Can you drive a "Stick"?

[Jumper_Dad]

I saw this story and it got me to wondering how many people these days can drive a Manual Transmission "Stick" Car or Truck?

 

California carjacker thwarted by confusion over stick shift

[UKMustangFan]

Nope. Never tried, see no point to it.

[Jumper_Dad]

The premise for asking my wife out the first time was to teach her to drive a 5 speed. She had made a comment that she didn't know how, so on our "first date" I taught her how.

 

I must be the "Clutch Whisperer" I had her driving a 5 speed in less than a 1/2 hour.

[Clyde]

I saw this story and it got me to wondering how many people these days can drive a Manual Transmission "Stick" Car or Truck? California carjacker thwarted by confusion over stick shift

 

Yes.

[Jumper_Dad]

Nope. Never tried, see no point to it.

 

I understand that, but IMO if you really like to drive there is nothing like driving a stick on a curvy country road.

[Chatty Cat]

Absolutely. Drove one from my freshman year of college until 2013 (let's just say that's a LONG time!) LOL I miss it at times.

[UKMustangFan]

I understand that, but IMO if you really like to drive there is nothing like driving a stick on a curvy country road.

 

May be true. I hate driving, and avoid it as much as possible. :idunno:

[plantmanky]

Learned to drive a stick on an 69 ford Dump truck on Construction sites, split axle shifter. Easy peasy after that.

[bugatti]

My first vehicle was a stick. It was cool being one of the few high school kids that could drive one, but I came to hate it after no time. It got so old. Nothing worse than traveling somewhere and being in a city with a lot of traffic. I think people just enjoy it because of the nostalgia associated with it. I liken it to people saying television was better 40 years ago. No, it isn't.

 

I also knew how to operate a "three on a tree" and I drove some bigger vehicles that required "splitting the axle".

[mcpapa]

Drove a standard twice in my life. Had to take my best friend to the hospital for two checkups into downtown Baltimore. Ford Maverick, 3 speeds on the column. That was close to 40 years ago. No real problem, but I've never HAD to since then and don't care if I ever have to again.

[Jumper_Dad]

City driving and "Stick" don't go together very well, I hate it.

[bugatti]

City driving and "Stick" don't go together very well, I hate it.

 

I considered jumping out of the vehicle at one point because I was so miserable. Worst was one time I was in downtown Nashville on a steeper hill and had to parallel park. Cars behind you honking. Ugh.

[nWo]

I've have no problem driving a stick. I've driven at 8 speed International Harvester Cab over and a speed Freightliner.

[Content1]

Back in the mid 80s a family I used to carpool to school with was kind enough to sacrifice the clutch of their Toyota Celica :lol2:.... actually it went very well. Until I fell into a great deal on an automatic Toyota Tercel at age 23, my first two vehicles were standard shifts.

[malachicrunch]

Pretty much can drive anything. Weirdest one I was in was a box truck with an autostick.