First vehicle you learned to drive that had a stick shift?

Oldman62 · Mar 21, 2021

My grandpa taught me in his 64 chevy pickup with 3 on the tree and a 8N ford tractor. I remember I had to set on the very front edge of the seat to reach the pedals and him telling me don't tell your grandma. This was when Edmond only had 2 stop lights if I remember right and the Wide A Wake cafe. The bread factory was on the north east corner of broadway and 2nd street.

cal7.62x39 · Mar 21, 2021

Ok awesome story. In high school I landed a job at a place called RUI. It was a train unloading company on 55th between mingo and garnett. The only cargo we handled were new GM, ford and chrysler products from the factory. My boss one day shortly after starting asked if I knew how to drive a manuel, when I said no the next vehicle he unloaded was a brand new F-350 diesel dually king ranch crew cab. The highest tier F-350 they had that year and a price tag that rival the cost of my house. He got out and said "this is the clutch, this is the gas, and this is the brake. Clutch in put her in first and clutch slowly out. It will have enough torque to move itself so don't touch the gas. DONT WRECK IT. And walked away. The very next car was a ford escort ZX2 which was the exact opposite feel as the king ranch and I stalled it several times porting it to it's parking spot. By the time I left I was tearing up all kinds of manual cars. Camaro SS, transam WS6, svt cobras and lightning, mach1, bullit, and right as we were closing down and moving operation to OKC we got a shipment of Ram SRT10s. Ohh I miss that job.

tRidiot · Mar 21, 2021

cal7.62x39 said:
Ok awesome story. In high school I landed a job at a place called RUI. It was a train unloading company on 55th between mingo and garnett. The only cargo we handled were new GM, ford and chrysler products from the factory. My boss one day shortly after starting asked if I knew how to drive a manuel, when I said no the next vehicle he unloaded was a brand new F-350 diesel dually king ranch crew cab. The highest tier F-350 they had that year and a price tag that rival the cost of my house. He got out and said "this is the clutch, this is the gas, and this is the brake. Clutch in put her in first and clutch slowly out. It will have enough torque to move itself so don't touch the gas. DONT WRECK IT. And walked away. The very next car was a ford escort ZX2 which was the exact opposite feel as the king ranch and I stalled it several times porting it to it's parking spot. By the time I left I was tearing up all kinds of manual cars. Camaro SS, transam WS6, svt cobras and lightning, mach1, bullit, and right as we were closing down and moving operation to OKC we got a shipment of Ram SRT10s. Ohh I miss that job.

Reminds me of a girl I knew in college. Well, my second time through college. She lived in an apartment near my wife and I and she was CUTE as cute could be... but definitely a stereotypical blonde. And man did she have a rack... dang.

Anyways...

Her parents bought her a car, a new (or newish?) PT Cruiser with a standard trans. She had no clue to do drive it, I think dad gave her some pointers and sent her off to school. She was TERRIBLE at it. I mean TERRIBLE. Constantly stalling in traffic, driving herself nuts, crying, freaking out, etc. She got to where she just wouldn't drive. She caught rides all the time and I felt sorry for her... she has this new car sitting here and is afraid to drive it.

So I took her out to the old WalMart parking lot (this was in Ada) at North Hills Centre and taught her to drive her standard exactly like your boss taught you, @cal7.62x39. I told her not to touch the gas, just use the clutch and shift gears and just with idle torque we could get her into 3rd or 4th gear going through that parking lot and doing 25-30mph. She learned some confidence in managing the clutch in no time, like 20 minutes. Then she could use the gas and eventually she was taking off on hills at stoplights and everything.

It's all just someone taking the time and patience to teach someone.

Man that girl was cute. And that chest... wow.

They were large, and soft and real, you could tell - I bet they were below her belly button by 30, but man she looked good in college.

:lmfao:

SMS · Mar 21, 2021

My dad had a plain jane diesel, stick shift Chevy Luv in the early 80's. Learned to drive it by watching him do it, and then he started letting me make the dump run in it, before I even got my license LOL.

dlbleak · Mar 21, 2021

70 1/2 camaro. Bought it my junior year. Didn’t really have to ‘learn’ to drive it. It was geared low enough that if you were patient, just ease out on the clutch and it would take off. Could take off in 2nd or 3rd with a little gas

Mad Professor · Mar 21, 2021

1965 Corvette 396 with close ratio 4-Speed Muncie and 4:56 gears.

Mom took me to get my permit after school. To mom’s horror, when dad got home from work he took me out in the vette to teach me to drive. I already had the clutch concept down from riding dirt bikes. I just had to transfer the technique between my feet and hands. The power and rear gearing made it a bit more forgiving. But it was a memorable experience! [emoji2]

chadh2o · Mar 21, 2021

tRidiot said:
I don't have a danged clue. Ya'll all got me beat, you remember things a lot clearer from your youth.

Kinda hard to forget the first time you laid something over. Bar ditch mowing was treacherous and learning that fine line of tip/no tip.

ConstitutionCowboy · Mar 21, 2021

When I was thirteen, I drove my neighbor's stake body truck around his pasture to warm it up for oil changes. Next was my Dad's Saab GT when I was 16-1/2. He was "teaching me how to drive" and I scared the bejesses out of him. Despite that, he let me take it to my driving test. I did get my license - on the third try ...

Funny thing is I already had a pilots license for six months by then! (There isn't much crossover between flying and driving ...)

Woody

xseler · Mar 21, 2021

I lived in a small town in SE Oklahoma, and most of my class drove to driver's ed class that summer.

Revolvers4Life · Mar 21, 2021

learned on my dad's Jeep Wrangler, it was an older model with the square headlights. It just had metal floors, no power steering, no AC, no radio, soft top... loved that thing.

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