-clockwise spin (queue the ZOMG screaming kid) down the side of the shoulder where we came to a stop with us facing the opposite direction and the car at a 45% angle.
No lights, sporadic traffic, this car has a CB radio in it. (again, I am from L.A. originally. CB?) She gets on the CB and someone comes along in 15 mins or so and takes her and the baby to go get a tow truck. 90 minutes later, the tow truck arrives, pulls me back up to the road and we are on our way.
What should have been an 8 hour trip ended up being a 20 hour trip.
I can drive the hell out of a stick now.
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