When did everyone learn to drive stick?

[mellowboy]

I first drove stick when i was 18. When i first looked at it...it looked so difficult! I think the best way to learn to drive stick is when you take it out alone. For some reason when my dad teaches me i always stall cause he has no patience at all man

[99civic03]

Yeah I know how that is. My dad was such an asshole when he was trying to teach me to drive stick, no patience what so ever.

[heathershonda]

I was first taught about 9 years ago (16yrs). It was in a Ford F-350?? Damn thing was hard !! I could never remember to push the clutch in to stop Actually bought my first 5-speed about 4 years ago...will never go back to a auto until I turn old and grey with bad knees.

[threethirteen]

when i was about 10-11 in my gokart

[BullShifter]

Shifter karts I had one for a while with a 250cc yamaha 5 speed.

[kesnut]

12 yrs old, my dad'd datson120Y, man the good old days, all cars were manual, you had to ask for a auto...
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[BullShifter]

When I worked for BMW there was a new porter from Romania(60yrs old) and didnt know how to drive automatic - off topic but i thought i would add it anyways . . .

[afroeman]

Learned when i was 13 on a 93 nissan 240sx. bad ass car. what did happen to the good ole days, now you have to special order a fuckin manual tranny. it took a while because the guy i was learning from was also learning at the same time.

[97civichx]

I learned 2 years ago in 2001 when i was 16. learned on my first car which was an 88 civic lx. if i didnt learn then i didnt get to soccer practice, work, or school. got it down pretty good in a few hours

[97civichx]

yeah and as far as the number of people who drive stick from my high school has got to be at least 20% i'd say. lots of people drive stick around here. my class was 170 people.

[SniperX13]

I learned 4 years ago. My ex-wife (then fiance) got a 93 Explorer sport, she she taught me how.... first time driving it, she had parked it on a steep slope going up, on a DIRT road, and told me to attempt to take off..... WITHOUT SPINNING TIRES....... geez, no pressure there


been driving a manual ever since..... at least until I got my current car..... 1 yr ago.

[omarjamil]

how the hell did some of u guyz learn it at 14? isnt that to young to learn how to drive?

[johnnyboy5]

Originally posted by omarjamil
how the hell did some of u guyz learn it at 14? isnt that to young to learn how to drive?

what are u talking about man?

I think, It all depends on either ur parents or where u live. In mexico I learned when i was about 8. Kids in texas could get their license @ 12, but that's bcuz they need to work on the farm or live in a ranch or somethin'. Depends.

learned at 8, Been driving since i was 13, legally driving a year ago.(when i was 16)

[b16rex]

I was 15 driving my b2200

[sleepy_civic]

Learned at 15 on my parents 98 civic sedan which I drive now. My whole family is stick only, all they ever bought.