When did everyone learn to drive stick?

^^^ Just like the topic says. I learned about a year ago when I was about 15 and a half. The reason Im asking is because it seems like only about 10-15% of the people at my highschool can drive stick, so Im jw when everyone else learned.

After I wreaked my 87 Maxima (auto), My dad offered to teach me to drive a manual so i can buy his car. MAY 2002. 1993 Honda Civic EX, which i had ever since.

well lets see here im 28 now and i learned how to drive a stick when i was 15 and that was the first thing i learned on, it was a damn 1982 datsun 4 wheel drive king-cab, so i have been driving a stick for 13 years now and i wouldnt trade a stick for anything, dont get me wrong autos are ok for long drives but all in all the stick is better...

learned to drive a manual tranny when i was 15 in an 88 prelude si a geo tracker (mom's car :bigthumb: ) an a toyota pickup.

Learned on my wife's (then g/f's) 89 Nissan Pulsar NX. She taught me. :p

Learned the basics on a Yamaha FZR 600 then got my Civic and figured it out myself.

Learned it last year, im 16 now.

9 or 10 for me, in a dune buggy :bigthumb:

i learned when i was 14 in a crx. than my mom wrecked it it wass gonna be mine when i turned 16.

I was 14 in my dads toyota deisel pickup that thing still runs today with over 320000 miles on it:iceslolan

I would have been 15 the first time, in my grandpa's 1989 Jeep TJ the most beasty sounding I-6 out there for some reason. Never really caught on until later that fall (Picked up learner's permit)

As for that percentage you noticed 99civic03, same at my schoool except it's about 10% for my grade (150 students) and maybe the same for the rest of the school. It's pretty bad.

I learned when i was 13, on a 92 Accord, just driving around the neighborhood. Took awhile to get it, but it all of a sudden just clicked, and I love stick. After giving the 92 to a family member, I received a 93 SE (auto) when i was 15. I drove that for a year, and now im back into a manual (6-Spd!), and i love it.

When my dad bought my first car I told him to make sure that it is a 5-speed that way if I don't drive a stick then I don't drive. I made myself learn. All the cars at our house was a 5-speed.

I was 11. My Dad taught me when he got his brand new at the time 93 S-10.

Has anyone driven a column shift manaul? 3 on the tree? thats weird

Originally posted by jackasssi
Has anyone driven a column shift manaul? 3 on the tree? thats weird


that sucks ass god i hated the shit

i learned to drive in my vibe gt
6 speed
that was like a year ago

Had a Honda dirt bike when I was 12, learned the basics there. The first vehicle I drove with stick was when I was 15, my dad's DUMP TRUCK! And this is no little 2 ton pickup style dump, it hauls 8 ton. 72' F600, 10 speed, it's a beast. It was quite an experience.

I learned when i was 12 on my dad's 93 miata silver anniversary edition. It was gonna be my car when i turned 16, but he crashed it into the supporting column of a bridge. The guy who cut my dad off fled the scene, what an asshole. Oh well, that would have been a pimpin first car.

when i was like 14 my friend had a dirt bike but i had no clue what was going on. sometimes i got it and sometimes i didnt, lol. then when i was 15 i learned on 90 camry

i learnt 2 months ago and im 18 was driving auto since 15.. so i guess im one of the late ones..!

Learned it when i was in 8th grade, i was about 13, a old hyundai. Remember i had to learn to balance the damn clutch on a big friggin hill! That shit was scary like hell when the car rolling back and you don't know what the heck you doing with the clutch and the gas :sly: Now it's just clutch and gas on a hill :bigthumb:

Yeah, learning to start on a hill was hard!

In 1997 when I was 17, I leased a new 97 civic dx coupe and didn't know how to drive the bitch, but I learned quick. It only took a couple days to get it down.

Originally posted by integragsr98
Learned it when i was in 8th grade, i was about 13, a old hyundai. Remember i had to learn to balance the damn clutch on a big friggin hill! That shit was scary like hell when the car rolling back and you don't know what the heck you doing with the clutch and the gas :sly: Now it's just clutch and gas on a hill :bigthumb:

damn i aggreee that hill start*s**t was crazy!!.. i remmeber one time a pedestrian crossd on a red light behind me and when i rolld slightly back i thot i hit him.. thank goodness no injuries..!

My first time was poop. I bought my Integra, drove it out of the lot right into town to the insurance company. Busy city traffic on hilly streets is not a good time to learn. lol.

man, 3 on the tree sucked. and i could barely reach the pedals. then i learned in my 80 civic and will never go back!

a 1987 mazda 323 and an 1989 probe. I drive an auto right now so I still don't remember how to turn it off in gear because it's been so long...so I just stall it in a parking space when I drive a manual. :cwm27:

1987 tercel wagon with over 250k i was 14 best time and great car =)

first manual I ever drove was a 24' U-haul truck, yeee haaaaa, at least I knew I'd be ok if I hit anybody, and didn't have to worry about anybody running over me either, lol

Hahaha thats tight

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:tongue:

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.

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:lol: 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.:ylsuper:

when i was about 10-11 in my gokart

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

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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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 . . .

Learned when i was 13 on a 93 nissan 240sx. bad ass car:bigthumb:. 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.

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

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.

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.


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

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?:biggrin:

what are u talking about man? :eek7:

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)

I was 15 driving my b2200 :biggrin2:

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

Wow, so many of you learning at such a young age, I never even got an opportunity to be behind the wheel of a car until I was 18!!

I finally learned to drive stick a year ago, after buying a manual transmission Civic and needing to drive it home about 100 miles. Talk about a sink or swim lesson. :smile:

$400 1984 civic hatch -- was 16.

Used to drive a friends 5 speed mustang when I was 17 I guess that was when I first learned to drive a standard.

um 15,in the same car i have now.a 4g si hatch.

Just a couple months ago...got in the car with my dad. After pissing the hell outta me i took it alone and got it down within a month:cool: . I coulda swore i hit 8 things by drifting back on those hills....normally in one day:icon16:

it took you a month to learn to drive stick? :eek7:

Ya....i drove it like 4 hours a day tho. Before i drove i watched my dad shift EVERY time, watching his left foot before he shifted and then saw him switch gears let go of the clutch and apply the gas...watched the shift like a hawk. I dunno....i just wanted to drive a stick so badly all i wanted to do was practice:tongue: But of course i still need that extra practice to get to be 100% smooth...still got a slight jolt...working on that tho

Does a manual dirt bike count? If so, then actually learned @ 5 rather than 10 in the dune buggy:bigthumb:

Originally posted by jackasssi
Does a manual dirt bike count? If so, then actually learned @ 5 rather than 10 in the dune buggy:bigthumb:

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Was 15 in a 93 pontiac sunbird what a piece.

i think i was 15 and my dad taught us in a weekend in my mom's spectrum....my bro didn't get the hang of it so i was the driver....although it took me about a month or 2 to get used to it but too me forever to get used to being stopped at lights at steep inclines:iceslolan

Originally posted by BLU CIVIC
i think i was 15 and my dad taught us in a weekend in my mom's spectrum....my bro didn't get the hang of it so i was the driver....although it took me about a month or 2 to get used to it but too me forever to get used to being stopped at lights at steep inclines:iceslolan

same thing happened to me about the steep inclines. I was 16..hell i just learned how to drive a standard 4 months ago in my CRX lol on 3 cylinders with a bad clutch :O

15.5 and hyundai excel

Hmm, I can't exactly recall. I was gripping the steering wheel at three on my old man's Farmall tractor, Had a small yard tractor when I was four (cheaper on fuel). I was driving my old man's S-10 and rail since we bought those when I was 11 or 12. Did a lot of private off road comp in the rail.

Three on the tree is just fine, I learned that in a friends `72 Chevy C-10 Fleetside. Had a lot more pick up and go power than most civics I came accros in Mesa. 720k on the odometer on it's second engine. -coyote

I don't really know how to drive stick's.. I can ask my sister, she's kind of a witch...