Did you learn to drive stick?

PDXSSCE · 08-20-2018, 03:54 PM

http://www.chicagotribune.com/classi...820-story.html

The article inspired me to start a thread for us to share our experiences of when, how, where, in what & why we learned to drive stick.

farm rat · 08-20-2018, 03:57 PM

In highschool in a 1950 Chevy truck with a smoking hot 327 in it. About 1982

xc_SS/RS · 08-20-2018, 04:11 PM

I was 14 and I learned in a very worn out VW Passat. My buddy who taught me was 13 lol

Royal Tiger · 08-20-2018, 04:21 PM

Yes, in a Porsche 924 re-motored with an Audi 5 cylinder turbo.

1911 1LE · 08-20-2018, 04:29 PM

1978 Chevy 1 ton dually 4 speed on the farm. I was 11 and could barley reach the clutch.

sherob · 08-20-2018, 04:30 PM

1977 in a 1969 Datsun 510 wagon on an abandoned airfield on Wheeler AFB w/ 2 broken wrists.

I was 15 years old.

detltu · 08-20-2018, 04:31 PM

I bought my wife a new car this past weekend. we turned in her old lease about 3 weeks ago. For 3 weeks we had 5 cars and none had an automatic transmission.

I'm all about manual transmissions, but the new automatics are so good and have so many benefits it's hard to justify the manual in most cases. I will always have a manual transmission in my old cars, but it's becoming more and more likely that any new cars will have an automatic.

spyderbuddy · 08-20-2018, 04:41 PM

58 GMC 350 pontaic 4 speed Granny Gear on floor

HawkeyeZL1 · 08-20-2018, 04:49 PM

I think it was '81 in my Dads '69 VW Beetle. Had just gotten my license and wanted to go out. He threw me the keys and said have fun. I stalled that thing about a dozen times before getting the hang of it. I think twice just getting out of the driveway.

Disclosure: I had a cousin that had a motorcycle that we would go drive whenever he was in town (lived in Nebraska). So I had a general idea how clutches worked.

VinnAY · 08-20-2018, 04:54 PM

in Korea 1991...we had a little shop vehicle seemed smaller than an S10 (for instance but memory fades) but they'd make me go out and we'd drive the perimeter road thats how I learned to drive stick.

torqueaddict · 08-20-2018, 04:54 PM

I've always liked choosing my own gears, even in an automatic. So I bought a Mazdaspeed 3 in late 2007 which forced me to learn to drive stick on my own. Since then, I've never looked back and as long as I'm able, never will.

CamaroFred · 08-20-2018, 05:05 PM

I learned on a 1966 Chevy C30 stake bed. Big 6 cylinder, 3-speed plus low. A work truck. Manual steering, but it had a brake booster.

I asked the old man next door to our shop to show me. He said, "F' you, get in it and go back and forth in the parking lot until you think you are ready to hit the street. Took me ~a minute before I drove around the block. You couldn't stall that thing.

It had a speedometer and a fuel gauge. When it quit accelerating it was time to upshift.

I taught my wife to drive stick and she hated it. But she could do it if she had to. I taught all three of my kids while they were still in driver's ed.

When I bought my first car with a stick (1990 Beretta GT) my dad asked, "Why would you want that? You drive a truck at work all the time." "Dad, it's nothing like a truck."
My dad was the first guy on the block to buy an automatic. I think it was his '57 Bel Air. He told me when the guys at work drove it they all remarked, "I think it is slipping'"

CamaroFan63 · 08-20-2018, 05:26 PM

1980 i believe it was a '68 Chevy II Nova with Inline 6 with 3 on the tree eer floor.
The mesh at the bottom of the column wasn't letting you shift the gears so dad put it in the floor
Was my father's car he used to go to work. Funny part is it was my mother that would
ride along with me and neither of us knew how to drive. Luckily i could drive the streets of my neighborhood.

O.F. · 08-20-2018, 06:26 PM

Mid-sixties in my buddy's 1956 Ford pickup, flathead V8 with a 3 speed on the floor. For exhaust, it had a pair of 3" black iron straight pipes.

I loved that truck!!!

08-20-2018, 03:54 PM	#1
PDXSSCE Yee-aay-ee! Drives: 2015 2SS/RS CV CE Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: ORegon Posts: 2,520	Did you learn to drive stick? http://www.chicagotribune.com/classi...820-story.html The article inspired me to start a thread for us to share our experiences of when, how, where, in what & why we learned to drive stick. __________________

08-20-2018, 03:57 PM	#2
farm rat Drives: 2011 Vistory Red 1LS Join Date: May 2018 Location: Missouri Posts: 487	In highschool in a 1950 Chevy truck with a smoking hot 327 in it. About 1982 __________________ The Original Farm Rat 2011 1LS M6 Victory Red Sold 1967 Coupe Green and White 1969 SS 396 Hugger Orange 1969 Z/28 All original White with deluxe interior 1970 RS Blue 1978 Coupe Fugly Green 1978 WS-6 Trans-Am Factory 4 speed 1985 IROC-Z Red

08-20-2018, 04:11 PM	#3
xc_SS/RS Drives: 2010 Camaro SS/RS Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: somewhere in MD Posts: 4,883	I was 14 and I learned in a very worn out VW Passat. My buddy who taught me was 13 lol __________________ 2010 2SS/RS Z/28 intake, NW, FAST 102, speed engineering LT's, some exhaust, ATI -10% pulley, GM flex fuel injectors, DSX flex fuel sensor, MGW shifter, HP Tuners, some suspension work, stickers and a little weight loss. 12.63 @113.53

08-20-2018, 04:29 PM	#5
1911 1LE Drives: 2015 SW 2SS 1LE Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: 78155 Posts: 308	1978 Chevy 1 ton dually 4 speed on the farm. I was 11 and could barley reach the clutch. __________________ Maggie 2650 @ 18psi/ 75mm 10 rib/ Dual alky nozzles/ Roto-fab/ ARH 2" Lt's/ GT-12 cam/ ZL1 3.23 Conv./MGW/RPS triple carbon clutch/RSG tranny upgrage/Pedders Ex. XA w/ remote cans and a lot of other crap 897/8??@tires

08-20-2018, 04:30 PM	#6
sherob Drives: 2015 SW 1SS/RS 1LE Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Brighton, CO Posts: 2,736	1977 in a 1969 Datsun 510 wagon on an abandoned airfield on Wheeler AFB w/ 2 broken wrists. I was 15 years old. __________________ “The Eagles and the Captain and Tennille ruled the airwaves, and we were the answer to it.” - Joey Ramone

08-20-2018, 04:21 PM	#4
Royal Tiger Account Suspended Drives: 2013 2SS/RS Convertible Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 3,873	Yes, in a Porsche 924 re-motored with an Audi 5 cylinder turbo.

08-20-2018, 04:31 PM	#7
detltu Drives: 1992 Z28 1LE; 2015 Zl1 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Madisonville, LA Posts: 866 View My Garage	I bought my wife a new car this past weekend. we turned in her old lease about 3 weeks ago. For 3 weeks we had 5 cars and none had an automatic transmission. I'm all about manual transmissions, but the new automatics are so good and have so many benefits it's hard to justify the manual in most cases. I will always have a manual transmission in my old cars, but it's becoming more and more likely that any new cars will have an automatic. __________________ 1989 Camaro RS convertible- Sold 1999 Camaro SS - Stolen 2x 1991 Camaro Z28- 1991 Camaro Z28 1LE- 1992 Camaro Z28 1LE- 25th anniversary 2015 Camaro ZL1

08-20-2018, 04:41 PM	#8
spyderbuddy Drives: 2010 RS Inferno Orange Metallic Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Albany, Ga. Posts: 3,398 View My Garage	58 GMC 350 pontaic 4 speed Granny Gear on floor __________________ PCP Hideaway Headlight Covers, BBK Headers & High Flow Cats, ZL1 Add-ons Wicker Bill, TL1/ZL1 Hood Insert, Gen5 DIY Frameless Mirror, ABL Dash Lighting an My link Navigation, Blacked out Rear Bowtie, all Sylvania led Turn Signals, Ceramic Window Tint By Nicks, MBRP Exhaust tips, GEN5 DIY Virginia Legal DRL Harness, Painted Brake Calipers, Vittesse Throttle Controller, Heritage Grill, Diode Dynamics Led Lighting, Manual Shifter Boot, Paddle Shifters, CNC Throttle Body, Trifecta Tune, RX Catch Can & Breather, Trunk Black out and Side Grills, Chevorlet door Sills.

08-20-2018, 04:49 PM	#9
HawkeyeZL1 Drives: 2012 ZL1 #1156, 2003 Silverado SS Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Cedar Rapids, Ia Posts: 160	I think it was '81 in my Dads '69 VW Beetle. Had just gotten my license and wanted to go out. He threw me the keys and said have fun. I stalled that thing about a dozen times before getting the hang of it. I think twice just getting out of the driveway. Disclosure: I had a cousin that had a motorcycle that we would go drive whenever he was in town (lived in Nebraska). So I had a general idea how clutches worked. __________________ 2012 ZL1 #1156, born 5/8/2012. Rotofab cold air intake, Elite Engineering catch can, Texas Speed Long tube headers with off road connections and of course a tune by DynoSteve.

08-20-2018, 04:54 PM	#10
VinnAY Account Suspended Drives: 18 1SS/1LE Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Missouri Posts: 939	in Korea 1991...we had a little shop vehicle seemed smaller than an S10 (for instance but memory fades) but they'd make me go out and we'd drive the perimeter road thats how I learned to drive stick.

08-20-2018, 04:54 PM	#11
torqueaddict Drives: Tesla M3 LR-AWD [Former 1SS owner] Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Miami Posts: 950	I've always liked choosing my own gears, even in an automatic. So I bought a Mazdaspeed 3 in late 2007 which forced me to learn to drive stick on my own. Since then, I've never looked back and as long as I'm able, never will. Last edited by torqueaddict; 08-20-2018 at 05:07 PM.

08-20-2018, 05:05 PM	#12
CamaroFred Drives: Miss Con Ception Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 2,998	I learned on a 1966 Chevy C30 stake bed. Big 6 cylinder, 3-speed plus low. A work truck. Manual steering, but it had a brake booster. I asked the old man next door to our shop to show me. He said, "F' you, get in it and go back and forth in the parking lot until you think you are ready to hit the street. Took me ~a minute before I drove around the block. You couldn't stall that thing. It had a speedometer and a fuel gauge. When it quit accelerating it was time to upshift. I taught my wife to drive stick and she hated it. But she could do it if she had to. I taught all three of my kids while they were still in driver's ed. When I bought my first car with a stick (1990 Beretta GT) my dad asked, "Why would you want that? You drive a truck at work all the time." "Dad, it's nothing like a truck." My dad was the first guy on the block to buy an automatic. I think it was his '57 Bel Air. He told me when the guys at work drove it they all remarked, "I think it is slipping'" __________________ 2011 1SS/RS LS3 CGM

08-20-2018, 05:26 PM	#13
CamaroFan63 Sullie63 Drives: '15 1LT Summit White Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Gateway to the West Posts: 526	1980 i believe it was a '68 Chevy II Nova with Inline 6 with 3 on the tree eer floor. The mesh at the bottom of the column wasn't letting you shift the gears so dad put it in the floor Was my father's car he used to go to work. Funny part is it was my mother that would ride along with me and neither of us knew how to drive. Luckily i could drive the streets of my neighborhood. __________________ Casper, Ghost of Camaro's past Black '86 Silver '85, VR '13 Auto/19's/Boston Acoustic speakers/Spare Tire Born 10/28/14 Adopted 04/09/18 with 17,491.xx miles Oracle clear side markers / LLmar tint sides and rear. Strut bar / Husky Floor liners Member of SICC. Southern Illinois Camaro Club

08-20-2018, 06:26 PM	#14
O.F. Drives: 2015 BLK/BLK 2SS/RS MN6 Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: New Hampshuh Posts: 266	Mid-sixties in my buddy's 1956 Ford pickup, flathead V8 with a 3 speed on the floor. For exhaust, it had a pair of 3" black iron straight pipes. I loved that truck!!!