Are you able to drive a manual transmission? It seems that there are fewer of us out there with the experience to use the third pedal. I learned to drive when I was 10 years old on a 1979 Jeep CJ7. What did YOU learn to drive a manual in?

 

Drivers Ed had 1974 Chevy Novas with automatics.

Glad a buddy taught me

First car was a 67 VW beetle, learning was not that bad. If you dumped the clutch it stalled.

Car I had just before the MC was a Firebird with a 5 speed.

 

I learn to drive a manual in a 1969 corvette when I was 17 , Dad say's too much gas as I peeled out.. He gave me the corvette years later I still have it..

 

Never owned a manual vehicle, but working at a body shop and driving tow trucks I had to learn real quick. Sometimes I will jump in a manual car after not driving one for a while and its not as fluid as I would like but a minute or two of driving and Im back in the groove. The tow trucks are a different story. They are much easier to drive than a car because of the torque.

 

nope, never learned how to drive a manual!

 

The thread about zjerry's 17 year old son is what inspired me to start this thread. I got to drive a friend's HUMMER H3 the other day and I realized that I hadn't driven a manual in a LONG time.

 

i learned on a brand new Dodge Dakota when i was 16 or 17. I really want to own a manual sometime they are fun

 

Learned in an old ford work truck. Guess who can double clutch?

 

Thanks, but he is not insured on the corvette at this time..

 

^^^LOL. I know that my dad would have been NUTS to have let me learn on a classic Corvette. I was just wondering if the skill is fading away as more vehicles are sold as automatics.