Can you drive a manual transmission?

SHit, try like $230 a month or more for collision for a young guy like willy wonka in some places.

You're no fool willie wonka. My own son your age did the same thing when he was 18 and still can't get out from underneath the truck. He can't sell it for enough money to pay off the loan.

And yes I can drive a stick. My 35 y/o chevy p/u is the only rig I have now with a manual and I don't drive it much except to haul firewood. When I regularly swapped between a manual and an automatic company truck I would forget which one I was driving and either slam on the brakes with my left foot thinking I was pushing in the clutch, or I would stall the standard when braking by not using the clutch.

 

Hey Willy,

I've always drove a stick... you'll get the hang of it very very quick.

However, I never use my emergency break... Using it puts wear on the thing... what I like using them most.. when you park, put your car in 1st gear... just leaving it in gear should be fine for you. I use my emergency break if I need to keep the car running unatended... just put it in nutral, emergency break on.. and you can let your car warm up, or just leave it.. and your good.

peace
soc

 

i had the car in gear when it rolled. it was weird as shit.

 

that means your clutch is getting wore out..

although ya always should use the emergency brake,less stress on the clutch..

 

i know how to drive a manual but i'm horrible at it. my dad's got a manual honda fit that he lets me drive out at my camp. the only hard thing for me was slowly taking my foot off the clutch and putting down the gas pedal. i ended up getting it pretty good, but before that i always stalled it.

 

I can technically drive stick, but it's not a smooth ride.

 

My dad took me out when i was 14 and made me learn to drive a manual. It was a 90 Dodge pickup with a 360. Went out on gravel roads and had to learn how to stop and start on hills and just basically get used to driving a manual (starting and stopping on hills on a gravel road makes for some sick burn outs when your just starting ). Once i had that down he threw me into my moms 87 Honda with a manual. Talk about a whole different world! But it was nice, because i could drive pretty much any kind of car or truck (obviously nothing like commercial big rigs or anything) before i could even test for my learners permit.

 

The 48 GMC I learned to drive on had 3 on the tree.
That for you young bucks means a three speed Manual trans in the steering column. The starter on that model was on the floorboard.

 

I never drove auto until I got to Australia. That combined with left-sided roads made for a freaky first time experience. Manual is definitely the way to go, makes driving fun.

 

Puffed? Sounds like you got the hook-up!

 

Learned on a stick, drive a stick, will always drive a stick. Hell yeah.

 

^^ Same here, driving an automatic doesn't really feel like driving to me...and I love to drive

 

I learned to drive stick in a '86 toyota corolla

 

i drove stick for 5 years before i bought my TL, and my next vehicle only comes in auto :S

I like stick though and i'm a very good driver

 

what is a TL? and whats ur next vehicle going to be? the only vehicle that ive drove on a regular basis and i mean very regular is my s10. its a 99 s10 rear wheel drive in michigan LOL. i got it in june of 06 with 102000 miles on it and now it has like 162000 on it. the service engine soon light has been on for about a week now. it seems to be still running the same hopefully its just a sensor and nothing to bad. i have to get the code off it here one of these days to see why its comming on.

 

oh ya.its a good thing when your in the car/truck and transport bussines.i can find almost anything i need for free most of the time.i just scored 2 mint eddie bauer door panels,perfect carpet,perfect headliner and factory running boards for my tow truck over the weekend.gotta go pull the carpet and headliner today.

 

the auto tranny in my pickup was built for drag racing and truck pulls.i just let it do its thing on its own.it cost me aRound $5,000.00 to have it built that way.the stock tranny lasted me a whole 2 weeks after i put a motor in it when i bought it.

and incase anybody is wondering as well its a 1995 ford F350 crew cab 2 wheel drive dually,fully loaded,diesel.so far my fastest 1/4 run was 15.07 with the A/C on max.fast for an 8,000 pound truck.400HP at the rear wheels:jester:

 

I dont on a regular basis but I have before for construction work and such

 

Acura TL, Next car - Mercedes G55

 

I can drive anything from a skate board to a tank.