How did you learn manual

[vetrus]

i learned on a my friends damn saturn, but now im getting a talon tsi w/ a 16g turbo, thats about 20 psi, how will it be diffently driving stick on a turbo because im not that good yet

[TRD2000]

pretty similar to the way i learned auto's

first time was my dad saying can you move my truck (didn't tell me how) i reversed down the driveway and clipped the fence... it fell over... dad had done it the week before and had just fixed the fence... we needed a wider gate anyway...

i learned auto when i was 6 or 7 (about 3 months before manual) my dad just moved over one day when i went to get in the car and said "it's your turn now" (again no instruction) and on a public road....we lived in the country

[youngvr4]

my brothers friend taught me in his truck. i learned in 5 minutes.
didn't drive a stick anymore after that for 4-5 years. but for some reason i still knew how to drive a stick.
so 5 years later, i got in a talon and just drove. its like riding a bike

[mega man]

i learned when i was 10( 3 years ago) in my brothers 89 maxima se. then i learned how to get out of first gear about a year ago in my dads nissan hardbody, now i can drive stick fine.

[TRD2000]

that makes me wonder what people mean when they say they can drive....sorry dude we all learn some time...

[helliviknow]

i learned how tod rive a manual the hard way... i had bought a saturn to learn how to drive a stick and get good gas mileage.. well long story short my turck broke down and i was later for work and the saturn was all i had to get there... had to learn pretty damm quick.. lol

[240NIZ]

My step dad's VW rabbit (diesel).

[3000GT_Formula_350]

You wanna talk about had to learn fast...I learned how to drive stick when I bought a Subaru and had to drive it home, I learned on the way, only stalled once!! But did burnouts everytime I had to leave a stop light lol.

[clawhammer]

I learned by leaving a 10 foot mark in front of my grandpa's driveway. That was the first time I drove a manual. Now I drive a 91 CRX with a manual transmission. The day after I bought it I just got plates for it, so I decided to take it for a drive. I was coming up to this steep hill on a 4-lane highway, and the light was red. Did an illegal u-turn, I knew that I would hit someone if I stopped.

[TRD2000]

ok now thats a situation i find hard to visualise....

hang on... do you mean you'd roll back into them?

[clawhammer]

Did you even drive manual? When you get off the brake and the clutch is pressed to the floor, the car will immideatly start going down the hill. There were cars behind me. I was still a beginner, so I had a hard time finding the spot where the clutch starts sticking. The way you're supposed to do it, is release the clutch to the point where it starts to stick, get off the brake, accelerate, and let the clutch out. But when you're learning how to drive, it's pretty hard to get that spot right. If you don't release it enough, the car will roll down the hill, if you let it out too much, the car will stall

[TRD2000]

i've been driving manual since i was 10 or 12, i guess i take it for granted now. usually one of the first things you should learn is a handbrake start though...till you get that feel. It's also handy for if you have a loaded truck.. or a drop off behind you... or...

[mason_RsX]

Learned on my aunts 92 Corolla...My and my dad were in the parking lot for 3 hours the first day getting my starts perfect...then i just took to the roadand learned as i went

[sonick117x]

i learned on my dads jeep wrangler.. now i got that bad boy offroading and driving just fine on the roads

[Classicrocjunkie]

I learned on a Suzuki Vitara ( mini SUV) the summer of turning 16... i can remember my neighbors standing in the road counting out how many times i stalled it trying to put it into the drive way on a slope of about 20 degrees... they got up to about 8 before i got it into the driveway... while this was with my mom.. my grandfather got in and made me start and go like 20 times before he let me shift above 2nd... i think he was the reason i finally figured it out... give the car some gas then just slowly let off the clutch after sometime i finally got it down...