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And what car did you learn in?

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Mickey7@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • aarRJaay@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Most people not in the US. We just call it ‘driving’

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    • Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s slowly starting to become a lost art though, there’s definitely more and more automatics around, starting with all electric cars.

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      • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Automatics have clutches too, they are operated, as expected, automatic. A car without a clutch has just one gear.

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      • bilb@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Good

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    • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s not just automatics anymore, but also

      • CVTs, especially forneconoboxes that used to be manual
      • electronic shifters, sort of automatic
      • automatic, with more and more gears
      • EVs don’t need a transmission
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    • snf@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The change is coming for you guys as well. I’ve travelled to Colombia on a regular basis over the past 20 years or so, and transmisión mecánica has gone from nearly ubiquitous to almost exclusively an econobox option. Maybe performance cars as well I guess? Wouldn’t know about those

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  • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Every car has a clutch. Not all of them are manual.

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    • Bgugi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Most automatics use a torque converter instead of a clutch.

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      • DesolateMood@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Torque converters (at least nowadays) have a clutch

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      • StaticFalconar@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Show me you’re old without telling me you’re old.

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    • Anivia@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My car doesn’t even have multiple gears, let alone a clutch

      Single speed reduction transmission :)

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    • WereCat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My HEV Corolla does not

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  • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What is this, some kind of poll to get the average age of Lemmy?

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    • InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I remember when it was absurd to pay $10 for a banana.

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    • skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s a good way to get answers to Password Recovery questions that people forgot they used when signing up to some website or email service 15 years ago but are still active on

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  • notarobot@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Right. Most of you are from the US. Argentinian here, everybody drives manual. I even wanted to buy an automatic last time but my mechanic was like " Don’t even look at it. There is none in this city who can fix those. It might be a great value, but if it breaks, its done for"

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  • theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    99% of people in my country…

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  • Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My grandfather had a rule for this kids, and my mom passed it down to me.

    You can’t have a license until you can:

    • Check and fill all the vehicle fluids
    • Perform an oil change
    • Change a tire
    • Drive a manual transmission
    • Change belts and hoses

    I learned on a stick. I even did some learning on my uncle’s beetle with a broken clutch (they were reasonable optional on the OG Bug). And I have not been behind of the wheel of one since. Still glad I learned all that stuff.

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    • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Now, dismantle this car and put it back together, you have one hour!

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  • Railing5132@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oh, these “let’s get people to reveal their password reset question” Facebook campaigns again…

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    • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My first car was a 1972 Toyota Corolla! I fondly remember driving my first pet, Max, on good ol’ Pine Lane, where I grew up, to go see my mother Joan Hart, who retook her maiden name after divorcing my father!

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      • Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Hello my friend! I have some great job opportunities for you in Myanmar!

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  • obinice@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Everyone? How else are you going to change gear?

    I think a more interesting question would be:

    How many people learned to drive in a car with a manual Choke?

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    • Hjalamanger@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m currently learning to drive in a car without a clutch (an EV)

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    • wieson@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Not me, but I learned to drive a 1967 tractor before driving a car, and you have to manually preheat the glowplug.

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    • Dozzi92@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Had a dirtbike with one, that counts right?

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    • gnu@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I had an old Series era Landrover as a paddock basher when I was a kid, that had a manual choke. It also had a backup crank handle for starting the engine which I had to use occasionally as I was using starter batteries which had been retired from usage in the family cars, a gearbox with no synchro on first/second, and the foot brake didn’t work. Would recommend, I definitely had fun.

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    • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Lawnmowers count? lol

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  • ellohir@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Here in Spain it’s estimated that automatic transmission is between 30 and 50% of cars. No official numbers have been released.

    So most people have learnt with a clutch. Definitely everyone who has had their license for more than 10 years.

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  • Honytawk@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Amazing shitpost.

    People really went directly to the manual vs automatic debate without realizing it has nothing to do with that.

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    • icelimit@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Flying over my head. what does it have to do with?

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      • Honytawk@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Evey car has a clutch, including automatic. It is so the engine can keep turning without the wheels spinning.

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  • noxypaws@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Common password recovery question…

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  • Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That is still the standard way here. Automatic is something we still leave to those for who a gear is too complicated.

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    • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And EVs.

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  • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t know if electric vehicles have one but other than them all cars have clutches, whether manual or automatic.

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    • UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Wet vs dry… Emmmmm

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  • And009@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I still drive one WITH a clutch. Manuals are pretty cool.

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  • Hikermick@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Lot of people searching “clutch” right now

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    • vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      if we do our test on a manual we’re allowed to drive automatics too. But not the other way round. So i learned on a manual. I now drive an electric without any gears to switch, much less a clutch (but still have a classic mini too)

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  • HeyJoe@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Learned it from the beginning. It was my first car. Wanna say it was a late 80s or very early 90s really basic Ford Mustang that my aunt sold to my parents for me to use for like $200 bucks. I loved it, but not even a year later on my way to high school a van flying down the road rear ended me while I was trying to make a left turn waiting for traffic to clear… I haven’t had stick shift since.

    Here’s a pic of around what it looked like so you can see it was a very basic car back then or this model was super basic haha.

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  • synapse1278@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Learned to drive on this bad boy:

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    Then my first car was this beauty:

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    It has hydrologic suspensions, it’s cool AF. Got it 10yo and 230000km and drove it until it died into a cloud of smoke 😢 RIP

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  • IHeartBadCode@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    1979 Datsun 210. Eventually sold the thing for five cartons of cigarettes.

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    • PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I owned the B-210 Honey Bee. Great car, zippy.

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  • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    As someone who learned driving using a manual transmission car, automatic transmission is much better for city driving, I hated having to be careful with the clutch in stop and go city traffic, my left leg would get so sore after a while, plus I’ve stalled the engine more than once by letting the clutch go too fast.

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    • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah I finally went over to the dark side because of bostons horrendous stop and go traffic

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  • teslasaur@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Learned with and still using stick.

    I think it was a Renault Megane. Hopeless car. Left it outside in the cold one night. Every bit of wiring had shorted and if i turned on the wipers, the lights would flicker and the radio turned on.

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    • Mickey7@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Sounds like your car was possessed

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      • Nfamwap@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That’s just French cars

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      • synapse1278@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Renault of that era are complet garbage, but still sold a tonne. This badly damaged their reputation and they took a long time to recover.

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  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    1982 SAAB 900. No turbo, no sunroof. No frills. Still a fun car to drive

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    • Professorozone@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Holy crap! My wife’s Solara has 368,000 miles on it and I thought that was a lot.

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      • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I had a total of 6 SAABs. I was a delivery driver that did long distance deliveries, mostly donated organs. None of them died before 1.2 million miles. The closest I ever got to the 2 million mile club was my 1986 SAAB 900 SPG that I got to a whopping 1,854,35*,*** miles. I don’t remember the small digits. There are still SAABs out there that are joining that club, and they haven’t made one since 2011

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    • Nfamwap@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      1.5 million???

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      • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I had a total of 6 SAABs. I was a delivery driver that did long distance deliveries, mostly donated organs. None of them died before 1.2 million miles. The closest I ever got to the 2 million mile club was my 1986 SAAB 900 SPG that I got to a whopping 1,854,35*,*** miles. I don’t remember the small digits. There are still SAABs out there that are joining that club, and they haven’t made one since 2011

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  • RattlerSix@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    When I was 15 in the 90s, every adult in the family, and adult friends of the family, said “You’re 15? Let’s go drive for an hour or two!” I’m pretty sure that, legally, a parent was supposed to be with me, but I guess any random adult was close enough.

    I just added up 14 different vehicles I “learned on,” including an old pickup with “three on the tree”, a Corvette, a 280z turbo, a 68 Chevelle, an International Scout. The rest were boring vehicles. If I remember correctly, 9 were manuals.

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  • ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Suzuki Samurai FTW

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  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yep. Still have two stick cars. They’re not dead yet.

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  • Sparrow_1029@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Learned on a 2000s era VW Beetle, and then a Mazda B2500 FW/2WD. Last manual I owned was a 2015 Honda Fit. Now both our vehicles are Automatic AWD.

    I did get to drive a little 4cyl manual SEAT on holiday in Madeira which was an adventure. 36% grade roads, hairpin turns – like 150cc mario kart around there

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  • SW42@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My driving school had 2002 Corollas. Had a lot of problems to get the „feel“ for the clutch and after I mastered that the most challenging thing for me was starting on a hill using the handbrake. Auto-Hold these days is truly a blessing :)

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  • Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I believe the better question here is “clutch pedal” as automatic cars still have a clutch, you just aren’t manually booting it.

    But yes I did learn to drive stick in a 2002 Mazda Protege.

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  • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    1993 Isuzu rodeo.

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  • Professorozone@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Learned to drive manual on a 1981 BMW 320i. All of my cars are still manual to this day. 1999 Toyota Solara, 1988 Toyota Corolla GTS, 2003 Toyota MR2 Spyder and 2020 Hyundai Veloster N. But mostly I ride my bike, which is also a manual.

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  • Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    OG Mini. So, yes, had a manual clutch. Now, 40-something years later I’m driving an automatic for the first time because they don’t make the car I wanted at the spec. I wanted in a manual.

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