not a double entendre metaphor or ref to B.I.T.H. etc but literal

I learned how to drive with a stick shift (dumb), but Im glad I did

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In the first 3 months of driving a stick, I may have stalled twice. Never again after that.

I learned to drive period with stick, no previous experience

Bought a $500 beater and practiced in a parking lot.

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Posting recklessly while on my lunch break.

what's the purpose, I'm over here like "I know this nigga ain't clowning my typing skills on a message board"

brother was tryna teach me and it was a semi disaster...

then as in tyoing class at night when trying to sleep my mind and hands are typing out my thoughts due to repetition of the class

then I started doing the same thing regarding hand, foot clutch organization when trying to sleep

so I decide to go out foolishly on my own on my street the next few mornings and boom...after a few tries, starts n stalls, I had it

Not so fun in stop-and-go traffic, or city streets with mad lights & stop signs.

or on a road right outside on the city. Whoooooooooooo



that fdr stick drive is like that og sega car racing game

The secret is not down-shifting.

I know you can save gas, switch gears faster than an automatic but every time I drive with someone with a stick it never looked fun.

Unfortunately, that's where I learned, and I think that put me off of driving them. All that shifting gets old fast when I have to stop at the end of every block. Glad I learned tho.

Finally gave it up when I bought my "new" car back in 2013. I spent from 2000 to like 2007 working jobs that required long commutes, often in stop and go traffic. And doing that with a stick-shift is literally an extreme pain. My left foot still hurts to this day.

>Finally gave it up when I bought my "new" car back in 2013. I
>spent from 2000 to like 2007 working jobs that required long
>commutes, often in stop and go traffic. And doing that with a
>stick-shift is literally an extreme pain. My left foot still
>hurts to this day.

I don't do it often enough to be really proficient. But I'm good enough to get from one place to another without a problem.

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but this tank is a beast. In the year and a half ive owned it NYC has seen some of its worst weather and Ive never once had to use a shovel. If only it were a stick...

I've known how to drive a stick as long as I've been driving, but she had no clue. Taught her on my old 5 speed Escort and it took her about an hour to get it but I'm pretty sure she's forgotten how since then.

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I kept tellin her shes going to get in an accident that way but it works for her

>I've known how to drive a stick as long as I've been driving,
>but she had no clue. Taught her on my old 5 speed Escort and
>it took her about an hour to get it but I'm pretty sure she's
>forgotten how since then.
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>forcing myself to actually respond to you is like bathing in
>ebola virus. - Binlahab
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>Like there is stupid, and then there is you, and then there is
>dead. - VAsBestBBW
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>R.I.P. Disco D

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time adjusting to using one foot. I only know this because it was told to me by a driving instructor who teaches high school kids.

one coworker gave me a good hour in the parking lot but that wasn't enough

right now one of my cars is a luxury performance jawn with the auto-manual functionality and paddles
i don't consider that stick shift and i rarely use it anyway but i *kinda* get what it would be like to drive stick

they say you can't fuck the engine up because the car's computer won't allow it. Shit still makes me nervous. I need to find an empty lot to play with it.

yea i wonder if these cars are really meant for you to be manually shifting like that. a lot of times i feel like i'm holding the gears too long when i do
i mainly use mine to control when i get into 7th gear on the highway
it's basically the only way i can get more than 20mpg lol

Was talking to someone from there, and he mentioned that everyone drives manuals where he's from.

and i do know a few people who actually learned to drive on an automatic car, as opposed to learning manual & then getting an auto.

and circling the megachurch parking lot up the street. A lot of stalls out of first, but I got it fully down in about a month and change. Nothing like getting on the on ramp and popping the clutch up to 5th. I wrecked that car and the new one I bought is an auto. I miss it a lot. My left foot still wants to mash an imaginary clutch when I'm behind the wheel.

>My left foot still
>wants to mash an imaginary clutch when I'm behind the wheel.

I haven't owned another stick since my old escort. It took a good minute before I got used to braking without downshifting and there's still been instances where I wanna drop a gear or two to pass someone and reach out for the shifter.


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forcing myself to actually respond to you is like bathing in ebola virus. - Binlahab

Like there is stupid, and then there is you, and then there is dead. - VAsBestBBW

R.I.P. Disco D

and reduce my international rental rate by more than 50%

that same day he gave me a few tips and had me take it for a drive.

30 minutes is real possible when youre stuck in the middle of the street trying to make a left turn and everybody both directions is honking at your ass.


You learn to figure out that clutch real quick

so I imagine it would be a little shaky to start but I'd be fine after a short bit.

>not a double entendre metaphor or ref to B.I.T.H. etc but
>literal
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>I learned how to drive with a stick shift (dumb), but Im glad
>I did


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Just breezing past people spinning out on overpasses in late-model BMW 7 series and sliding into one another's E-classes up and down North Ave.

commuted that monday, semi-freaked out. i don't think i'll go back to automatic now and will drive this thing to the ground!

last Volvo wagons you could easily find with 5 speeds were the 200s and early 700 series. they still make them, but US buyers never took them en masse. I'm often really shocked to see a non-R Volvo with a manual in the States.

and nowadays I'd rather have a DSG if "go faster/better fuel economy" is the order of the day. they are technically superior to manuals, but not as "fun"

from an ownership perspective I'd def. rather have a manual than these overcomplicated autos or DCTs

if I hit the lotto I'm getting a GTI, Focus ST, or a Focus RS and let that be my "Eat Da Poo Poo" ride while the Volvo is the daily driver

in the parking lot of a cheltenham super market lol
he told me from the gate that it was one of the hardest clutches to learn on
that didn't go so well was like another decade before i got another chance to stall somebody shit

b/c i hear it's easiest to learn to operate a manual transmission when one has little to no context for driving. it's more difficult to learn to operate a manual when you can already operate an automatic.

Agreed. I think they do this in some European countries (and maybe elsewhere)- you have to pass your driving test in stick car.

But that was pre-marriage/kids. Thinking about grabbin' a beater, in the next year or so.

To answer the question, yep and I really miss it. The thing I hate about cars they have out now is that stick shifts seem to be attached to the base models.

i love it

bc the car that he had (that we'd eventually share) was a manual. i thought about getting one when i bought my current car, but atlanta has too much traffic for me to really enjoy it.

n/m

was still tryna eat and drive...so he's eating, shifting, steering, drinking..with his OFF hand lol

"If you wanna help us, fine. Sit down with your kids and make 'em study at night...otherwise, shoot THIS mothaf*cka!" (c) Morgan Freeman,

I literally won't buy a car unless its manual.
Automatics are boring as hell. Plus, manuals accelerate faster.

havent driven one in years YEARS
sometimes i wonder how well would i fall back into driving one

i just don't drive a stick often enough to get really good at it. i was pretty good at one point, but haven't really driven one in so long. i still can, but not all that well.

Baranco Pontiac. It was my first new car, a 96 Pontiac Sunfire convertible.

I was shopping used and dude asked if I was interested in a new car. I told him that the only new car on the lot I liked, in my price range, was the ragtop Sunfire, but it was a stick...and I can't drive stick.

He literally went, "Sheeeit...we can fix that right now."

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I stalled so many times on the way home. lol

i learned how to drive with a stick

"If you wanna help us, fine. Sit down with your kids and make 'em study at night...otherwise, shoot THIS mothaf*cka!" (c) Morgan Freeman,

yup, learned when I was teen, great skill to have.. Definitely a dying art