Alaska-Yukon-BC vacation

[Grey Fox]

Learning thru experience. I like it.

I can drive a stick, in theory, i've learned how to do it. I have no interest in doing so tho.

[viper37]

I can drive a stick, in theory, i've learned how to do it. I have no interest in doing so tho.

I'm stuck with an automatic.  It takes the fun out of driving.

I liked the Evolution shifting gear on the wheel, but I totally dislike my car's "manual" transmission mode.  I just leave it on auto and forget about it.

[Barrister]

My first car was a manual.  I bought it not knowing how to drive it.

If that's not motivation to learn, then nothing is.  I could get going right away with only a couple of stalls, and mastered it within a few days.

[Jacob]

 

[sbr]

My first car was a manual.  I bought it not knowing how to drive it.

If that's not motivation to learn, then nothing is.  I could get going right away with only a couple of stalls, and mastered it within a few days.

I have a similar story.  I learned to drive on an automatic, and did so for ~5 years.  I knew the theory behind driving a stick but had never done it.  I was between vehicles and I got a great deal on a truck so I bought it even though it was a stick.  I taught myself the finer points on that truck. 

That was 20 years ago and I still have the truck.  After a few years I had to kids in carseats so I traded the truck to my brother for his Volvo 4 door sedan.  A few years later he sold the truck to my dad because he was getting a new car and the dealer was not going to give anything on the trade in. Now just a couple of years ago my dad bought a new truck and gave the Toyota back to me.  It just ists on the side of the house and goes to the dump once or twice a year.

[dps]

I can drive a stick, in theory, i've learned how to do it. I have no interest in doing so tho.

I'm stuck with an automatic.  It takes the fun out of driving.

I liked the Evolution shifting gear on the wheel, but I totally dislike my car's "manual" transmission mode.  I just leave it on auto and forget about it.

From what I've read, cars that have some form of selectable transmission basically shouldn't have bothered--the manual mode is usually not very good. 

[viper37]

My first car was a manual.  I bought it not knowing how to drive it.

If that's not motivation to learn, then nothing is.  I could get going right away with only a couple of stalls, and mastered it within a few days.

The first time I drove a manual, I couldn't reach the clutch