Basically, do you know how to drive using a Manual Transmission? One of my proudest moments was when I feel I had finally gotten it down.
This can also be a Manual vs Automatic Debate thread.
This can also be a Manual vs Automatic Debate thread.
Poll
Can You Drive a Stick Shift?
| Yes, Without Issue/Problems | 70% | 70% - 140 | ||||
| Yes, I can get around but still have problems | 4% | 4% - 9 | ||||
| Yes, Poorly, I stall all the time | 4% | 4% - 9 | ||||
| No, I don't know how | 12% | 12% - 25 | ||||
| I can't/don't Drive | 7% | 7% - 15 | ||||
| Total: 198 | ||||||
funny how you post something about transmissions at the exact same time that I start a thread about my transmission going to shit.
Hive Mind.GunSlinger OIF II wrote:
funny how you post something about transmissions at the exact same time that I start a thread about my transmission going to shit.
I tried my dad's transmission once, I was decent. I can't drive yet though.
Yes and have worked as a manual transmission instructor before.
no problem, I started on my dads '84 f-150 when I was 10 .... 18 years of driving and I luv sticks
Still havent learned to drive manual...prefer automatic over manual anyway.
"Yes, Without Issue/Problems"
Manuals are easy to drive. I own an automatic though. I'm too lazy to change gear all the time. Plus I can always switch into semi-auto mode to have direct control over the gears
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Manuals are fun, but I agree that an automatic can be less frustrating, at least in traffic. I suppose it's good because it keeps my mind from wandering.
You have to take your driver's exam on a manual here, and yes.
That actually sound's like a really good idea. Everyone should know how to.PBAsydney wrote:
You have to take your driver's exam on a manual here, and yes.
Yeah no dramas but thats not uncommon over here, you can take your test in a auto but its not really done that much tbh.
yep
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Directed at sydney & Hysteria:
Do they provide the cars for you? or do you have to use your own, like in the USA.
Do they provide the cars for you? or do you have to use your own, like in the USA.
I learned on a manual. It's not realy as difficult as some people make out, but I guess it depends where you're trying to learn (I suggest a quiet area).
You usually do the test on the car you learned to drive in with your driving schoonMajor.League.Infidel wrote:
Directed at sydney & Hysteria:
Do they provide the cars for you? or do you have to use your own, like in the USA.
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
Well, I am currently learning( I had around 30 lessons till now). At the start, I used to stall the car all the time. Now, I do it every now and then. The driving instructor goes mental when I do it.
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don't be a afraid to rev the engine when you put in a gear. Especially on the little engines they put in the cars you do the test on.r'Eeee wrote:
Well, I am currently learning( I had around 30 lessons till now). At the start, I used to stall the car all the time. Now, I do it every now and then. The driving instructor goes mental when I do it.
On the car I did my test on, the stupid thing would stall @ full throttle in 1st gear when going up steep mountains if the air conditioning was on
Last edited by max (2008-02-14 17:42:37)
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I did professionally for years... at night, driving a two ton truck, down the streets of south Tampa (where the cars are spaced inches apart). There comes a time where you just have to close your eyes and go.
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Same here.max wrote:
You usually do the test on the car you learned to drive in with your driving schoonMajor.League.Infidel wrote:
Directed at sydney & Hysteria:
Do they provide the cars for you? or do you have to use your own, like in the USA.
Nope, learned on an automatic and owned all automatics. Living in the Midwest I want to concentrate on the road, not what gear I'm in.
It's that way pretty much in all of Europe I thinkPBAsydney wrote:
Same here.max wrote:
You usually do the test on the car you learned to drive in with your driving schoonMajor.League.Infidel wrote:
Directed at sydney & Hysteria:
Do they provide the cars for you? or do you have to use your own, like in the USA.
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
Doesn't make sense.Roger Lesboules wrote:
Still havent learned to drive manual...prefer automatic over manual anyway.
Manuals are more fun for me and a little better gas mileage too.
I have autos because my wife doesn't drive sticks and I like to eat when I drive .
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Oh, here in California you use your own (well most likely your parents) car.max wrote:
It's that way pretty much in all of Europe I thinkPBAsydney wrote:
Same here.max wrote:
You usually do the test on the car you learned to drive in with your driving schoon