Stick shift
Nov 21, 2016 19:58:23 #
Nov 21, 2016 20:17:14 #
JDFatCat
Loc: Libertytown, Md
I learned to drive a stick shift on a right hand drive Farmall Cub tractor 68 years ago. I am 78 now. JDFatCat
Nov 21, 2016 20:30:11 #
Nov 21, 2016 21:46:50 #
Recently I heard a news report of an attempted car theft. Apparently the perps tried to steal a certain car, but gave up because they were unable to drive the manual transmission!
It only took me a few minutes to get the hang of it, learning to drive a manual transmission all by myself.
It only took me a few minutes to get the hang of it, learning to drive a manual transmission all by myself.
Nov 22, 2016 06:26:00 #
Stick shift, or manual as we like to call it over the pond is the norm over here. If you pass your test in an automatic you're not allowed to drive a manual on the same licence. The problem when we go abroad and drive a car with the gear stick on the right (rather than on the left) is that we get to wind the window down by mistake quite a lot.
Nov 22, 2016 06:35:23 #
Nov 22, 2016 06:35:43 #
Earworms wrote:
Recently I heard a news report of an attempted car theft. Apparently the perps tried to steal a certain car, but gave up because they were unable to drive the manual transmission!
It only took me a few minutes to get the hang of it, learning to drive a manual transmission all by myself.
It only took me a few minutes to get the hang of it, learning to drive a manual transmission all by myself.
I heard about that.
Nov 22, 2016 09:20:24 #
pipesgt wrote:
Learning to drive stickshift.
I learned to drive a stick shift during the summer of 1964 when I took drivers ed in a 1964 Ford sedan with a 289 V8, and a '3 on the tree'. I still drive a standard shift every day. My 2012 Mustang has a 3.7L V6 and a 6spd manual.
Nov 22, 2016 09:35:10 #
tairving
Loc: Magnolia, Texas USA
When I returned to the US after time in other-side-of-the-road-land I would often turn on the windshield wipers when I had intended to use the turn signals, the 2 controls being reversed on the steering column. My wife got good fun pointing my error out to me. I now smile knowingly when seeing others turning on their wipers when approaching intersections.
Nov 22, 2016 11:51:40 #
I learned to use a clutch on a motorcycle so when I drove my first car that had a 4 speed standard, I was right at home with it. My father and I towed my first car home with a rope, charged the battery, put a spring in the clutch master cylinder (old one was broken), then dad gave me a push start. I drove it like I owned it from the very start.
Nov 22, 2016 12:24:37 #
jsmangis wrote:
I didn't think the Big 3 even knew how to make a manual transmission anymore.My 2012 Mustang has a 3.7L V6 and a 6spd manual.
Nov 22, 2016 12:44:53 #
I taught a buddy of mine, back in the day, to drive stick in a 1965 GTO. I do not recommend this approach. He bought the car not knowing how to drive stick? It was a good buy. 
Nov 22, 2016 15:25:12 #
canarywood1
Loc: Sarasota,Florida
I learned stick shift in a 1927 Graham-Paige in 1948, then graduated to a Mack truck with a 20 speeds forward and 4 speeds reverse Quadraplex transmission, ah the good old days.
Nov 22, 2016 15:26:14 #
romanticf16
Loc: Commerce Twp, MI
EdJ0307 wrote:
I didn't think the Big 3 even knew how to make a manual transmission anymore.
Sure they do- the cost to qualify each vehicle with a manual trans for government certification vs. the demand made it cost prohibitive.
Nov 22, 2016 15:29:40 #
romanticf16
Loc: Commerce Twp, MI
I learned on a '48 Ford when I was 10. My dad drove to a park with a steep hill, stopped half way up, looked at me and said "get to the top and I'll give you your next lesson". I was driving around the park that day! Yes, the hill had a road running up it.
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