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Posted: 2/24/2006 2:44:18 PM EDT
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I have never driven a manual car before. Both of my parents had automatics (my dad got an auto just so my mom could drive his car if she wanted, nicer than I would have been), the first car I bought was an eldorado, then I got a Lexus, neither of which come in manual. I do want to learn manual, just need to go buy a beater car to learn it in. I would imagine it isn't too much different than dirtbikes and motorcycles (which I can ride), I think I could learn fast, but I just have never had the chance
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Posted: 2/24/2006 2:47:24 PM EDT
[#2]
Isn't that really an automatic? |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 2:49:24 PM EDT
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I think you can switch it from manual to automatic mode. But it might be a manual. DO NOT QUOTE ME ON THIS, IT'S ALL IIRC. |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 2:51:21 PM EDT
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I know how but my legs don't do clutch action anymore ... December 31st 1999 changed my life forever.
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Posted: 2/24/2006 2:51:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/24/2006 2:52:04 PM EDT
[#6]
I'm the yuppie driver of this little buggy, of course....
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Posted: 2/24/2006 2:55:04 PM EDT
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Yes; That's one of those things that every man should know how to do. Riding a motorcycle is one too. Not necessarily owning one, but just knowing how to ride one.
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Posted: 2/24/2006 3:10:07 PM EDT
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And I don't think they have gears like a manual, rather a hydraulic system just like a regular auto. |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 3:22:55 PM EDT
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In 20+ years of driving I've never even owned an automatic
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Posted: 2/24/2006 3:52:07 PM EDT
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Ferrari, BMW and other manufacturers have a paddle shifting manual transmission with a clutch. Computer controlled hydraulic servos actuate the clutch and shift the transmission. The computer also blips the throttle to rev match when down shifting. |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 3:58:40 PM EDT
[#11]
You still have to use the clutch to get started. The ones without the clutch are just automatics. |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 3:58:59 PM EDT
[#12]
Oops...sorry, Paul.
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Posted: 2/24/2006 4:09:01 PM EDT
[#13]
Motorcycles, Tractors, Fourwheelers, Pickups, Trucks,..
Yea, I got it down pat. Personal vehicle is an automatic. I really don't care either way... Ill drive damn near anything. |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 4:09:23 PM EDT
[#14]
I can't. I ride a bike so I know the clutch and gas deal and all but I have never had a chance to drive a stick in a car. Family has all owned autos and none of my friends will let me try on theirs so unless I buy a car to learn on - I'm SOL.
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Posted: 2/24/2006 4:09:31 PM EDT
[#15]
I’ve never owned anything BUT sticks!
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Posted: 2/24/2006 4:12:52 PM EDT
[#16]
+1 I'm afraid of stepping on the brake pedal accidently everytime I have to drive and automatic. |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 4:14:44 PM EDT
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I stab fruitlessly at the floorboard with my left foot when stopping quickly. |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 4:16:42 PM EDT
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If a man can realy "drive a stick" then I for one am realy worried. Me I have been driving since I was 8 learned on a manuel trany. But I could'nt really "drive a stick" till I got older. 
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Posted: 2/24/2006 4:16:44 PM EDT
[#19]
I might take a look at the flappy-paddle gearboxes, but otherwise, I'm manual all the way.
NTM |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 4:18:40 PM EDT
[#20]
Back in the 90's I bought a Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo..It was automatic but I got a hell of a deal on it....BIG MISTAKE for me...
Recently I got the same model car as a 5-speed...much better...much happier  |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 4:22:45 PM EDT
[#21]
 Who the fuck came up with three on the tree. I hated driving my '70 F100 with that trans.I learned how to operate a manual trans at age 9. Motorcycle by 12. The motorcyle was actually a lot harder for me to get the hang of than the truck. |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 4:23:18 PM EDT
[#22]
tap tap
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Posted: 2/24/2006 4:23:56 PM EDT
[#23]
Yup, 10 forward gears.
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Posted: 2/24/2006 4:26:39 PM EDT
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God I'm in love. It's really not that big a deal. I've been drinking since 3:00 pm. 
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Posted: 2/24/2006 4:31:04 PM EDT
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I currently drive a Stratus with the stupid "autostick", who the hell came up with that abomination?
I'd rather they stick in a conventional auto shifter and spend the money on better components. I hate it that Detroit caters to the idiots that like gimmicks. ETA: I'm driving a auto today cause the wife refuses to drive a stick and we need to be able to drive each others cars in a emergency situation. |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 4:31:32 PM EDT
[#26]
Motorcycle(s), 70s VW bug, Ford pickup with '3 on the floor' converted from '3 on the tree', Civics, Accords, 67 Mustang, MG Midgit, Mom's econo-station wagon, Datsun pickup(with spoker wheels), Camero, family friends Porsche(moved it in the driveway),more Civics/Hondas. We still have two, Accord w/ 6 speed, Civic w/ 4 changed to 5 speed. Does this qualify?
Eta: Pretty much in that order...oops, forgot: Uncle's 280ZX, VW Rabbit... ByteTheBullet (-: |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 4:32:00 PM EDT
[#27]
I learned to drive in a '78 Toyota Landcruiser.
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Posted: 2/24/2006 4:32:24 PM EDT
[#28]
My Daily Driver is a 1994 Ford Exploder with a Manual Trans. Worn Synchros in the Tranny, so hard to shift unless you do it just right.
Project car is a 1991 BMW 318is with Manual. However, being stuck in heavy/Start-Stop traffic in a manual is a pain in the ass. Will probably always have some kind of a fun car with manual trans--for longer distance driving, etc. probably will eventually pick up an Auto. AFARR |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 4:33:58 PM EDT
[#29]
i can...my mustang is manual
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Posted: 2/24/2006 4:36:25 PM EDT
[#30]
Sorry to hear it, but we couldn't tell!  It looks like you surf just fine!ByteTheBullet (-: |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 4:40:22 PM EDT
[#31]
Never had a lesson on one.
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Posted: 2/24/2006 4:42:52 PM EDT
[#32]
I will only drive a pussy transmission if work requires it (they buy them for the inept bastards they hire) otherwise all I will drive or own are Standards, since I was 12 years old.
I can shift without a clutch, in regular vehicles and commercial, but rarely ever do, just a bad habit to get into I have found, causes issues on the ice sometimes. |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 4:44:03 PM EDT
[#33]
Rental car for the weekend? Don't forget to get the extra insurance! ByteTheBullet (-: |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 4:45:56 PM EDT
[#34]
Eyes closed , too.
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Posted: 2/24/2006 4:46:58 PM EDT
[#35]
as someone said earlier do rentals with sticks even exist? |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 5:00:14 PM EDT
[#36]
I doubt it. But in Europe(I remember someone telling me this) they are really big into MT's and only few rental car places have autos. |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 5:00:50 PM EDT
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Dirt midget. The quickchange rearend has a sliding dog that locks it in 'gear' and the push truck pushes you out on the track with the motor spinning away and when the oil pressure comes up you flip on the magneto switch and drive away. Sprint cars are the same way except V8's. Pretty wild. If you spin out you have to wait for the push truck. rj |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 5:08:18 PM EDT
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Where I grew up my father didn't want much extra water in the driveway so we drove the cars halfway around the house on the grass to wash them. When I was about 12 I told my father I would take over the car washing If he would teach me how to drive my mothers 64 vw! My mother freaked when she found out but my father covered and made it seem like it was his idea . My father had been taught to drive by his uncle out on the farm when he was about the same age (this would have been 1931ish) My father was the oldest of his family and also older than his cousins. My father and his sisters would spend sumers at the farm near the lake, His uncle would send him into town by himself to pick up stuff that he needed,times have changed !
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Posted: 2/24/2006 5:11:07 PM EDT
[#39]
I might can rent one from the local rent a POS place |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 5:13:58 PM EDT
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Some told me the other day that out of Schneiders 10k trucks, that 160 of them are autos and that they are ordering another 300-400 more. Trippy. The vasy majority of new fire apparatus are autos. And fire trucks are ran WOT all the time. Gotta love an allison.
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Posted: 2/24/2006 5:16:20 PM EDT
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3 on the tree,4 on the floor,5 speed,8,9,standard 10,super 10,13,15,and 18.My last job the boss was gonna teach me to drive his twin stick 24 speed show truck but didn't get to try.The new company trucks are prolly gonna be automatics.Hope I don't have to take it.
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Posted: 2/24/2006 5:20:26 PM EDT
[#42]
Learn on a 83 S-10 when I was 16. Driving a 96 Sentra with a 5 speed now. Going to drive manual till they don't make it anymore, or I'm to old to drive.
<-- that car is auto, thinking of putting in a manual with a over drive tho. |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 5:23:08 PM EDT
[#43]
A lot of companies are going with auto's.We have a couple at our terminal.They do fairly well,but don't pull as well as the sticks.The one I rode in (didn't drive) seem to shift and down shift a little hard but it may have been the driver being a little hard on the accelerator. |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 5:23:50 PM EDT
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My first vehicle was a 1955 Harley-Davidson.
 I've driven everything from motorcycles to 18 wheelers. ____________________________  |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 5:46:18 PM EDT
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I didn't read six pages to see if anyone already posted this so here goes.
A couple years ago there was a man captured after robbing a bank. He car jacked a getaway vehicle but was unable to opereate the manual transmission. he was going nowhere fast. |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 7:50:46 PM EDT
[#46]
First car: 1973 Datsun 610 with 4 on the floor
Drove a 1967 Chevy G20 window van with 3 on the tree Driven about every automobile brand with a manual transmission except Ferrari's and Lambourghini's (Japanese, Korean, Ford, Chrysler, GM, German, French, Italian minus those mentioned). Motorcycles and ATV's with manual transmissions too. Being an auto mechanic (retired now) had its privledges when it came to test drives Last manual transmission was a 1998 Ford Escort. Was hit in early 2004, insurance totalled vehicle. Presently own an automatically equipped 2004 Ford F250 Diesel. Drive to work is 50 miles one way every day, mostly highway mileage. Automatic helps in stop and go if stuck in traffic behind an accident. Wife used to drive a 1994 Ford Escort with manual transmission until I bought her a 2003 Ford Escape with automatic transmission. |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 8:04:28 PM EDT
[#47]
I won't own a car or truck with a slushbox.
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Posted: 2/24/2006 8:10:51 PM EDT
[#48]
learned to drive on a 62 Chevy with 3 on the tree. I prefer an auto for a daily driver but I like a stick in my Jeep and in sports cars.
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Posted: 2/24/2006 8:12:26 PM EDT
[#49]
When I was working in Barbados a few years ago, they had manual rentals, but I have yet to see one in the US even at the rent-a-wreck places. Only bad thing in Barbados was that you sit on the right side of the car (they drive on the wrong side down there) and shift with your left hand. Now, I am a lefty, but I am still used to shifting with my right hand. It was interesting for a few days what with missed shifts and all. |
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Posted: 2/24/2006 8:13:27 PM EDT
[#50]
And how did he, Manuel, feel about that.
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