( How did you learn how to drive manual transmission )

[J240sx]

I started learning in a drop 350z. I thought i new how until I bought my 240. I got mad when i would stall on hills so i parked the 240 for about 6 months, almost forgot about it. I then started driving it again in summer and killed the clutch. Then I get a spec stage 2 and practiced on that some more. I feel like it took me about 2 years to actually learn how to drive stick right.

[thefro526]

I drove my dad's CRX once for about 10 minutes and his clutch was full of fail the whole time. So when I got my 240 it needed gas one day and my dad was like you're driving. So, I basically taught myself. Lol I tried to teach my friend yesterday and she pretty much epic failed at it lol.

[wynnEZ]

I was 11 in my grandpas miata...

[redtop91]

I learned after I bought my 240sx and swapped my SR in. On an aftermarket clutch no less =/

[Baumanns13]

Learned in my 240sx when i was about half way through 15 years old. Now 16 on the 12th of june . Love the way the 240 drives!

[gregfarz78]

my dad taught me when I was 14 in his bronco II 5spd I didn't actually buy a car with manual trans till I was 19 so I basically had to learn all over again but picked it up pretty fast its second nature now I'll never buy another auto

[LeroyBrown]

Sorry to thread jack, but where is this meet on the 22? I learned in my brothers explorer.

yo bro check your email i wrote you.

[LeroyBrown]

Damn i didnt think there was going to be this much post. FTW

[frosti108]

me and my best friend had tried to take out his grandpops stickshift beamer... lol we were 12 or 13 at the time., didnt have a clue how to do it, and couldnt pull it out. a little bit later, we discovered a neighbor was leaving the keys in their miata. so ofcourse i learned how to drive stick while stealing my 1st car

but dont worry. it was just joy riding, i always put it back... hehe

i had a blast though. driving a stick shift miata was like driving a ferrari when your that young, and the only other driving experience youve had was stealing your moms minivan...

[tuned4trash666]

I used to steal my dads ol chevy s10 when he went out bowlin on wednesday night. Had that sucker on two wheels one night. Man what a dumb teen I was.

[Pyrokid]

I learned on the Accord I own now, I was about 15 and my dad took me to a parking lot and told me to have at it. I got it after the second time. Last Saturday I took my ex to the same lot and taught her.

[Scuffed_ChukiCoupe]

read about it, watched videos... then hopped in a car and did it. Granted it wasnt perfect at first but Couple of shifts later got the hang of it.

[BMAR240SX]

Yea i am yet to experiment more but i have learned from video's. They even have How-to's on how to shift and etc

[sancosys]

I took one for a test drive in one at a dealership when I was younger and bought it so I had to learn so I could drive my car home. Also when I was a kid I use t shift for my parents while I sat in the passenger seat.

Aaron

[LeroyBrown]

loving all the post. great stories

[turbobrick]

My friends dads volvo 240, its like the easiest car to drive ever.

[ag240]

i just learned the beginning of the year in my first car (240).Youtube and my cousin were my teachers lol.

when we bought the car, i had to drive it back home (35 miles) because my cuz didn't have a license.... i was so frickin scared, and stalled a few times.

that was a few months ago, now i got a better feel for it, practicing down-shfting was mandatory for me because i need new brakes badly...

[livinglegend2100]

84' chevy 3/4 ton P/U. sucked balls cuz the shifter was like 3 feet long...

[Kalypso]

great stories!!!!!!!!!

it took 5 days on my first redtop coupethat was a year ago I am 24 now

on a blitz stage 3 clutch, I was stalling out in the worst places. rotflmao on hills, highway ramps, and major blvd's

and then I did my first burnout

[D3stro]

Learned at first on my dad Suzuki Sidekick at 17. And got more into it in 1999 with my first car, a Dodge Colt 1987 clean as hell. You know you enjoy driving a stick when you get to drive an automatic and you feel totally bored.

[Pyrokid]

You know you enjoy driving a stick when you get to drive an automatic and you feel totally bored.

So very true! My left foot and right hand get restless if I drive an automatic.

[memo0586]

I learned on my dads fiat when I lived in Turkey when I was about 11 good times

[dragonboy240sx]

I learned about 4 years ago when I bought my 2nd 240. My dad gave me a 2 hour lession and let me loose. I didn't drive it again for a week and then my DD 240 broke down and I HAD to drive the MT 30 miles to work!!! On a Major highway (I-40) in morning traffic while it was Poring down rain!!! Bumper to bumper traffic which was barely moving. Yeah that was an experience, but I didn't even stall out. I was scared sh*tless though Love it now!

[kanecain]

Downloaded a guide on the internet, went and bought a 93' Ford Probe SE 5-Speed, took me about a week to get used to it. I didn't shift past 3 gear until after 3 days. After 2 weeks, I didn't even have to think about it while driving.

[CRIPES]

gramps on my mom's side taught me in a S-10 in Ohio on all the hills. made me stop on a hill and take off, made me drive through this old cemetary on what looked like a golfcart path that winded throughout.

stopping on the hills was the scariest.. i've owned 9 cars and the only one that was auto was a full size pickup truck and i sold it with in a month of buying it b/c it was not a 5sp sports car.

[Grease Lightning]

Youtube tutorial I park face out cause i have a fear of reversing and not being able to stop in time when some assjacket tries to swerve around me. Florida is known for that lol.

[gtsingh91]

i first learned how to drive on the 5speed piggy automatic blowsss

[Jadesr20det]

drunk friends and a 89 5.0 rustang (not the most ideal car to learn in) taught me how to drive stick...i always park *** in also must be a florida thing

[Grease Lightning]

drunk friends and a 89 5.0 rustang (not the most ideal car to learn in) taught me how to drive stick...i always park *** in also must be a florida thing

Lol its funny cause its illegal to park face out in florida but the cops don't enforce it, and the clutch on mustangs is hella hard. I drove a 94 and I had to like smash on it to get it completely down.

[EazyBreazy]

i never learned per se, I more had intuition as to how to shift and all from watching people drive on tv, as well as spending the first 12 years of my life on a dirt oval my family ran. I remember riding in the back of my family's astro van when I was 12ish using a plastic pole from a paddle(inflatable boat beach toy thingy) and shifting in sync with the transmission of the van. Driving a standard was essentially second nature to me, mind you i wasn't that good at it at first, but i knew how to do it.