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re: How many of you baws know how to drive stick?
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:19 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:19 am to VolsOut4Harambe
My first 3 vehicles were manual. I had a full size truck that was a manual.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:20 am to VolsOut4Harambe
When I was a kid my dad taught me how and would let me do the shifting for him in his truck. Its really not a hard concept to figure out.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:21 am to lsu777
I haven't driven a stick in many years. This thread make me want to go out to the ranch and drive our old Jeep around.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:21 am to freshfromthefarm
quote:Or your clutch is out, and you cranked the truck in gear to get it rolling. Had a Ford Ranger back in the day that chewed through clutches, and I'd sometimes drive it a week or more with zero clutch. Rolling stops only, parking limited to pull-through. Fun times.
You are "one with your truck" when you can change gears without using the clutch or grinding the gears.
Back in the day, I could have my right arm around the GF, the left hand steering, and hold the wheel with my left knee while shifting through the pattern without a clutch (because that leg was occupied with holding the steering wheel).
I've been teaching my kids how to drive a manual, and one of my boys caught me changing gears without a clutch--he wanted to learn the secret.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:22 am to VolsOut4Harambe
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How many of you baws know how to drive stick?
Learned how to work a clutch when I was about ten. Back then, you had to know that if you lived in the country.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:22 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Driving a standard right now
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:23 am to FCP
Was at an arcade a couple of weeks ago and my 8 yr old son was perplexed about why his car had 3 pedals.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:23 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Learned three on the column in a pickup many decades ago. Every new personal vehicle I bought and drove from 1980 to 2000 (four cars) was a five speed manual transmission.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:23 am to JudgeHolden
Tried to teach the wife how drive a manual (I have an old Jeep). Almost cost us our marriage.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:24 am to VolsOut4Harambe
a day laborer once told me i was an idiot for not knowing how to drive stick because "what if your friend overdoses at a party and the only car there is manual?"
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:24 am to OweO
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When I was a kid my dad taught me how and would let me do the shifting for him in his truck. Its really not a hard concept to figure out.
Moving the shifter isn't what trips up most people dummy.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:24 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Here's a question for y'all: how many of you have driven in a country where they drive on the left with the steering wheel on the right and you have to work the stick with your left hand?
That was actually the last time I drove a stick; circa 1990.
That was actually the last time I drove a stick; circa 1990.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:25 am to lsu777
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but wtf does someone need to know how to do that for? its a lost skill because it is no longer needed.
I see someone has never been outside the US much.
Because in a good portion of the world, manual transmissions are still the norm.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:25 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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"what if your friend overdoses at a party and the only car there is manual?"
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day laborer
Dude has been there and done that a few times I'm sure.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:26 am to VolsOut4Harambe
I learned how to drive stick in high school in the ‘80s on my 300ZX Turbo. Stalled it twice the first day I took it to school, including at a red light when a friend tried to race me on his motorcycle. My current Mach 1 is a stick, as all of my cars have been (had a couple automatic trucks and family car).
Only time I seriously considered auto was when I was trading in my 911 on a C7 Vette when they came out. The auto with the paddle shifters was faster than the manual, and I had worked out a deal on an auto in Texas and a manual in Atlanta. Agonized over that decision for a couple days. When I had to make a decision I hopped in my manual 911 and ran it down the service road by my house. I stuck with the manual. The joy of shifting outweighs a couple tenths of a second in technology.
And a stick shift is a great antitheft device nowadays.
Only time I seriously considered auto was when I was trading in my 911 on a C7 Vette when they came out. The auto with the paddle shifters was faster than the manual, and I had worked out a deal on an auto in Texas and a manual in Atlanta. Agonized over that decision for a couple days. When I had to make a decision I hopped in my manual 911 and ran it down the service road by my house. I stuck with the manual. The joy of shifting outweighs a couple tenths of a second in technology.
And a stick shift is a great antitheft device nowadays.
This post was edited on 8/16/22 at 10:52 pm
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:26 am to FCP
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Or your clutch is out, and you cranked the truck in gear to get it rolling
Biggest advantage was if you were too broke to buy a new starter you could still drive your vehicle.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:26 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Drove an International Scout in high school with 4 on the floor.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:26 am to VolsOut4Harambe
I drive a manual transmission
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:27 am to VolsOut4Harambe
My first vehicle was a 1987 Jeep Comanche with a 4 speed stick.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:27 am to Winston Cup
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Three on the tree
Racist.
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