And what car did you learn in?

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• Hikermick@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Lot of people searching “clutch” right now

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  • vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    if we do our test on a manual we’re allowed to drive automatics too. But not the other way round. So i learned on a manual. I now drive an electric without any gears to switch, much less a clutch (but still have a classic mini too)

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• Smeagol666@crazypeople.online ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  My first car was a '73 VW Super Beetle.

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• LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I learned on an automatic and didn’t know stick. Did that stop me from buying an old manual Mustang? Nope. I figured I had some practice with manual shifting in racing games (console), surely it couldn’t be that hard. I stalled plenty of times leaving the lot but once I got it going it was fine. It only really took a couple days of dropping clutch and stalling on hills before I had it down.

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  • PodPerson@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Exact same story for me. Learned on an automatic, but had ridden a dirt bike a few times and understood the concept. First time driving a stick was when I bought my first car and then had to learn fast as I drove it home. Worked out ok.

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  • nik9000@programming.dev ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I told the car salesdude that I’d buy this car if he spent 15 minutes teaching me. Worked out pretty well!

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• HeyJoe@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Learned it from the beginning. It was my first car. Wanna say it was a late 80s or very early 90s really basic Ford Mustang that my aunt sold to my parents for me to use for like $200 bucks. I loved it, but not even a year later on my way to high school a van flying down the road rear ended me while I was trying to make a left turn waiting for traffic to clear… I haven’t had stick shift since.

  Here’s a pic of around what it looked like so you can see it was a very basic car back then or this model was super basic haha.

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• IHeartBadCode@fedia.io ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  1979 Datsun 210. Eventually sold the thing for five cartons of cigarettes.

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  • PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I owned the B-210 Honey Bee. Great car, zippy.

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• bunkyprewster@startrek.website ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Mazda GLC

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• chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  My first two cars were manuals, and I enjoy manuals (drive an EV now so no choice there) but this post reeks of acting like doing so makes us special. It doesn’t. We just learned a different skill, and almost anyone can learn it if they chose to and especially if they enjoy it.

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• Aganim@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Driving stick is still the norm here. Learned it in a Suzuki Swift, which did not do honour to its name.

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• First_Thunder@lemmy.zip ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  European here, learned in a Toyota Yaris

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• Sparrow_1029@programming.dev ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Learned on a 2000s era VW Beetle, and then a Mazda B2500 FW/2WD. Last manual I owned was a 2015 Honda Fit. Now both our vehicles are Automatic AWD.

  I did get to drive a little 4cyl manual SEAT on holiday in Madeira which was an adventure. 36% grade roads, hairpin turns – like 150cc mario kart around there

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• supermurs@kbin.earth ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It was a first generation Ford Focus hatchback.

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• ericatty@infosec.pub ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I learned in both because while automatics were the norm, my parents never wanted me stranded in case a manual was my only option. So I learned in an older cute as hell red paint faded it was almost pink Jeep pick up truck with no tailgate.

  Looking at photos online, I think it was maybe a 60s era Willie or a Gladiator from the 70s. It was pretty old, but not a classic, when I drove it.

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  • dharmacurious@slrpnk.net ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’ve got a 1978 J10. There’s just something about jeep trucks. Absolutely love em.

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• IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Since the question is ‘vehicle’: Massey-Ferguson 165. Or if you insist a car: Opel Kadett C.

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• zxqwas@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Learnt in a ford mondeo, some early 2000s model.

  Still got a manual as my daily driver.

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• AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I dont seem to get the joke no matter how much brainpower i use…

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  • figjam@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Its Facebook engagement bait.

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    • j4k3@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      explain please

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• Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Never driven once since I was learning. Honestly couldn’t think of anything more annoying to worry about when I’m driving.

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• MissJinx@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I only drove manual and then bought an auto. Had trouble going up steep slopes more than once and came back to manual.

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• AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Whatever the driving school had, I have no idea what car it was.

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• JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Good old Mazda 323.

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• miraclerandy@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  My second car was manual in high school. It was super fun to drive once I got used to it. I’ve had a manual for about 13 years and since switched to an auto for the last 9. Only reason I’d go back would be a fun sporty car but I’d probably be more likely to get a quick EV with one pedal driving at this point.

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• pHr34kY@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I just put a new clutch in the vehicle I’m teaching my kid to drive.

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• Reygle@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Learned and took my driving test in an 88 Dodge Omni 5 speed.

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• Cryan24@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  88 volvo 440.

  As others have said, manual transmissions are standard in Europe

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• zout@fedia.io ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Volkswagen Golf type 3.

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• yakko@feddit.uk ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yes, and in the land of automatics no less, and on a '99 Celica GT. It was mom’s car, but I drove it like it was mine.

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• Harvey656@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  A big 2001 yellow box jeep, almost tipped that damn thing dozens of times.

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• 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  International scout 2 3 speed on the column.

  Learned when I was 11.

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• salacious_coaster@infosec.pub ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I learned stick in my 30s after driving an automatic up until then. Humbling to have to learn to drive again at that point in your life.

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  • AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m learning to manually change gears for my first time in my 30s, but on a bike.

    Agreed, it is incredibly humbling. I’ve been driving for over half my life, and now I’m struggling to operate a vehicle all over again.

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  • InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I learned for motorcycling

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