9. "Yeah. They are such a pain-in-the-ass to drive in the city." In response to Reply # 0
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.
12. "Learned on a stick shift. Drove cars with them for years" In response to Reply # 0
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.
14. "getting an automatic (anything) is like heaven..but stick is kinda fun" In response to Reply # 12 Fri Feb-06-15 11:52 AM by rdhull
>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.
21. "miss it. Only thing i dont like about my Outback is its automatic" In response to Reply # 0
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...
--- "though time has passed, im still the future" (c) black thought
PoppaGeorge Member since Nov 07th 2004 10384 posts
Fri Feb-06-15 11:56 AM
22. "I had to teach my wife years ago" In response to Reply # 0
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
Like there is stupid, and then there is you, and then there is dead. - VAsBestBBW
29. "my wife uses both feet..one for clutch one for brake" In response to Reply # 22
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. > >--------------------------- > >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
24. "naw. it's REAL hard to find someone that will let me practice on their c..." In response to Reply # 0 Fri Feb-06-15 12:01 PM by southphillyman
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
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79586 posts
Fri Feb-06-15 12:02 PM
30. "I have it on my VW CC" In response to Reply # 24
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.
32. "the auto manual you mean?" In response to Reply # 30
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
28. "Yep. Taught myself by watching Youtube vids" In response to Reply # 0
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.
PoppaGeorge Member since Nov 07th 2004 10384 posts
Fri Feb-06-15 06:24 PM
70. "took me a long time to stop trying to downshift when I brake" In response to Reply # 28
>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
33. "my dad "taught" me right after i got my license" In response to Reply # 0
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
--- "though time has passed, im still the future" (c) black thought
39. "Yes, but I get little practice due to my choice of vehicle" In response to Reply # 0 Fri Feb-06-15 12:38 PM by Dr Claw
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
51. "first time i ever tried learning stick was in my dads orange Volvo wagon" In response to Reply # 39
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
41. "ALL driver's education courses should use manual transmission cars." In response to Reply # 0
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.
46. "I can learn (c) Boyz in The Hood" In response to Reply # 0
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.
52. "yup, my dad actually taught me to drive on one" In response to Reply # 0
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.
"You can take an African out of Africa, but you can't take Africa out of the African" Afro-Americana/Afro-Caribbana/Afro-Latino unite. We are ALL Black!
63. "i can. not all that great, but i can do it." In response to Reply # 0
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.
64. "Salesman taught me in the dealership lot so he could make the sale" In response to Reply # 0
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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