Lot of people searching “clutch” right now
And what car did you learn in?
Submitted 5 months ago by Mickey7@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Hikermick@lemmy.world 5 months ago
vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months 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)
Harvey656@lemmy.world 5 months ago
A big 2001 yellow box jeep, almost tipped that damn thing dozens of times.
ericatty@infosec.pub 5 months 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.
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 5 months ago
I’ve got a 1978 J10. There’s just something about jeep trucks. Absolutely love em.
Sparrow_1029@programming.dev 5 months 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
IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 5 months ago
1979 Datsun 210. Eventually sold the thing for five cartons of cigarettes.
PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I owned the B-210 Honey Bee. Great car, zippy.
HeyJoe@lemmy.world 5 months 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.
theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
99% of people in my country…
Deceptichum@quokk.au 5 months ago
Never driven once since I was learning. Honestly couldn’t think of anything more annoying to worry about when I’m driving.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 5 months ago
What is this, some kind of poll to get the average age of Lemmy?
skisnow@lemmy.ca 5 months 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
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I remember when it was absurd to pay $10 for a banana.
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months 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.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Now, dismantle this car and put it back together, you have one hour!
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Good old Mazda 323.
7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
International scout 2 3 speed on the column.
Learned when I was 11.
notarobot@lemmy.zip 5 months 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"
miraclerandy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
My second car was manual in high school. It was super fun to drive once I got used to it. I’ve had a manual for about 13 years and since switched to an auto for the last 9. Only reason I’d go back would be a fun sporty car but I’d probably be more likely to get a quick EV with one pedal driving at this point.
MissJinx@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I only drove manual and then bought an auto. Had trouble going up steep slopes more than once and came back to manual.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 5 months ago
Every car has a clutch. Not all of them are manual.
Anivia@feddit.org 5 months ago
My car doesn’t even have multiple gears, let alone a clutch
Single speed reduction transmission :)
WereCat@lemmy.world 5 months ago
My HEV Corolla does not
Bgugi@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Most automatics use a torque converter instead of a clutch.
StaticFalconar@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Show me you’re old without telling me you’re old.
DesolateMood@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Torque converters (at least nowadays) have a clutch
salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 5 months ago
I learned stick in my 30s after driving an automatic up until then. Humbling to have to learn to drive again at that point in your life.
AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
I’m learning to manually change gears for my first time in my 30s, but on a bike.
Agreed, it is incredibly humbling. I’ve been driving for over half my life, and now I’m struggling to operate a vehicle all over again.
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I learned for motorcycling
aarRJaay@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Most people not in the US. We just call it ‘driving’
AA5B@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It’s not just automatics anymore, but also
snf@lemmy.world 5 months 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
Obi@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
It’s slowly starting to become a lost art though, there’s definitely more and more automatics around, starting with all electric cars.
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
Automatics have clutches too, they are operated, as expected, automatic. A car without a clutch has just one gear.
bilb@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Good