I learned on an automatic and didn’t know stick. Did that stop me from buying an old manual Mustang? Nope. I figured I had some practice with manual shifting in racing games (console), surely it couldn’t be that hard. I stalled plenty of times leaving the lot but once I got it going it was fine. It only really took a couple days of dropping clutch and stalling on hills before I had it down.
And what car did you learn in?
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LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
PodPerson@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Exact same story for me. Learned on an automatic, but had ridden a dirt bike a few times and understood the concept. First time driving a stick was when I bought my first car and then had to learn fast as I drove it home. Worked out ok.
nik9000@programming.dev 1 month ago
I told the car salesdude that I’d buy this car if he spent 15 minutes teaching me. Worked out pretty well!
supermurs@kbin.earth 1 month ago
It was a first generation Ford Focus hatchback.
IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Since the question is ‘vehicle’: Massey-Ferguson 165. Or if you insist a car: Opel Kadett C.
zxqwas@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Learnt in a ford mondeo, some early 2000s model.
Still got a manual as my daily driver.
AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I dont seem to get the joke no matter how much brainpower i use…
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month 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.
Aganim@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Driving stick is still the norm here. Learned it in a Suzuki Swift, which did not do honour to its name.
First_Thunder@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
European here, learned in a Toyota Yaris
ericatty@infosec.pub 1 month 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 1 month ago
I’ve got a 1978 J10. There’s just something about jeep trucks. Absolutely love em.
Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 month ago
Never driven once since I was learning. Honestly couldn’t think of anything more annoying to worry about when I’m driving.
MissJinx@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I only drove manual and then bought an auto. Had trouble going up steep slopes more than once and came back to manual.
SW42@lemmy.world 1 month 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 :)
1984@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Yeah I learned with a clutch, its very useful to have that skill in many countries where automatic is not available or much cheaper to rent.
Heavybell@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Still own one. Was looking at going to a Kona EV but sounds like there’s a wide spread reduction gear issue with the model I was considering, so maybe not.
RBWells@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I learned in a car with automatic transmission first, but had to drive both and prefer (strongly prefer) a manual transmission.
Worst one ever - The Van. The shifter was about a meter long, the gears were so hard to find, and I had to drive it in tight spaces.
Best one ever, my current Honda from 2014. Absolutely glorious.
ICastFist@programming.dev 1 month ago
The fuck is a clutch? Oh, manual gear? I learned at driving school, I think all of them use manual cars in Brazil, since they’re way more common than automatics
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 month ago
An old Chevy pickup, with my dad mocking and bitching at me the entire time which really helped my anxiety about being on the road. Wonderful learning experience. First and last time I ever went out with him to learn to driving.
MintyFresh@lemmy.world 1 month ago
An ancient 10 speed dodge dump truck doing sugar beet harvest in nodak.
Ringtail@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
🤘
FishFace@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The UK is becoming more automatic now, and we also have a lot of EVs. I learnt on a manual but didn’t get a car until last year, which is electric. It’s much better.
daannii@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Dad had to replace the clutch before I had mastered the subtle art of doing two things at the same time in a car.
Also I’m dyslexic and get my right and left mixed up easily . So you can imagine trying to navigate two feet on 3 pedals didn’t go well.
I did eventually learn a manual.
snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 1 month ago
1972 AMC Hornet Station wagon with 3 on the tree. Literally The Green Hornet
87Six@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Learned in a Golf 7 and now I drive a Golf 4. It was delightful not having to turn off auto start stop after I got my license.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I did. 1993 Saturn SL2. I bought that car for $1500 in 2000 when I was 16 and quite literally drove it until the wheels fell off (which then ended in me flipping over the car on the highway, but that’s a story for another day. That also ended with being the reason I can’t listen to “The Red” by Chevelle without a mild panic attack, also a story for another day.
The idea of buying a 7 year old car (with only 93k miles, at that) for $1500 just seems so foreign now.
All it needed was a muffler, too. I drove it for about a year and a half before I killed the clutch, and that was the most expensive repair it had.
Mickey7@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I had a 4 speed Saturn. I loved it. Great car. Was so disappointed when they went out of business
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Chevy Chevette. This may have been one of the worst cars built, take minutes to get up to speed and over-rev cruising in the highway, but it was also a tank that lived through 6 people learning to drive a stick and probably close to two decades.
It was also really easy to work on, but
- when I replaced the springs I found them light enough to compress by hand
- when my brother replaced the clutch he said it’s the only car he saw where the transmission was light enough to hold one handed while replacing
Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 1 month ago
VW T3 with a 4 speed manual and a Passat with a 3 speed slush box.
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I learned to drive on two cars because my parents were divorced: my Dad’s Ford Ranger (manual) and my Mom’s silly “talking” Chrysler Laser (it literally talked to you, felt weirdly futuristic see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_voice_alert ). I never really had a problem with using a clutch, it was the last of power steering on that truck that sucked. I made sure that I never bought a car without power steering after learning on that truck.
IamtheMorgz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Chevy S-10. I think a 1999? Around that anyway.
Still miss that little truck. The clutch had two positions - on and off. It was a pain to drive but once I learned on it I could drive anything.
I still drive stick today.
jpablo68@infosec.pub 1 month ago
1987 Golf, and I still drive a car with a clutch.
justsillyme@lemmynsfw.com 1 month ago
I forget what the cat is even called, but it was an old Subaru hatchback. I wanna say GT? Maybe there’s a number… I dunno but it was a tiny lil thing.
Haven’t given one since then, though. And I didn’t do too well with it either, but I am not a car guy, and I don’t drive in crazy road situations that would make it useful.
I’m still glad I learned that way though, as my cars since then made more sense to me. At least until now, since I have a hybrid with a CVT.
Smeagol666@crazypeople.online 1 month ago
My first car was a '73 VW Super Beetle.