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Nissan vanette and ford focus. Don't miss either of those and have an automatic now. I still drive a friend's van from time to time which has a clutch, whoch is good so I don't forget how to drive it. Although it still feels completely natural since I drove manual for 2 decades.
I learned on a 1st gen Saturn. That's before GM ruined the brand. It had a good deal of pickup to it, and was a lot of fun in the snow.
I don't miss it though. If I lived somewhere I could joyride with zero hills, traffic or parallel parking, sure. Otherwise? It's not worth it.
Amazing shitpost.
People really went directly to the manual vs automatic debate without realizing it has nothing to do with that.
Everyone? How else are you going to change gear?
I think a more interesting question would be:
How many people learned to drive in a car with a manual Choke?
I'm currently learning to drive in a car without a clutch (an EV)
Not me, but I learned to drive a 1967 tractor before driving a car, and you have to manually preheat the glowplug.
Had a dirtbike with one, that counts right?
Right. Most of you are from the US. Argentinian here, everybody drives manual. I even wanted to buy an automatic last time but my mechanic was like " Don't even look at it. There is none in this city who can fix those. It might be a great value, but if it breaks, its done for"
I didn’t learn to drive in a vehicle with a clutch, but I did learn to drive vehicles with clutches! I love manual transmission cars. Been fighting the urge to make a poor financial decision and scoop one up before they’re gone.
99% of people in my country.....
I don't know if electric vehicles have one but other than them all cars have clutches, whether manual or automatic.
I learned to drive in a big ass truck, but I did recently get my first manual transmission car. It's not that hard to learn I don't think.
I have my commercial driver's license. Driving an 18 wheeler is an order of magnitude harder, but even that is not too hard once you know the constraining rules. I think it is harder to stay in a minimum width lane than it is to shift an 8 speed with 3 splitters and no synchromesh. The rev band is only around 2k RPM, and you only have around a 200 RPM window, with a 50 RPM sweet spot, where the gears will engage without grinding or shutting out the gate entirely. Cars are quite easy by comparison. Driving a tractor trailer, then getting into a regular manual car makes the car seem laughable. It really isn't hard at all.
Yep. Still have two stick cars. They’re not dead yet.
My grandfather had a rule for his kids, and my mom passed it down to me.
You can't have a license until you can:
I learned on a stick. I even did some learning on my uncle's beetle with a broken clutch (they were reasonably optional on the OG Bug). And I have not been behind of the wheel of one since. Still glad I learned all that stuff.
Now, dismantle this car and put it back together, you have one hour!
That is still the standard way here. Automatic is something we still leave to those for who a gear is too complicated.
And EVs.
I still drive one WITH a clutch. Manuals are pretty cool.
My first car was a '73 VW Super Beetle.
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.
Edit- Dang pedants
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.
I told the car salesdude that I'd buy this car if he spent 15 minutes teaching me. Worked out pretty well!
Mazda GLC
Lot of people searching "clutch" right now
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)
Still do.
Me too, I like having full control of the car. Plus it's fun to go down slopes in neutral. Wheeeeeee
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.
It was a first generation Ford Focus hatchback.
Since the question is 'vehicle': Massey-Ferguson 165. Or if you insist a car: Opel Kadett C.
Learnt in a ford mondeo, some early 2000s model.
Still got a manual as my daily driver.
1979 Datsun 210. Eventually sold the thing for five cartons of cigarettes.
I owned the B-210 Honey Bee. Great car, zippy.
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.