And what car did you learn in?

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• supermurs@kbin.earth ⁨1⁩ ⁨minute⁩ ago

  It was a first generation Ford Focus hatchback.

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• IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  Since the question is ‘vehicle’: Massey-Ferguson 165. Or if you insist a car: Opel Kadett C.

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• AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip ⁨19⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  I dont seem to get the joke no matter how much brainpower i use…

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• zxqwas@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  Learnt in a ford mondeo, some early 2000s model.

  Still got a manual as my daily driver.

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• And009@lemmynsfw.com ⁨44⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

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

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• pHr34kY@lemmy.world ⁨25⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  I just put a new clutch in the vehicle I’m teaching my kid to drive.

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• aarRJaay@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

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

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  • Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ 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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• obinice@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ 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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  • gnu@lemmy.zip ⁨44⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ 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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• Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ 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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• Reygle@lemmy.world ⁨38⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  Learned and took my driving test in an 88 Dodge Omni 5 speed.

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• MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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  • Bgugi@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Most automatics use a torque converter instead of a clutch.

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    • DesolateMood@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Torque converters (at least nowadays) have a clutch

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  • WereCat@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    My HEV Corolla does not

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• Hikermick@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Lot of people searching “clutch” right now

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  • vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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• ChicoSuave@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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  • skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ 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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  • InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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• Aganim@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Driving stick is still the norm here. Learned it in a Suzuki Swift, which did not do honour to its name.

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• First_Thunder@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  European here, learned in a Toyota Yaris

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• theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  99% of people in my country…

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• Cryan24@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  88 volvo 440.

  As others have said, manual transmissions are standard in Europe

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• notarobot@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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• zout@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Volkswagen Golf type 3.

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• chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  My first two cars were manuals, and I enjoy manuals (drive an EV now so no choice there) but this post reeks of acting like doing so makes us special. It doesn’t. We just learned a different skill, and almost anyone can learn it if they chose to and especially if they enjoy it.

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• Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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• yakko@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Yes, and in the land of automatics no less, and on a '99 Celica GT. It was mom’s car, but I drove it like it was mine.

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• ericatty@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I learned in both because while automatics were the norm, my parents never wanted me stranded in case a manual was my only option. So I learned in an older cute as hell red paint faded it was almost pink Jeep pick up truck with no tailgate.

  Looking at photos online, I think it was maybe a 60s era Willie or a Gladiator from the 70s. It was pretty old, but not a classic, when I drove it.

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  • dharmacurious@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’ve got a 1978 J10. There’s just something about jeep trucks. Absolutely love em.

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• Sparrow_1029@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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• HeyJoe@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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• IHeartBadCode@fedia.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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  • PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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• Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Never driven once since I was learning. Honestly couldn’t think of anything more annoying to worry about when I’m driving.

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• Harvey656@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  A big 2001 yellow box jeep, almost tipped that damn thing dozens of times.

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• MissJinx@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I only drove manual and then bought an auto. Had trouble going up steep slopes more than once and came back to manual.

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• JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Good old Mazda 323.

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