re: Can you drive a standard transmission?

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First truck was a "3 on the tree"

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#metoo

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3 on the tree

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Never tried this. My grandfather had this in his truck and I watched him. Made no sense to my 6 year old eyes.

37- I’ve had several vehicles that were manual. My last I sold about 3 years ago. They are fun on occasion but not for daily driver. Every time I have one I get tired of it, and when I don’t I miss it. I’ll eventually just get a weekend toy with one.

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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

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yeah, I had a brief window from about 11 to 14 where I lost my ever loving mind with rebellious and delinquent behavior as well. I had taken the song “Breaking the law” to heart.

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I know someone who bought their daughter a jeep, standard transmission bc he didn't want her texting and driving. She learned.

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Hope you are not talking about me.

I did this for my kids.

Phone goes in the console. Hands on the wheel and shifter and you stay aware of the road and it’s contents.

34- I've owned 5 vehicles and 3 of them had manual transmissions.

Took my drivers test in a manual. The guy was impressed as he said almost no one did that.


Ran nothing but manuals for years and that would occasionally cause a problem when I got in someone's automatic. More than once rolling up to a stop sign I spiked the brakes as out of habit I went to push in the clutch.

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It depends on the clutch.

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For me it depends on the size and placement of the clutch and accelerator pedals. BWMs for example usually require my foot to be at an awkward angle.

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I trail brake almost every turn instinctually and have for the last 20 years. It's a habit from driving too fast.

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I have worked my way away from trail-braking since my track cars are just mildly prepped street cars and the brakes can disipate enough heat. Nothing like hammering the brakes at the 100m board and getting a soft pedal. My PCCBs on my 911 would be fine but I don't track with them, I switch out to GiroDisc iron rotors for the track. Since I am already changing wheels and pads it isn't much extra work and I'll be damned if I am spending $20k on a replacement set of PCCB rotors, they will last a lifetime on the street but they still wear on the track pretty significantly.

While we still have a 3 pedal car I haven't bought one in over 15 years now. While still a joy to drive a good dual clutch box is so much faster and makes me much faster also.

Yes. My first car was a Hands with a manual. I could burn those two front tires too.