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How long have you been driving manual?
- potownrob
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ClutchFork wrote:...So I started carrying a stick of firewood with me and that became my parking brake.
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x=manateepotownrob wrote:since 2003-2011-2013
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This is the first image to come up on google image search for "x=manatee".tankinbeans wrote:x=manatee
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'97 Honda Civic EX 4AT - Retired @ 184,001 mi
For Pony!
'11 Ford Fiesta Hatchback SE 5MT
'14 Giant Escape City 24MT
'97 Honda Civic EX 4AT - Retired @ 184,001 mi
For Pony!
- bk7794
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Re: How long have you been driving manual?
Alittle over 2 years. March of 2011 was when I initially started driving the 91 as my DD, but I drove it once in October of 2010.
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1989 Ford Taurus SHO 5 speed
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I started in the womb:
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5 years... Hory sheet. May not seem like such a long time, but this made me realize all the other things that happened in my life since then....
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Re: How long have you been driving manual?
I think I was a junior in high school when I first drove the FC. So, about 5 years. I haven't driven stick since last summer, though .
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1986 Mazda RX-7 base - Project car, ???, In pieces, turbo parts around.
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This is how I first learned as well. I turned 16 in 1993 and have driven a stick shift ever since. I actually have very little experience in automatics and tend to slam both feet on the brake and accidentally pop them out of gear trying to shift... But I was shifting before then so all I really needed to learn was working the pedals and getting the timing (besides actually driving and obeying traffic rules). I think I was around 12 when he first started letting me shift from the passenger side.Prodigal Son wrote:paul34 wrote:(I remember my father teaching me about gear selection years before I was old enought to drive.)
I really don't remember at all how long it took to be proficient because it happened as I was becoming proficient at driving. Certainly before I took my driving test 7 months later because the driving tester actually tested my ability to drive the stick as well. And I think within a year or two I didn't even think about it anymore - hence the mistakes if I ever rent a car!
Emily