What Kind of Car Did You Learn Stick Shift On?
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With a Opel Kadett in the driving school.
We owned the same Modell (Opel Kadett D) but as a "Opel Kadett Caravan" (station wagon).
All our cars where and are with stick.
My first driving with a AT was at my company, a driving school.
We owned the same Modell (Opel Kadett D) but as a "Opel Kadett Caravan" (station wagon).
All our cars where and are with stick.
My first driving with a AT was at my company, a driving school.
77 GMC Heavy Half.. 250 straight six/3 speed with granny gear. Everything after that was fairly simple! It needed alot of work!
I learned on my dad's 3 on a tree 1973 GMC half ton P/U with a 350 V8 (and power nothin'!).
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Volkswagen Jetta
My first car, a 71 VW Superbeetle -taught by dad
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My 1975 Ford Capri, taught by my dad, took a while for me to leaern to "feel" the clutch and being able to get going without stalling.
Atleast in Spain Manual transmission cars are still the grand majority.
Atleast in Spain Manual transmission cars are still the grand majority.
A Renault Alliance that my dad borrowed for a test drive from Castrucci AMC on Colerain Avenue in Cincinnati...back in the days when a salesman didn't have to ride with you. He taught me to drive a stick in the dealer's brand new demo. Then he bought a Nissan Sentra...
1950 Dodge pickup with three speed. Had stock racks. Used it for my first real date. Never saw her again. Maybe my breath?
Ah - zombie thread.
For me it was my 1995 Acura Integra GS-R. But even before that I did a few test drives/driving instruction at car dealers. My first was a 1995 Ford Probe GT based on a Mazda platform. I kind of struggled for a bit, but the sales guy was pretty good. Before I bought the Integra, the sales guy took me out in a GS-R tester car. The dealership always had a tester available for this model, and would retire each one at about 5000 miles and sell it before it lost too much value. I probably drove it 15 miles the first time. I also tried out a Saturn SC2 5-speed, but that thing was way too loud with an extremely harsh engine.
When I took delivery of my GS-R the sales guy took me out one more time to practice in a parking lot until I got better at taking off. He had an appointment so it had to be cut short, but I managed to get it home. For the next month I kept on stalling at red lights, but I got the hang of it, especially feathering the clutch on an incline, because a little bit of slip was the only way to start moving without stalling.
All these cars had a light clutch with synchronized gears, so I have no idea how to drive an older stick. One time I needed to borrow my uncle's pickup, and it was a Toyota SR5 without a tach. That was really interesting trying to shift without knowing exactly where the revs were.
For me it was my 1995 Acura Integra GS-R. But even before that I did a few test drives/driving instruction at car dealers. My first was a 1995 Ford Probe GT based on a Mazda platform. I kind of struggled for a bit, but the sales guy was pretty good. Before I bought the Integra, the sales guy took me out in a GS-R tester car. The dealership always had a tester available for this model, and would retire each one at about 5000 miles and sell it before it lost too much value. I probably drove it 15 miles the first time. I also tried out a Saturn SC2 5-speed, but that thing was way too loud with an extremely harsh engine.
When I took delivery of my GS-R the sales guy took me out one more time to practice in a parking lot until I got better at taking off. He had an appointment so it had to be cut short, but I managed to get it home. For the next month I kept on stalling at red lights, but I got the hang of it, especially feathering the clutch on an incline, because a little bit of slip was the only way to start moving without stalling.
All these cars had a light clutch with synchronized gears, so I have no idea how to drive an older stick. One time I needed to borrow my uncle's pickup, and it was a Toyota SR5 without a tach. That was really interesting trying to shift without knowing exactly where the revs were.
The family '39 Ford.
A Bug full of teenagers.
"You know how to drive stick?"
"Well, I know how they work."
(My first experience driving stick shift)
Off we went, nobody got hurt.
Oh, those were the days.
"You know how to drive stick?"
"Well, I know how they work."
(My first experience driving stick shift)
Off we went, nobody got hurt.
Oh, those were the days.
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1994 Saturn SC2 with the DOHC engine.
Drove tractors first, a '53 ford golden jubilee, an international 140, a cockshutt 50. First vehicle was a chevy c-10 straight 6 cyl 3 on the tree. I don't know the year, maybe a 69 or 70.
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