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My dad did something unusual for him. He traded in his â64 Dodge for a â65 automatic Dodge just to avoid having to teach me the stick. I learned on a Chevy van in â71.
Two of my sons gave me some extra work while learning to drive a stick â One tore up a motor mount, and the other toasted the clutch and pressure plate.
My favorite car has three pedals on the floor, two levers on the steering column and two levers coming out of the floor. (Model T) Interesting learning process.
Decades ago, I tried teaching my youngest sister to drive a manual, cost me a clutch. Years later, I warned hew new husband. He was grateful as his Alfa Romeo had a stick.
I learned to drive on an automatic and then discovered how hard it is to ârelearnâ to drive using a stick (what we could afford when first married). Tried to get my kids to learn using the stick but there wasnât one available in the schoolâs driverâs ed. My oldestâs first job required him to drive a stick-shift truckâhe had to learn in a hurry. One of the first times he every told me âyou were right, mom.â Itâs something about learning habits â much easier to learn the more intricate pattern first and then simplify than the other way around. Easier to âtake awayâ a step, than to add one (at the right place).
A buddy taught me how to drive a stick shift in his â59 Plymouth in exchange for letting him try out my â60 Desoto with the push-button TorquefliteâŚin 1984.
I learned to drive clutch nâ gearbox on a couple of Oliver tractors and a â49 Chevy flatbed farm truck by age 10. Good life skills, âcause 56 years and a million miles later the last stick shift I drove before retiring was a Kenworth T800 with an Eaton Fuller transmission and 13 gears plus overdrive.
I made all three of my daughters learn to drive a stick before they could use the car with the automatic in it. Interestingly, the first car they each purchased was a stick.
Love the manual transmissions, even if the battery was dead you could still drive the thing after a quick push. Automatics you are stuck unless you can find someone to give you a jump.
I know how to drive a stick, but even after a year of driving with one I still had a hard time with hills and dealing with first gear. Iâll stick with my automatics, thank you!
On a side note, since so many youth and young adults donât know how to drive with a stick, a car with a stick is unlikely to be stolen!
I taught our daughter how to drive a stick shift and, in fact, we bought her an 82 VW Rabbit convertible which was stick shift. One summer she had a job at a resort in Colorado and got to drive and park Porsches and Ferraris because she was the only kid who could drive a stick shift. Yet another valuable life skill.
I was determined when I was a teen to not learn how to drive a stick shift. If I did, I was condemned to drive my dadâs 4 on the column pickup truck instead of Momâs Mercedes. Then I went to work for a messenger service that only had stick shift cars. I learned in a very big hurry. And guess what? I drove that pickup until I could buy my own car.
I didnât have a lot of choice when I got my truck last year. A good price on a low mileage, nearly new car that was an automatic, or pay more for a higher mileage car that was a manual.
I wouldnât trade, but I miss the 5 on the floor.
My mom taught my sister and I how to drive a stick in a 67 VW camper. She made sure we could stop and start on a hill without rolling backwards, could parallel park, could pop the clutch to get it started, drive on snow/pull out of spin, all before we went to take our driverâs test. I got the opportunity to drive all kinds of stick shifts, 3, 4, 5 speeds, columns, dash, floor. There were several times that I was asked to go places because I was the only one who could drive one of the vehicles that was needed (my husband did re-enactments and I was the only one available to drive the artillery van that didnât have 2nd gear â I had no problem going from 1st to 3rd).
common sanse about 5 years ago
Nope. You gotta learn to drive this rattley aâ olâ Ford first even though you may never drive a stick again.
Zykoic about 5 years ago
Granddaughterâs first car my old stick-shift sedan. Three generations, quarter of million miles.
wiatr about 5 years ago
My dad did something unusual for him. He traded in his â64 Dodge for a â65 automatic Dodge just to avoid having to teach me the stick. I learned on a Chevy van in â71.
Templo S.U.D. about 5 years ago
20 years and I still donât have my first driving license
Lyons Group, Inc. about 5 years ago
My late brother (R.I.P.) never did like cars with stick shifts; it was always automatic.
Yakety Sax about 5 years ago
Learned how to shift on a Farmall tractor before I was ten. Much easier than the âthree on the treeâ 69 F100 my Dad had.
Breadboard about 5 years ago
Driving a stick is like going to the bathroom ⌠first step , second step , ect. A little work will not hurt you ! ;-)
flyertom about 5 years ago
Two of my sons gave me some extra work while learning to drive a stick â One tore up a motor mount, and the other toasted the clutch and pressure plate.
zerotvus about 5 years ago
i taught my daughter and son to drive a stick. what if they got out somewhere and had to drive one?
Olddog1 about 5 years ago
A stick shift is a pretty good theft protection device.
I'll fly away about 5 years ago
I can do floor and column. Miss my Cavalier on the floor. Greatest car I ever had.
Phoenixbbs Premium Member about 5 years ago
The bigger challenge was the art of parallel parking.
bobbyferrel about 5 years ago
My favorite car has three pedals on the floor, two levers on the steering column and two levers coming out of the floor. (Model T) Interesting learning process.
david_42 about 5 years ago
Decades ago, I tried teaching my youngest sister to drive a manual, cost me a clutch. Years later, I warned hew new husband. He was grateful as his Alfa Romeo had a stick.
GreenT267 about 5 years ago
I learned to drive on an automatic and then discovered how hard it is to ârelearnâ to drive using a stick (what we could afford when first married). Tried to get my kids to learn using the stick but there wasnât one available in the schoolâs driverâs ed. My oldestâs first job required him to drive a stick-shift truckâhe had to learn in a hurry. One of the first times he every told me âyou were right, mom.â Itâs something about learning habits â much easier to learn the more intricate pattern first and then simplify than the other way around. Easier to âtake awayâ a step, than to add one (at the right place).
Buckimion about 5 years ago
A buddy taught me how to drive a stick shift in his â59 Plymouth in exchange for letting him try out my â60 Desoto with the push-button TorquefliteâŚin 1984.
Gus810 about 5 years ago
I learned to drive clutch nâ gearbox on a couple of Oliver tractors and a â49 Chevy flatbed farm truck by age 10. Good life skills, âcause 56 years and a million miles later the last stick shift I drove before retiring was a Kenworth T800 with an Eaton Fuller transmission and 13 gears plus overdrive.
ctolson about 5 years ago
I made all three of my daughters learn to drive a stick before they could use the car with the automatic in it. Interestingly, the first car they each purchased was a stick.
TMMILLER Premium Member about 5 years ago
Love the manual transmissions, even if the battery was dead you could still drive the thing after a quick push. Automatics you are stuck unless you can find someone to give you a jump.
wirepunchr about 5 years ago
I guess I was a plugger in my 30âs and 40âs. (30âs with son and 40âs with daughter.)
Alberta Oil about 5 years ago
Good to know how.. even better if you had to learn before synchronized transmissions became standard.
Plods with ...⢠about 5 years ago
When you learn to drive standard with a double clutch â25 Ford, everything else is cake.
Sassy's Mom about 5 years ago
I know how to drive a stick, but even after a year of driving with one I still had a hard time with hills and dealing with first gear. Iâll stick with my automatics, thank you!
On a side note, since so many youth and young adults donât know how to drive with a stick, a car with a stick is unlikely to be stolen!
kathleenhicks62 about 5 years ago
Improve co-ordinationâŚâŚ
Spiny Norman Premium Member about 5 years ago
I just bought a New Mustang with a stick, and my 26 year old daughter just got a Subaru Legacy with a stick, she made me proud.
JAY REIDER Premium Member about 5 years ago
Learned on a 60 Rambler American, three on the tree!
PuppyPapa about 5 years ago
I taught my oldest boy to drive stick â the rest of the brood (5 more!) â stuck with automatic!
Spooky D Cat about 5 years ago
I taught our daughter how to drive a stick shift and, in fact, we bought her an 82 VW Rabbit convertible which was stick shift. One summer she had a job at a resort in Colorado and got to drive and park Porsches and Ferraris because she was the only kid who could drive a stick shift. Yet another valuable life skill.
Bob. about 5 years ago
Mine was a Model A Ford.
Karptaz about 5 years ago
All I have ever owned has been manuals
Jan C about 5 years ago
I was determined when I was a teen to not learn how to drive a stick shift. If I did, I was condemned to drive my dadâs 4 on the column pickup truck instead of Momâs Mercedes. Then I went to work for a messenger service that only had stick shift cars. I learned in a very big hurry. And guess what? I drove that pickup until I could buy my own car.
BWR about 5 years ago
I didnât have a lot of choice when I got my truck last year. A good price on a low mileage, nearly new car that was an automatic, or pay more for a higher mileage car that was a manual.
I wouldnât trade, but I miss the 5 on the floor.
contralto2b about 5 years ago
My mom taught my sister and I how to drive a stick in a 67 VW camper. She made sure we could stop and start on a hill without rolling backwards, could parallel park, could pop the clutch to get it started, drive on snow/pull out of spin, all before we went to take our driverâs test. I got the opportunity to drive all kinds of stick shifts, 3, 4, 5 speeds, columns, dash, floor. There were several times that I was asked to go places because I was the only one who could drive one of the vehicles that was needed (my husband did re-enactments and I was the only one available to drive the artillery van that didnât have 2nd gear â I had no problem going from 1st to 3rd).