Who taught you how to drive stick? (AUDT)

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Old Nov 12, 2008 | 12:49 PM
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I first learned how to frive manual on bike from my brother. then I got used to driving stick from my boys buggeye...this is when I started to want suby
Old Nov 12, 2008 | 01:10 PM
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SuperGlueWRX showed me how in his old 03 bugeye
Old Nov 12, 2008 | 01:13 PM
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my mommy when i was 15...

she was also the same person to tell me using the e-brake on a hill to back up is the ***** way of doing it lol
Old Nov 12, 2008 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by wrxisthebest
my mommy when i was 15...

she was also the same person to tell me using the e-brake on a hill to back up is the ***** way of doing it lol
I hate the stupid e-brake trick! Thats one more thing to finesse into the art of driving a stick, then you have to slowly give gas, slowly let off the clutch, AND slowly release the e-brake. That **** made it harder than just knowing where the clutch engages and doing the right **** fast.
Old Nov 12, 2008 | 01:23 PM
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I learned on the 98' Outback I used to drive, My Mom tried to teach me first and I just couldn't get it... then my dad taught me and it worked, I picked it up really fast with my dad... then I went on to teach my friend in exchange for some seat time in his WRX! I also taught my little sister in her Honda Civic.
Old Nov 12, 2008 | 01:24 PM
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When I bought my SC MR2 I didn't know how to drive stick yet. For my first big drive my Dad put me in the drivers seat & said if you can drive from San Diego to LA & back in traffic you will be able to drive anywhere. I made it up & back just fine & have never owned an automatic since.
Old Nov 12, 2008 | 01:49 PM
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self taught at 14. learned on an old vw bug that i "borrowed" from my brother's friend. it was in our driveway and left the keys in case it needed to be moved. i decided to move it...and drive around town with it.

everything was going smooth until i needed to make a 3 pt. turn. i was like, "why won't this thing go into reverse?!" i had no idea that on vw's you needed to push down on the shifter to get into reverse. finally just went up on the curb and sidewalk to turn around.
Old Nov 12, 2008 | 02:00 PM
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Learned on the race track since I was driving shifter karts by age 13 somewhere back in the early 80's...
Old Nov 12, 2008 | 02:01 PM
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Dad taught me when i was 16..... on our 1931 Model A. Having no synchros and a choke is the only way to learn a stick imo .
Old Nov 12, 2008 | 03:42 PM
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My cholo step dad in 1995; car was a 1983 Honda Civic in the CSU Long Beach Pyramid Arena parking lot.
Old Nov 12, 2008 | 06:19 PM
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My dad taught me when I got my first car.
Old Nov 12, 2008 | 06:28 PM
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My friend taught me in his 1998 Ford Explorer Sport around Cal State Hayward at night. After that, I had to figure out the rest in my own car when I got a manual vehicle about a year or so later. Then I had a friend riding shot gun to make sure I'm driving it correctly. LOL. I've had my RS for almost 6 years. Odd thing is that I couldn't drive it to work for a couple weeks after I got it cuz I was still getting the hang of it and I still had my old Integra (which I gave to my sister to learn how to drive on). I remembered when my Integra couldn't start and I had to use the RS. I was chirpin' gears from San Leandro all the way to Alameda.
Old Nov 12, 2008 | 06:32 PM
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Old Nov 12, 2008 | 06:49 PM
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Alright crazy story here. When I was 17 my friend and I took some shrooms at a concert at shoreline, a lil 420 was involved as well. So at the end of the night my friend was too messed up to drive. So I had to drive his corolla all the way to milpitas. Thats the first time I learned to drive stick and I did get us home safely!
Old Nov 12, 2008 | 07:03 PM
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I learned from moving cars in and out of the shop. Once I got the hang of it. I bought myself a beater car and learned the rest on the streets.



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