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re: Can you drive a standard transmission?
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:35 pm to Clovis Pilgreen
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:35 pm to Clovis Pilgreen
Grew up driving one. Just bought an older Ford Ranger (Low mileage) and was thrilled that it was stick. I feel like I’m back in college. It’s what I’m about to teach my son to drive on.
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Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:35 pm to Clovis Pilgreen
Manual transmission - The Millennial Anti-Theft Device
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:35 pm to Clovis Pilgreen
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who on here, if they’re being honest, can drive a stick?
It's not rocket science, sparky.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:36 pm to oleyeller
First car I learned to drive had a standard, 3 on the tree. I have a 69 Chevy with a 4 spd and it keeps me in practice and is a reminder of a time when the driver managed a lot of the active parameters, not the computer.
I don’t fault anyone that can’t drive one or doesn’t want to learn. People have different ideas about what the driving experience is about.
I don’t fault anyone that can’t drive one or doesn’t want to learn. People have different ideas about what the driving experience is about.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:38 pm to Clovis Pilgreen
My play toy was a sequential shift manual non slipper clutch with a locked rear end.
I put about 15k miles on it in two years.
So...yes. I can drive a manual.
11k rpm redline.
By comparison, any low revving manual is a joke.
I put about 15k miles on it in two years.
So...yes. I can drive a manual.
11k rpm redline. By comparison, any low revving manual is a joke.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:40 pm to X123F45
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My play toy was a sequential shift manual non slipper clutch with a locked rear end.
I put about 15k miles on it in two years.
So...yes. I can drive a manual. 11k rpm redline
What is it?
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:43 pm to Clovis Pilgreen
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It’s not hard.
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my daughter
Well, it may be.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:49 pm to Obtuse1
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The question is not whether you can operate a manual gearbox, anyone can learn that in 30 minutes, it is whether you can effortlessly heel and toe.
It depends on the clutch.
If I don't think about it. Yes.
I trail brake almost every turn instinctually and have for the last 20 years. It's a habit from driving too fast.
If I'm not on a track I do almost everything but the true rev match with the heel.... Unless it's a sequential box.
I will always ran match a sequential box. Driving fast or not. Clutching is always to aggressive to try to shift normally.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:50 pm to Clovis Pilgreen
The way to learn is to learn. That’s the way I did. First car was a standard, and if I was going to go anywhere in it, I had better learn to drive a stick. It’s a great motivator.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:51 pm to Horsemeat
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I have driven everything up to an 18 speed Eaton in a semi.
The first time I saw an 18 spd tranny I was baffled. 6 stick positions, high/lo selector, and a splitter... what the frickty frick kinda voodoo is that?
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:53 pm to Mike da Tigah
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First car was a standard, and if I was going to go anywhere in it, I had better learn to drive a stick. It’s a great motivator.
This is going to sound awful, and it was bad, but I got caught on Sherwood driving a stolen car when I was 13 and I was nominated as the driver because it was a standard. It wasn't a total stranger's car and I was an absolute juvenile delinquent at 13-17 yrs old
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:54 pm to NoSaint
I know someone who bought their daughter a jeep, standard transmission bc he didn't want her texting and driving. She learned.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:54 pm to Clovis Pilgreen
Never owned a manual transmission. It's been a while since I learned while working a construction job driving a dump truck and dually pick ups around job sites, but I could probably pick it back up.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:58 pm to Clovis Pilgreen
Yes and I once tried to teach a friend from Nigeria to drive mine so he could become a mail carrier. After an hour of whiplash at the State Fairgrounds I gave up.
He never learned or became a mail carrier!
He never learned or became a mail carrier!
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:59 pm to Obtuse1
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The first time I saw an 18 spd tranny I was baffled. 6 stick positions, high/lo selector, and a splitter... what the frickty frick kinda voodoo is that?
When you get in the mountains with a heavy load that splitter is a godsend. I begged my bosses to not ditch the 18's for 10's.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 11:00 pm to Clovis Pilgreen
Bought an S2000 before I knew how to drive it. Learned how to drive it on the way home from purchase. Still have all gears to this day.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 11:01 pm to Clovis Pilgreen
quote:Mid 20's. Learned to drive on a stick shift TJ. I have a truck now, but still have the TJ as a Sunday driver.
I’m considering getting a jeep for my daughter for her first vehicle, but it’s a standard.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 11:03 pm to Horsemeat
Yep, still have an 85 Toyota 4x4
Posted on 5/27/21 at 11:06 pm to Clovis Pilgreen
My husband can - he was supposed to teach me when we started dating 23 years ago ... but I still can’t
Posted on 5/27/21 at 11:07 pm to Clovis Pilgreen
Yes I can but I would advise against getting her a Jeep for her first vehicle though. Young, inexperienced driver In a short wheel base vehicle that has more roll over potential than other options. Nothing wrong with getting her a standard, I just wouldn’t get her a jeep for her first
ETA: that’s just my opinion
ETA: that’s just my opinion
This post was edited on 5/27/21 at 11:10 pm
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