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11-13-2013, 07:12 AM | #551 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 131379
Join Date: Nov 2006
Chapter/Region:
MAIC
Location: richmond, va
Vehicle:2003 354 ftlb@3k rpm justablue hatch |
Willy's jeep. 3 spd with a transfer case - manual everything but had a heater and wipers. Authentic WWII surplus, the headlights were behind the grill.
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11-13-2013, 07:38 AM | #552 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 210788
Join Date: May 2009
Chapter/Region:
MAIC
Location: East Coast
Vehicle:2003 PSM Dom 1.5XT-R Built WRX Wagon |
I was 12 and learned how to drive a stick on my dad's old Ford tractor. He had me out in the fields working with it a few weeks later. By the time I got behind the wheel of a car, it was second nature.
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11-13-2013, 09:49 AM | #553 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 365303
Join Date: Aug 2013
Vehicle:2011 STi Hatch. Silver |
Learned on a 2011 sti at the age of 15. Didn't even know what a clutch was before then haha!
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11-13-2013, 09:59 AM | #554 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 322407
Join Date: Jun 2012
Chapter/Region:
South East
Location: Greenville SC
Vehicle:2012 WRX Limited Plasma Blue Pearl |
Learned on a 96 Ford Ranger. Extremely easy to drive buy very boring
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11-13-2013, 10:46 AM | #555 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 338354
Join Date: Nov 2012
Chapter/Region:
MAIC
Location: Virginia
Vehicle:2002 WRX Wagon Silver |
Learned on a 1988 Suzuki Samurai. By far the slowest car I have ever drove.
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11-13-2013, 10:57 AM | #556 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 153412
Join Date: Jul 2007
Chapter/Region:
MWSOC
Location: Springfield,il
Vehicle:1998 Impreza wrxRS Black |
'91 mazda 323 at 15
In dirt.then I was in an accident, now I can't drive a manual transmission |
11-13-2013, 11:01 AM | #557 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 56414
Join Date: Mar 2004
Chapter/Region:
MWSOC
Location: Olathe, KS
Vehicle:2018 FXT-T CWP/SBL |
1986 VW Jetta GL. Only owned 1 automatic since then.
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11-13-2013, 12:26 PM | #558 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 202275
Join Date: Feb 2009
Chapter/Region:
PRSIC
Location: Coral Springs, FL
Vehicle:2003 Impreza WRX Sedona Red |
It was a mix between my mothers Honda Accord and my father's Isusu Tropper.
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11-13-2013, 12:40 PM | #559 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 318423
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland
Vehicle:2011 WRX SSM |
Base rsx
5 speed. Dealership drove it to the house. Taught myself by reading about it on the Internet. It didn't do much cause I probably stalled the car out over 200 times in that week. I stalled out the car over 20 times just getting it up the drive way. Funny thing is that I never had a single problem when I sold it at 90k for the wrx. Haha I even misshifted from 3rd to 2nd. Car was a beast. |
11-13-2013, 02:12 PM | #560 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 231403
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SoCal - Montebello
Vehicle:05 STi Aspen White |
Sort of practiced once or twice with my dad in a parking lot.
But MY actual own car, driven myself for the first time on public streets, I learned on a lightly tuned S13 hatch with a SR20 and ACT 6-Puck Sprung Clutch kit, its all or nothing bitches lol |
11-13-2013, 02:14 PM | #561 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 348191
Join Date: Feb 2013
Chapter/Region:
SWIC
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Vehicle:2017 WRX Sedan WRB |
01 ford ranger, it had a skull shift knob, blang blang!! lol
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11-13-2013, 04:09 PM | #562 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 321571
Join Date: May 2012
Chapter/Region:
TXIC
Location: Cypress, TX
Vehicle:2012 WRX Base Ice Silver |
It was '92, I was 15 and very familiar with standards. On the way home from Field Store Rodeo my step dad pulled over and told me to drive the rest of the way home. I had been asking to learn how to drive a standard for over a year, been driving since I was 12. It was an '88 F-150 short bed. I later beat the living you know what out of that thing and it kept coming back for more, had the 5.0 in it. Sucker crow hopped like popcorn in a hot pan. Fun times, fun times!!
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11-13-2013, 04:17 PM | #563 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 368220
Join Date: Sep 2013
Chapter/Region:
SWIC
Location: Mesa, AZ
Vehicle:2010 WRX Black |
I learned on a 1988 Acura Integra. This was in 1995 when I was 15. My dad tried to teach me one day and I just wasn't getting it. The next day I was sitting around at home and it was like a light came on in my head and I kind of figured it out. Went out and hopped in the car and I could (kind of) drive it.
Since then my manual transmission cars have been... 1994 Mustang GT 2002 S2000 2006 Wrangler 2009 WRX 2000 Wrangler 2002 S2000 2002 Corvette z06 2010 WRX I definitely prefer manual for most driving, but I will admit it's nice to drive an auto sometimes and just cruise. |
11-13-2013, 11:41 PM | #564 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 264900
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Canton MI
Vehicle:2014 WRX STI World Rally Blue |
Back around Thanksgiving 2004, my Uncle bought a new 2005 Audi TT AWD Turbo 6-speed. He took me for a ride in it, and halfway through he asked if I wanted to drive. I said sure, and proceeded to stall the car 4 times trying to get it moving from a stop.
Once I got it, we got halfway through the trip, and he asked, "Isn't your car a manual?" To which I replied, "Nope, in fact, this is my first time driving a stick." Second car was a 2001 Impreza 2.5RS. Would have bought that if they didn't want $10,000 for a $5000 car. Third was a 2014 WRX |
11-14-2013, 01:36 AM | #565 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 309376
Join Date: Feb 2012
Chapter/Region:
SCIC
Vehicle:2013 WRX HB Ice Silver Metallic |
1990 Ford Ranger 4 cylinder, it didn't have any power but it was good place to start
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11-14-2013, 01:55 AM | #566 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 305259
Join Date: Dec 2011
Chapter/Region:
NESIC
Location: Boston
Vehicle:2010 e93 M3 |
2007 E60 M5.. God i miss that car
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11-14-2013, 02:49 AM | #567 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 254204
Join Date: Aug 2010
Chapter/Region:
MAIC
Location: Somerset, Pennsylvania
Vehicle:2005 STi World Rally Blue |
I was 17 when I first learned standard and it was actually in my current 2005 STi. I've been driving stick for almost 4 years now. I daily drive a standard 2009 Impreza hatchback now and then the STi is my weekend toy.
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11-14-2013, 02:51 AM | #568 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 282164
Join Date: May 2011
Chapter/Region:
SCIC
Location: So Cal/OC
Vehicle:2004 Impreza WRX STi World Rally Blue |
I learned a few times in POS pickup trucks, but the first time i had ever driven a stick shift outside of a parking lot was taking my subie on a test drive before buying it
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11-14-2013, 03:18 AM | #569 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 292566
Join Date: Aug 2011
Chapter/Region:
VIC
Vehicle:2011 WRX ltd GV WRB |
learnt it in a 2003 Mercedes c230 kompressor. ohh and I was taught by youtube.
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11-14-2013, 08:54 AM | #570 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 322266
Join Date: Jun 2012
Vehicle:2012 WRX sedan PBP |
My first car i learned manual is a 2008 VW Rabbit 3 door lol. My brothers
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11-14-2013, 09:42 PM | #571 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 361420
Join Date: Jul 2013
Chapter/Region:
International
Location: Sydney, Australia
Vehicle:2006 WRX Wagon Crystal Grey |
Serious question - why do North Americans call them "stick"? I understand it's a stick and all, but it just doesn't make that much sense. Especially when you call Automatics the right thing. Well, what's the opposite of Automatic? Manual.
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11-14-2013, 09:52 PM | #572 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 316928
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: TX
Vehicle:2012 STI limited |
Why do europeans call the trunk the boot?
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11-15-2013, 09:10 AM | #573 |
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Member#: 274636
Join Date: Feb 2011
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First one I ever drove was my cousin's friend's VW GTI 337 edition. It had a 6 speed and to this day is the nicest transmission I have ever shifted.
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11-15-2013, 11:15 AM | #574 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 348191
Join Date: Feb 2013
Chapter/Region:
SWIC
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Vehicle:2017 WRX Sedan WRB |
Foster's - Australian for Beer. Why do you call beer, Foster's??
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11-16-2013, 08:56 PM | #575 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 353331
Join Date: Apr 2013
Chapter/Region:
TXIC
Location: Rockwall, TX
Vehicle:2016 STi Limited DGM |
1981 VW Rabbit Diesel, with the 4 speed. Paid $250 for it and glad I didn't pay anymore. But it was something to learn on and not cringe each time I missed a gear...
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