Yes I can. I am grateful my mom taught me how to drive in her 4 speed Ford Bronco, after that I can drive almost anything! DH can also drive a manual, his old ass station wagon is a 5 speed. It gets old though, but it is sometimes fun!
Yep. I bought a manual before I knew how to drive it, because I knew it was the only way I was actually going to learn. Now I don't want to drive anything else (except when I have to drive in San Francisco). My current car is a manual Infiniti
Actually, I did try to learn on my dad's car at some point. At least on his, my legs weren't long enough to push the clutch down all the way. But I'm pretty sure it's something I can get through my life without needing to know.
I can drive a manual transmission- both 4 (5 and 6) on the floor and 3 on the tree, as it were. My dad's old Step Van had a 3 speed manual I learned to drive in high school.
My car's in the shop today, so I drove DH's 5 speed Wrangler all day. LOL, weird shit happens to me. I was at the grocery store and some dapper old guy started up a convo about my new replacement roof and how challenging they can be to install. He noticed I have "window skirts" and insisted on giving me a set of door skins to match the new replacement roof since his had roll-up windows. DH was quite impressed when I came home with milk, bread and door skins.
I would expect any reasonably intelligent and able bodied adult should be able to learn to drive a stick in the next 7 months. I learned at 17 when my parents sold the last car with an automatic in the house- I needed the car to drive some friends to a basketball game. My mother dropped me off at a school parking lot, explained how the clutch gears work and told me to sort it out. I taught myself by dinnertime. But damned I stalled it out a few times and attracted an audience.
Post by compassrose on Jan 15, 2015 17:21:35 GMT -5
Yes, and I drove one for a few years but I prefer an automatic. SO is going back to a manual on his next car, so I guess the boys will learn too. SS1 gets his permit this fall. Ack.
Post by wildfloweragain on Jan 15, 2015 17:48:26 GMT -5
I used to prefer stick shift. It's all I drove. Not once I had babies and realized automatic car starters only come in automatic cars. We have no garage, so starting my car ahead of time is a must.
I can drive one, I owned a manual transmission car for 14 years. Even though I now have an automatic (for joint reasons), I can still drive the manual when I need to....it's like riding a bike (or it was for me).
Yes. I learned on my H's old VW Golf then I purchased a Jetta with a manual transmission. I got the car in 2002 and it was still going strong until H was in an accident about 3 weeks ago. I'm bummed it was a very good car.