Ok, I admit it…I am not the best driver in the world. However, I would love to learn how to drive stick. I have done it in video games, and understand the concept. All I need now is someone who would be willing to teach me on their car!
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How I did it: We found a car that we wanted and it happened to be a stick shift. So I bought it and my mom taught me...as soon as we got it inspected she made me get in the drivers seat and drive us home. Let's just say that was a LITTLE scary. It took lots of people cursing at me and a month before i actually got the hang of it. Slowly i caught on to it and now it feels like second nature. It takes lots of practice and pa… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I learnt to drive when I was 15 years old. My father showed me the basics, and let me to drive our car (it was a '89 Escort) alone at a very desolate place... Of course it was a stick shift, in Europe the automatic transmissions was not so common in the ninties... Read how I did it…
How I did it: My father helped. When I learned how to drive, it was on a stick. I never learned on an automatic, so you could say I got off to a good start. I had no trouble shifting once I was moving, but going from a stop was difficult. The worst was a full hill-hold. My father stressed the importance of not 'riding the clutch' on a hill-hold, meaning not using the clutch to stay in place on the hill. Over time and with perseverance I now feel comfor… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I forced myself to learn by buying a car with a manual tranny before I could drive it. I told myself that my next car would be a stick shift so I made sure to buy one.My mom taught me and there were many times when I wanted to give up because I couldn't stop stalling the car. But besides the fact that this was now my only means of transportation, I still didn't want to quit because that would get me nowhere.So I've had my car for 3 … Read how I did it…
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Ok… so i started to learn to drive a stick shift at 16 years old, but not knowing even the basics of driving it was too much for me at once and I gave up. I ended up learning on automatics with no problems. Never did i attempt a manual again. My car just literally died and my boyfriend bought a 5 speed for me to drive… insisting I can learn. I tried last night and stalled so many times I am ready to give up again and trade it in for one that doesn’t require me to re-learn how to drive lol Its do or die.. annd I’m in limbo
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Hopefully I’ll start learning once I get my G2 and my dad doesn’t tell me it’s stupid just because “you are jealous of …..”
I am 15 and plan to take a learners course in the winter (when I turn 16, and also to help learn driving in winter conditions via the course. I live in canada[NS]).
Currently I’m away from home, but when I get back I am pretty sure one of my uncles has a manual tranny who can teach me pre-course.
If anyone doesn’t have a manual car, my first car is definitely going to be a manual, either way. I am determined to learn it (not for showing off purposes, just because from games to other people, manuals sounds very fun in real).
I am pretty excited to learn manual. :3
My brother finally taught me how to drive stick-shift. I was really good at it. The first day I didn’t stall it at all. the second day, about 3 times. I love it so much. I want a manual car now.
Libby is procrastinating
My brother gave us his old car, but it’s stick shift, guess I’ll have to learn to drive it!
I’ve been doing it for awhile now. Automatics feel awkward- like the car is trying to drive me.
I’m better than my mother, and many other stick drivers, now. Like riding a bike, you get it down, and it’s second nature.
I need to learn to drive a stick so I can drive my boyfriend’s car in an emergency situation, or if I’m the only sober person left.
He says he’ll teach me, so we just have to get around to it.
I saw a car in a parking lot for sale and fell in love with it. Found out it was a stick shift but bought it anyway. It took lots of practice just trying to get it to move. I would go out in the middle of the night to drive around and practice when there was no one else on the roads.
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