How did you learn manual

[charlzneon]

i learnt on an 89 galant, first day i bought it i got straight into it, stalled a dozen times but after about half a day i was able to drive it on my own and to my friends place, it's all about clutch pressure, find the catch point where you can feel the car rolling forward a bit, and then just balance it out with the gas pedal, you will get used to it naturally anyway

[adrenalinejunkie76]

i learned in a 89 civic with 121,000 miles on it, stalled a dozen times then got a hang of it, lowest hp car i have ever been in.

[G35XAndTrailBlazer]

I learned in my dads old 01 Saab 93 lol

[MongooseDog]

I've only driven a stick once. My dads friend took me out in his 2004 jetta and taught me in that. I drove around trying to get the hang of it. I could shift gears and stop and everything just fine. But i couldnt get going so well. Its because i let the clutch out too far before pressing the accelerator and it would just die. So finally around the end he made me stop and go stop and go and i started getting the hang out that. Im hoping that my first car is a manual and i will continue to learn on that. I get it soon. But my uncle is giving me a camaro later and its a 4 speed but i think he said it has to be double clutched so that should be fun.

[Ground Rat]

I learned on a motorcycle, then driving a manual car was a piece of cake.

[my3rdskyline]

i learned on an 85 honda civic that would die on idle. that was fun. at a stop light you had to use all three pedals or it would die. To learn though.... it's easy just DRIVE IT! for me it was like this... after 5 minutes with my step dad i was driving down the street by myself. then the next day i was going out of town. for a week or so i would occasionally stall it taking off from a stop but after about 2 weeks I was already heel to toeing around corners and rev matching my downshifts.

[Speedsteve]

In the Driving School. The most Cars in Germany have a Manual Transmission. For a car with Auto you must pay more and I like manual Transmission. I don´t like many automatic transmissions ( losing Power and Speed, losing control, higher Price, more Gas consumption ) and I hate Continously Variable Transmission.

Continously Variable Transmission - http://www.lukusa.com/products/index.phtml?page=cvt

[stoned_pimp420]

First stick I drove I flipped over in a gravel pitt. Dude told me to get in and learn so I started cuttin doughnuts stalled about a million times before I could get it right, and right after I got it down in my head I flipped the fucker. 94 chevy cheyenne LWB 4.3L V6. then I burned up the engine with it flipped on it's roof. Needless to say I never drove another one of jims trucks!

[95cord]

i first learned to drive a stick was when my auto. tranny died in my ford probe. i did a transmission swap to manual trans. got in and drove

[M3FordBoy]

I was out hunting with my dad when I was 12 and I was laying down in the truck a '90 F-150 with I6 300. Then he got in and told me to drive around to another part of the woods so I did. It took me three times to get it going but I did.

[satchmode]

i learned how to drive stick when i went to LA to pick up my car. LA sucks for stick. i already knew how to start and stop, though, because my dad taught me that when i was like 8, so the rest pretty much came naturally. i learned with the short shifter i have in my car now.

[shawnwilliams]

Couldn't drie stick until i decided to buy a car with it. After an hour of practicing on a none busy road i got it, i haven't been able to go back to auto b/c i have a habit of hitting the brake thinking its the clutch.

['97ventureowner]

Early in my automotive career, I took a job at a parts store. Part of the job was delivering parts to other garages, and picking up parts at the main warehouse. All of the company trucks were standards. The owner had me go out with this elderly guy who was driving for the company PT and he took me to a church parking lot that was vacant at the time and taught me. It was snowing pretty hard at the time, but I quickly learned how to drive standard that day.

[CanucksRT]

My sister's boss, gave me a '86 Toyota Tercel, 4 speed, my dad drove it to our house, than I took the keys, and asked any adivice? He just said, release the clutch slowly, and left. I stalled many times, got the hang of it, but I sold car after a few weeks, and never drove it on public roads (only drove it around my farm, where I used to work).

Finally, 2 years later, my aunt sold us an 89 Eagle Vista, once again my dad drove it home, and I did same thing, but drove it around some public roads. I havn't driven it much, but I rarely stall now. Only problem I have is downshifting really, havn't driven in busy enough traffic to really get the feel for it. When i buy my next vehicle, I'll be getting a standard.

I gotta say, stalling is so frustratingthough , really keeps your confidence down, but I found that practicing alone, was the best, no pressure or anything.

[theFREAKnasty82]

my first experience was driving my dad's 88 Jeep Commanche, He did some things to that truck that made it slightly more powerful than stock, so everytime I popped the clutch it about damn near gave us whiplash b/c it had so much torque.