What car did you learn to drive a manual in?

[SleeperWRX]

As stated, What car did you learn to drive a manual in? Sorry, misscourtney, this is a thread you cannot post in.

First manual car I EVER drove was a Fiat 600 (don't know what year, it was in the 50's though lol.)
I learned in a 95 Civic coupe, lol.

[lanning]

i learned in an 87 supra

[CHRISNITTOLO]

Ford Probelum.

[teh bri]

camaro.

[punkr6]

I learned on motorcycles first, but my fist time in a manual car was a AMC pacer....LOL

[AdriSciontC]

Hrm well there were an array of cars I "learned" in.... 98 accord, 99 s-10, 2001 STI are the only ones I can remember

[Revmaynard]

95 Ford F150 and a 93 S10 king cab. Practiced in my dads Ford and then got the S10, he filled the tank and told me get to driving because that's the only way to learn. lol

[sogood]

I learned in my pops '88 M3 and my first manual car was a '97 M3.

[JJSPEC Racing]

78 Honda Civic 1200

[SleeperWRX]

95 Ford F150 and a 93 S10 king cab. Practiced in my dads Ford and then got the S10, he filled the tank and told me get to driving because that's the only way to learn. lol


HAHA nice.

[SleeperWRX]

I learned in my pops '88 M3 and my first manual car was a '97 M3.


:eek: Does he still have it? ANY PICS!?

[AdriSciontC]

Does turning on and moving this car count?!

http://www.motorsport.com/photos/alms/2004/seb/alms-2004-seb-rs-0135.jpg

#71 Carsport America (the name in 2003) Dodge Viper....

[Reaper]

1995 BMW 525i

[Revmaynard]

HAHA nice.



Only problem with that is a live in a valley of a street, so it took my half my first day to get off my street. LOL It's probably a 45 degree hill.

[ls-r teg]

1989 ford probe gt turbo

[neon_ert3]

i bot a wrecked 95 civic ex that still drove alright so i hopped in and drove it home. i knew that basics of driving a 5 speed but every time i took off, i burnt the tires. did that until i got the hang of it. lol

[SLo_MKIII]

1990 DA INTEGRA

[Romeo]

I learned on motorcycles first
Same here. But the first car was a Ford Thunderbird Turbo coupe. Loved that thing.. My grandparents ordered it brand new. :D

[CHRISNITTOLO]

1989 ford probe gt turbo

Fuck yeah!

[SleeperWRX]

1990 DA INTEGRA


That was my first car. :D Same year.

[Jecht]

I learned on motorcycles before cars too, but the car I practiced driving with a manual transmission in was a '85 Jetta GLI.

[SleeperWRX]

I learned on motorcycles before cars too, but the car I practiced driving with a manual transmission in was a '85 Jetta GLI.


Damn, you like jettas, huh?lol. You traded my buddy the jetta for the rodeo. How is it? I miss that car lolol.

[EJ25RUN]

Z32 300ZX.

Was thought by unkle who hadn't driven a manual in 20 years and the ones he had driven were on Russian cars.

I had to replace the clutch in less than 6 months. :(

[ATLSRT8]

Learned on a Dune Buggy on the beach in Aruba

[wrekonize]

I BOUGHT THIS 88 CIVIC SEDAN FOR 200 BUCK WHEN I WAS 14 JUST TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE STANDARD THE GOOD THING WAS THERE WAS A STOP SIGN ON A HILL IN MY SUBDIVISION WHERE I LEARN HOW NOT TO STALL OUT....BEST 200 BUCKS I EVER SPENT...

[sogood]

:eek: Does he still have it? ANY PICS!?

Yup, he's had it since '01 and only put like 6-7k miles on it... lol.

There're a few pics here. (http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1227329&page=2)

[Elbow]

Does turning on and moving this car count?!

http://www.motorsport.com/photos/alms/2004/seb/alms-2004-seb-rs-0135.jpg

#71 Carsport America (the name in 2003) Dodge Viper....

LMFAO I forgot about that car, they were HORRIBLE.

I learned in an IT Civic road race car.

[Jecht]

Damn, you like jettas, huh?lol. You traded my buddy the jetta for the rodeo. How is it? I miss that car lolol.

Well my dad is a VW guy so I happened to fall into it too. But I don't like watercooled VWs much anymore.

I'm enjoying the Rodeo though. I had to replace the Camshaft Position Sensor and the CEL bulb to get it to pass emissions. I just put a nice set of new Kumho tires on it. Thats all I'm going to do with it since its just a parts hauler for my other cars.

[SleeperWRX]

Well my dad is a VW guy so I happened to fall into it too. But I don't like watercooled VWs much anymore.

I'm enjoying the Rodeo though. I had to replace the Camshaft Position Sensor and the CEL bulb to get it to pass emissions. I just put a nice set of new Kumho tires on it. Thats all I'm going to do with it since its just a parts hauler for my other cars.

Yeah, it was a great car when he had it. The clutch and few other parts went out in the jetta, lol.

[Jecht]

Yeah, it was a great car when he had it. The clutch and few other parts went out in the jetta, lol.

The clutch went out? That is surprising, but things happen.

[SleeperWRX]

The clutch went out? That is surprising.


Yeah, but he put a new clutch in it. He's selling it so he can restore his '85 Gti.

[Motivation]

86 Suzuki Samurai

[EL42]

first learned on a 72'or 75' Austin Mini Cooper.

[allout13]

1995 dodge avenger

[.:Stirfry:.]

89 crx si / 70 vw beetle

[SleeperWRX]

first learned on a 72'or 75' Austin Mini Cooper.


Damn, I love those cars. I sold a b16 head to a guy on here, Austin mini with a type R swap...

[driftORdrag]

93' Ford Ranger 2.3

[EL42]

Damn, I love those cars. I sold a b16 head to a guy on here, Austin mini with a type R swap...
i've seen that thoes are the swaps to get for them. but in the 80's my dad and his friends used beemer engines,parts, carbs and stuff.

[collins]

I always new the basics, but I learned on the first 5spd car I owned, the lil white teggy. R.I.P.

[slostang]

91 isuzu pickup that i bought for $50.

[§treet_§peed]

1976 Toyota Pick-up

[SleeperWRX]

91 isuzu pickup that i bought for $50.


$50!?

[slostang]

$50!?

yep.

[SleeperWRX]

yep.

Damn, why can't I find something like that today? lucky bastard lol.

[Andy_013]

in the same civic i have right now

[JITB]

1995 dodge neon

i had to drive my friend to court in clayton county he was trying to get his license back..

[5speed]

I learned on motorcycles first, but my fist time in a manual car was a AMC pacer....LOL
Same here, but my first in a car was my best friends uncle's Twin Turbo Type R Integra (Yes, a TT). 15yrs old :goodjob:

[obd1kenobi]

94 240sx

[goi_ek]

88 corolla

[98blackcivic]

1995 accord...my 1st baby....an asshole who's getting raped in jail right now as we speak crashed it cuz i trusted him

[Blitanicle99]

2002 Saleen Mustang :D

[Psycho]

'02 WRX

[Okie_doke.]

Hahaha I think it was like an 85 plymouth aries station wagon FTMFW!!! Troo story

[NVEOUS]

72 Ford F100 302 v8 3 speed on the column!!!

[Kourt]

98 civic. (and the clutch was still good when i took it out 3 years later!)

[SleeperWRX]

Damn, y'all learned on some weird cars lol.

[murderrsiren]

i learned in a miata in a church parking lot with the biggest hill ever, i didnt do too bad driving cause i knew the concept, but the hill killed me. Then about 3 weeks later i bought my first 240 and it was 5 speed, just jumped in and went for it. I stalled in the first 300 feet puling outta a parking lot being nervous and that was about all once i got used to a 5 speed.

[EL42]

Damn, y'all learned on some weird cars lol.
what's "normal" when "first" learning to drive a manual transmission?

[toxxxic]

Well. The first time I ever tried to drive a 5spd on was an 86 accord when I was 14. My dad thought I should learn.

After that I could stumble my way through driving a 5spd if I HAD TO

But when I got my EJ was when I really learned thoroughly. Soo 95 Civic :)

[SleeperWRX]

Well. The first time I ever tried to drive a 5spd on was an 86 accord when I was 14. My dad thought I should learn.

After that I could stumble my way through driving a 5spd if I HAD TO

But when I got my EJ was when I really learned thoroughly. Soo 95 Civic :)


EJ's FTW :D

[uproot]

i started out learning in my mom's supercharged thunderbird, but that was a total failure, i was young and wasn't familiar with driving a car let alone a supercharged one. then i learned on an integra. lol

[ironchef]

Crappy beatdown Camry that we had in our auto class in high school.

[On_Her_Face]

1968 VW Super Beetle.

[SouthrnStyle]

Jeep Wrangler on 35's / WRX

[RL...]

whatever cars various customers would drop off, lol

Nothing funnier than the look on an owners face when you accidentally peel out in his zo6 vette

[Shift_2WIN]

96 Nissan 200sx

[antj101]

A 98' miata

[ATLTSX]

84 dodo brown Dodge Ram truck and i loved it. 3 Speed

[SleeperWRX]

84 dodo brown Dodge Ram truck and i loved it. 3 Speed


Now you have double the gears? :lmao:

[ATLTSX]

Now you have double the gears? :lmao:

You are correct lol.

I got the truck when i was 16 and drove it through college. It was by far the uglies truck but had 3 10w3 JL and a car alarm lulz. The faces on people in the parking lot when I got out and armed it.

[SleeperWRX]

You are correct lol.

I got the truck when i was 16 and drove it through college. It was by far the uglies truck but had 3 10w3 JL and a car alarm lulz. The faces on people in the parking lot when I got out and armed it.


HAHAHAH, nice!

[amandDA]

89 civic

[Me86Rob]

camaro.
no wonder it is broken.
86 corolla for me

[LvnBoOst]

'04 350Z track edition.......shifted soo smooth ;)

[thegovanator]

I learned on a 04 Porsche 911 turbo

[x Resilience]

Learned in a E36, but first car I actually took out on the street was a 741whp monster H22 EK hatch.

True story.

[teh_mugen18]

I learntded it in a bone-stock 96 Civic Coupe. lol. My homeboy's car.

[Kevykev]

'99 Protege

[sogood]

I learntded it in a bone-stock 96 Civic Coupe. lol. My homeboy's car.

LOL... I hope that was a typo.

[Evil Goat]

1977 GMC Truck, 400+ ci. with a granny gear for pulling trees out of the ground....that was around 14'ish

first manual vehicle on the street was my dads 68 gmc truck with a cammed 396 out of a late 60's model camaro....would blow the tires off through 3rd with ease

[LizBiz]

98 Civic EX w/ LS swap.

[ash7]

93 Civic hatchback

practiced rev matching my first day. hahaha

...stupid video games
-jonathan

[antiv6]

04 mach 1 but didn't get good till i got the cobra, i only drove manual twice b4 i got it

[Buttons]

some 4 door Hyundai... the elantra maybe?

[Catnip]

Think it was like a late 80's FWD corolla or maybe tercel. I was 7... that was some shit.

[Crazy Asian]

94 civic. That was when I was 14.

[kain86]

89 civic dx 4dr when i was 11....... i ran over a lawnmower trying to back it up..... :yes: then relearned when i bought my civic 4 years ago. ... i had to drive it home, but for a $1200 unmolested granny car..and a new born and no car :no:

[pimpdaddy]

Hrm well there were an array of cars I "learned" in.... 98 accord, 99 s-10, 2001 STI are the only ones I can remember

When did you come stateside?


72 Ford F100 302 v8 3 speed on the column!!!

Hell yeah!!


Well mine may take the cake. I learned to drive clutched vehicles starting around 5 or 6 on our 1952 Ford 8N farm tractor. I couldn't reach the pedles so I would just stand up and put my weight down on the clutch pedal to push the clutch in. I started riding dirtbikes when I was 10. First car I drove was a 1985 911 that my grandad had in his shop. I was fine in it and any other manual car I have been in since. Tractor taught me a lot. As for the '52 well we sold it and upgraded when i was 10 or so...to a '53 lol

thats it for me.

[Franco Tirador]

80's something toyota truck in Honduras once, another toyota truck in new york once, thought i knew just from those two times when i was 11, when i was 17 was going to buy an automatic and got a huntch to buy a car with a sunroof and found one but it was manual, a 93 accord ex, when it was time for me to drive it, i freaked out cause if forgot how to drive a manual, lol, i thought i was going to have to sell the car, but i slowly started to remember, im alright now

[JDmFLAVA]

92 4dr eg, ls swap. short shifter, hard as hell :/ haha.

[VooDooXII]

This one.

http://pics.buddypic.com/files/l/53199.jpg

[Humphrizzle]

1973 vw rabbit

[dohc4.6sc]

i rode dirtbikes first but so i just jumped in a manual car and drove it. no learning really. hills kinda got me at first so i used the old e-brake trick. but the car was a 95 elantra lol.

[SmackedInATL]

Nissan pickup.

[SUBY_RUE]

1966 international pickup, and a ford pinto.... man I feel old....

[SleeperWRX]

i rode dirtbikes first but so i just jumped in a manual car and drove it. no learning really. hills kinda got me at first so i used the old e-brake trick. but the car was a 95 elantra lol.


I still use it sometimes LOL.

[TSiFTW]

A Ford Ranger

[MR2DR]

01 subaru 2.5rs ;)

[ATL_EG]

i rode dirtbikes first but so i just jumped in a manual car and drove it. no learning really. hills kinda got me at first so i used the old e-brake trick. but the car was a 95 elantra lol.

lol x2, but first manual car was a 1987 GTI, 8 valves of FURY!!!

[redfire6i]

Motivation's del sol, before he owned it.

[MeFryRice]

1995 Prelude when I was 9 yrs old. :)

[SleeperWRX]

1995 Prelude when I was 9 yrs old. :)


Learned in a BRAND new car, huh? :crazy:

[87 Turbo II]

1987 Mazda Rx-7 Turbo II

[The Creeper]

89' 240sx with a ca18det.

[ep9716]

92 F150 and 96 240sx

[K20Z1]

rsx type S

[Slomaro Z28]

'87 Honda Accord, that I got for free. A guy my cousin worked with needed room in the garage.

[blaknoize]

97 Ford Ranger "learned" but actually DROVE a 90 Mitsubishi Eclipse

[Mad Mike]

I learned to drive a 95 Ford Escort LX 5 speed. But my first car was a auto.
My family still owns the escort and it still runs kind of.

[MeFryRice]

Learned in a BRAND new car, huh? :crazy:

I sure did. It was my aunt's and my uncle just happen to be borrowing it and let me drive it in a school parking lot. I think I scared him pretty good though. :lmfao:

[MachNU]

2001 Nissan Sentra with a sr20 in it! :boobies:

[allmotorX]

98 civic blew the motor in less than month and half down shifting from 4th to 3rd doing 80 what a dumbass i was!!

[HypnoToad]

2000 ranger

[silversol]

early 80s datsun diesel pickup! and a 1987 ford tempo!

[Da_unknown]

toyota 4runner

[ahmonrah]

93 isuzu amigo...
http://www.edmunds.com/pictures/VEHICLE/1994/Isuzu/3749/1994.isuzu.amigo.5598-300x189.jpg

[silversol]

just like this but silver!
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j108/silversolb18/tempo2.jpg

[SeePlusPlus]

05 rx8

[PRO®]

2001 vw passat

[Mantooth]

Hrm well there were an array of cars I "learned" in.... 98 accord, 99 s-10, 2001 STI are the only ones I can rememberIn Japan? I'm jealous.

I learned on an older Izuzu truck.

[NewGen33]

Officially a 89 240sx coupe...my first car.

[Got Milk?]

1999 Acura Integra GS

[TougeGTR-33]

00 tiburon lol

[thecrazyone]

76 MG Midget, and the first time i drove it i had to drive like 30 miles

[True Pyroman]

1993 nissan 300zx, in a wal-mart parking lot. loved that car, too bad mommy smashed that thing up in like 5 places.

[Hektik]

1987 Dodge Shadow.:bump:

[98tegCHICK]

An 80 somethin prelude. Can't remember what year it was. It was my nana's. Cute lil red one. Nana taught me how to drive :)

[91ma70]

88 prelude si

[Nemesis]

85 300zx 2+2

[flatop09]

I learned in a SI

[yomomspimp06]

93 dodge colt (mitsubishi mirage)

[a94civicex]

94' ford escort gt

[BlkCD5]

mazda 626

[kain]

i learned it initially on my brothers 95 teg. went ok. then a year later of never driving one, i went to greece and got my 85 vw gti. i drove it from Germany to Greece and learned initially the ins and outs of it even more. those little country roads in greece are the best way to learn how do drive a car. got my first rx7 at auction, and drove it home. then the next day i took it to school. been gradually learning new things ever since.

[HarietTubgrl]

first drove in my brother's 89 mustang.... i got three stalls then it was over LMAO! then an ex taught me in some mazda truck, then my car was in a shop for forever so a diff ex let me borrow his s10 for months while he was working out of town. the s10 was the easiest to drive by far for learning

[n00bsrus]

87 pontiac fiero notchback. it was blue and it was badass.. till it wouldn't pass emissions.... i miss that little fucker...

[Jason..]

89 integra

[twinj]

89 Chevy S10

[jcs]

1964 plymouth valiant 3 on the tree.....what a fun day...lol

[UpSideDownDesi]

2000 GSR, bought it, friend drove it home for me, left it in garage...lets just was getting it out on slopped driveway was fun lol.

[Jblizzard]

I started when I got my learners license and i was driving my dads 2001 civic.
My brother gave me his Kia Rio when I turned 16 and I started driving that bymyself.
6 months later he needed it back so I gave it to him and I ended up with a 93 eclipse 1.8 BASE model with a whole woppin 88 horsepower.

Was quite dangerous driving by myself with 88 HP. Couldn't get out of traffics way :(

[VooDooXII]

Actually, the very first car I had any experience with driving manual transmission was one of these...a Maruti Esteem which is basically a Suzuki Cultus, or a Geo Metro as we know it here.

http://images02.olx.in/ui/1/84/38/9477638_1.jpg

[esco97civicR]

1992 civic hatch! helz yea... in phx az i went to a car flea market to sell my 96 automatic accord and right after i sold the accord i bought the hatch right there in the same spot... my friend drove it to his house and after that it was al on me to get home! al i remember is thAt i didnt want to come to a stop cus i stalled evry time lol good times (ps... friend told me "that clutch will be gone in 2 weeks" i proved his ass wrong cus by the next day i was whippin that sht like a pro!

[Mista Foe-Doe]

90 piggy 240

[marcos713]

i learned in my buddys 93 ej and in my 99 eclipse

[DeeAOne]

first manual i ever drove was an 03 cavalier. however, my first manual car was an 88 celica.

[batlbrandon]

92 Ford Ranger

[Echonova]

'77 VW Rabbit

[zspeed24]

1983 Toyota Tercel Hatch still wish i had that car

[bdydrpdmazda]

1993 S-10

[ilovemyhonda.]

1990 Integra

[DustnU]

It was a 1994 escort foe doe that my grandma traded me for my 91 foe doe civic auto. She traded that in and got like $500. I had to learn on a busy ass road in newnan and then go on I-85 all the way to Unioncity, lets just say there were a few close calls.

[SubiStokes]

2002 2.5 RS my first car i learned on it before i even bought it my mom drove it to my church right next to the lot and i drove around there for like an hour learning then we took it back and looked at another one and went back and bought it

[SleeperWRX]

'77 VW Rabbit


Fuck I want one..

[EL42]

1990 Integra
:ninja: that's hot

[roscoe]

first drive was my dad's '98 ram. first own was a 2000 celica gts

[2003Accord]

first was a 89 beretta that i swapped and drove it for a minute. then i got my accord. :)

[Glides]

First Gen Prelude, from the passenger seat. Girlfriend in High School.

[G.C]

Some firebird. Man shit was a bitch. lol

[importracer]

87 toyota pickup 4x4

lol still have it

[Futuristic6]

my current car, 08 civic si coupe.

[AnthonyF]

Not a joke, my dad's 1995 Dodge Viper RT/10. I was so scared at 15, with a loud ass exhaust, oh yeah...it was winter in a parking lot and I was scared out of my mind. I picked up on it rather quickly.

~shouldn't this be in car talk¿~

-Ant.

[nreggie454]

When I was 13 or 14 I learned to drive my dad's 2000 Honda Civic Si.

[1MP0RTL0V3R]

learned to drive in a 90 240sx that my uncle still has

[Ran]

1989 Nissan 240SX Fastback

[Paul]

1990 honda accord

[VooDooXII]

Not a joke, my dad's 1995 Dodge Viper RT/10. I was so scared at 15, with a loud ass exhaust, oh yeah...it was winter in a parking lot and I was scared out of my mind. I picked up on it rather quickly.

~shouldn't this be in car talk¿~

-Ant.

So how did that clutch feel?