How did you learn manual

[-cy-]

Alright, i am almost 17, been driving for about a year and a half (including when i had my permit) on ONLY AUTO's. No one in my family or close friends have manuals. The one time i got to drive stick was 2 times with an '85 subaru station wagon, and i didn't so too well. Anyways, i am looking into cars like a Firebird Formula and with any car with power i want a stick for fun and because the car deserves it. My worry is about messing up the clutch a lot learning on the car i get. How did you learn?

[Jay!]

I learned on my wife's (girlfriend at the time) old '89 Nissan Pulsar NX. Now I never want an auto tranny again. .

Just find a friend that has one, and make 'em show you how. :licker:

[hakka]

I learned on a standard as I learned to drive, when I was 13 in my old '73 Vega

[johnny]

I learned by driving crappy-ass manual-transmissioned cars in the Philippines...

[GTS-4 Ben]

Always have driven them, can't stand auto. Tractors, trucks and cars were all manual when I was a kid.

I just can't live without heel/toe and double clutching

[Polygon]

I learned in the car in the picture below. Learning on a car with a turbo isn't always fun.

[YogsVR4]

Back when I was 14 my dad trained me on a Subaru. I dont remember what kind - its been a couple of decades and the beer has killed off that brain cell.

[DVSNCYNIKL]

I'd like to thank UPS for my knowledge. While on my breaks and times that I would arrive early to work, I used to race their trucks up and down the West Side Highway.

[Heep]

Originally posted by DVSNCYNIKL
I'd like to thank UPS for my knowledge. While on my breaks and times that I would arrive early to work, I used to race their trucks up and down the West Side Highway.

:hehehe::hehehe::hehehe:

That'd be quite a sight, 2 UPS trucks racing down the highway!

[hakka]

DVS, just curious, but what do UPS guys make? I have always thought it was a fairly nice salary, but never new a UPS man to ask.

[GTS-4 Ben]

Well I leartn how to drive hard in the White GTS-T below \/

It was an Auto but we changed it to 5 Speed... oh the amount of times I spun it around.. and in the wet..

It's a wonder I am still here, or have a licence..

[Seraph]

I learnt to drive on a Lada 2109 (obviously a manual). I didnt think it too hard at the time. Then I drove some better cars and it was heaven compared to the Lada. I dont mind autos, I like both transmissions.

[F20C]

You learn by stalling. Sooner or later you can control that with right amount of foot pressure.

[Heep]

Originally posted by F20C
You learn by stalling. Sooner or later you can control that with right amount of foot pressure.

I agree wholeheartedly. I never think much of people that say "I never ever stall". They're the people that, when a light turns green, give it some revs, slowly let the clutch out, and still have a jumpy start. I'd rather risk a stall in order to learn to get the clutch out quicker and smoother.

[Jimster]

I learnt by destroying the gearbox on a friends Opel Vectra...........