( How did you learn how to drive manual transmission )

[okinawa drift]

haha, my friends 240sx sr20! stage 2 clutch! **** was intense

[KC240SR]

I learned when I was 14 years old in my stepmoms Toyota Celica. I felt like such a badass, and I actually learned to drive a stick before I ever drove an autotragic...i always thought that was weird.

[Papi Chulo]

on a dirtbike at like 12yrs

first "car" was a 9x four runner

[Baydestrian]

my good ol' step dad taught me on a civic but stopped when it got stolen and bought a auto 240sx but he he just got a prelude so hopefully more practice

[7x13xRPS13]

watching my dad.NASCAR race Simulator.

uhmm and just randomly moving the car

[Zballing]

I learned on the biggest POS it was my first car a PINK FORD ESCORT and i beat the SH*t out of the thing in the winter i would ebrake an smack it into trees I wish i still had pics of the thing now

[S13-Chuki]

My dad tough me in his 86 Toyota pickup and when i stalled it,it scared the **** out of me.

[Grease Lightning]

I learned when I was 14 years old in my stepmoms Toyota Celica. I felt like such a badass, and I actually learned to drive a stick before I ever drove an autotragic...i always thought that was weird.

Yea, they say its harder to learn to drive manual if you go from an automatic. I'm a pretty quick learner the only thing I need practice on is knowing when to downshift and not putting it into neutral when I'm like 100 yards from the stoplight lol

[zZ Joshua Zz]

My dad taught me in a Geo Metro, 3 cylinders of raw power.

[max6721]

My Dad taught me in a 1974 Fiat Sport Spider 124 with no working tach or speedo. Learned by listening. HAhahaa

[E7-S14]

IM going to have to teach myself on a Completion Stage 2 clutch :/

i don't suck at it... im just not great at it yet.. ha

[Beems240sx]

my brother taught me when i was 13 in his, now mine, Mazda MX-6. i only killed that car once after about a week of driving it. then the 240 i only stalled once when i did and accidental 360 in the rain. i just taught this girl how to drive a few days ago, she didnt kill it but freaked out trying to go into second. i had to have her pull over and show her how to do it the right way

[Reeses27]

i learned on my friend's eclipse... he wasnt very happy with me after i was finished learning...

[Kitsune90]

88' Chevy S-10 lol, DD, soon to be the proud owner of a new V-8..once i finish buildin it^-^

[KLYPH]

1994 Volkswage Golf. That car had some balls for what it was. I totaled it..

[LeroyBrown]

loving all the stories. sorry i havent been on in a while cpu was acting wack.

[RCG_Savage]

I learned in my dads FJ40 before he sold it, best vehicle to learn how to drive a manual as you could drop the clutch in second gear with out giving it gas and it would still move along. I never stalled when learning in it.

[furple]

haha I learned like a month ago in my 240

I just drove it around the block continuously until I got it smooth

I still cant drive too well when I'm stopped on slope

[hilux30]

my pops bought me a '90 Chevy berretta GT with the 135HP V6 and a stick for a first car, and he said "here learn on this!" I thought it was a great sports coupe, untill I got my 95 legend coupe stick then quickly changed my mind on the chevy (what a POS it was). That was 15 years ago. Now I look back and think I should of got that 90 Civic Si instead of the berretta, my best freind got a 90 240 SE, and I made fun of him 'cause I could beat him in the chevy, now I have a 240 .... ok sorry thats it

[Csomme]

haha, we just purchased the 240 lat July and my dad goes, "alright, it's yours, now drive it home." while throwing me the keys. lol I drove it home without stalling or anything.

Right now I'm teaching my girlfriend stick on it. She's doing pretty good, and I can't wait untill she gets her liscense, becasue that passenger seat is pretty comfy, and she likes to drive. lol.

[greenmachine240]

my dad first took me out on a BMW when i was 10....3 minutes after i got into 3rd he tells me to pull onto a hill

i was there for 1 hour before i got off that damn hill

then at 14, drove my cousins GSR all around San Diego for like 4 hours

now i have my first car, a 240sx stick all the way

i am never going to buy a auto in my entire life

[B-Boy DuB-L]

I learned in my backyard on the grass in my dad's 98 Frontier. And boy did i leave alot of bald spots. HAHA it was good though cuz now on the streets i know exactly how much gas to give it

[Dr.Doom]

i learned on my first attempt at driving when i was 15. i learned on an 84 chevy blazer, 4x4, towing a trailer with 2 sea doos on it. drove it from orange county, CA to chico, CA. about 500 miles with my dad.

[sydFX.dnz]

on a dirtbike at like 12yrs

Kind of the same for me but at 10 YOFirst car was at 14 YO with my dad out on the saltpans near our beach houseBut ever since then I have been driving with my bro and his way of "teaching" me is for me to drive into Cranston's Pie's Shop and then he eats while I drive lol.... (still on my L's - but only for another couple of weeks )

[placham]

Which one. For me it would ether be car AKA 4wheeler or truck AKA 18wheeler.CAR: on my dad's 1997 Chevy S10, was curious to drive a manual, basically it was natural 4 me. Let's face it I was born to drive a stick

TRUCK: on my dad's 2001 Volvo VNL660, basically my dad forced me to drive other wise we would of have been stuck in a middle of nowhere. He just went to the sleeper and laid down. It was me against a 78000lbs truck and 10spd YES not 5 not 6 but 10spd. Driving it on freeway was a different story. Now I drag race cars of off traffic lights when I bobtail (tractor with out trailer), it's so funny because most people dont expect the truck to lunch so fast from the line. I kind of cheat because I lunch from 4th gear.

That's how I earned my wings .

I had some illegal other encounters with manual trans a farm tractor at age of 7 and motorcycle at age of 9, when I was in Poland.

Gr8 subject, good choice. Wow you should like write a book or something, or what ever they said in FandF in that one scene.

[im_looking_for_a_240sx]

I still leave them in drive and pull the handbrake, then wonder why the key doesn't come out. Oh, and I went to downshift once, used my left foot to slam the pedal, which was of course the brake. That was ... hilarious.

lol man i do that every so often when i drive a friends' auto. luckily theres never anyone behind me when it happens. i lmao when i read that cuz i can relate.but i learned to drive a stick with my dads 2000 ford focus in the cemetary down the block from my house. every since then i've been in love with manual cars and never want to own an auto.

[Slappy]

I learned in an old *** pickup truck. Worst moment was when i was on this damn hill with a Vette behind me , i just pushed the clutched in and revved the hell out of the motor just so i knew i wouldnt drift back when the light turned green. Spun the **** out of the tires and prolly through pebbles on the Vette anyway.

[koukiFC]

89 izuzu imark. basicly got in and just did what i watched my dad do many times before.

[medanooo]

Quote »I learned in an old *** pickup truck. Worst moment was when i was on this damn hill with a Vette behind me , i just pushed the clutched in and revved the hell out of the motor just so i knew i wouldnt drift back when the light turned green. Spun the **** out of the tires and prolly through pebbles on the Vette anyway.[/quote]Similar to my story! Learned on a Ford Ranger. Then, my second time ever driving a stick I was in a toyota tercel where you actually had to give some gas while lifting the clutch.... so I get stuck at a stoplight on my first hill and you know the rest of the story....the tires were spinning as I screeeeched up the hill! hahaha

[capblueberry]

my 240 was my first manual car...got my friend to show me a little in his supra then my dad helped me once i actually got the car around my neighborhood