Lipdrag Posted March 18 Posted March 18 Yes. Natch. Finding stick shift cars is becoming difficult. I drove manual transmission Nissan Maximas for years until they discontinued them. People who tolerate me on a daily basis . . . they are the real heroes.
JimmySpeaks Posted March 18 Posted March 18 Heck ya. Any real man can 1 LIVING the dream in the GREATEST COUNTRY on the planet!!!!
Lipdrag Posted March 18 Posted March 18 7 minutes ago, Bigbrog said: Absolutely...that is how I learned to drive. My son learned manual transmissions on a dirt bike then a tractor before he was old enough to drive car. 3 People who tolerate me on a daily basis . . . they are the real heroes.
Bigbrog Posted March 18 Posted March 18 1 minute ago, Lipdrag said: My son learned manual transmissions on a dirt bike then a tractor before he was old enough to drive car. Awesome! 1
nick Posted March 18 Posted March 18 No - I've never had the need, always have owned automatics and I'm not a car guy 1
mspart Posted March 18 Posted March 18 I drove 3 on the tree as a kid. It was an old dodge van with a 289 slant six in between the two seats. I delivered newspapers to the paper boys. That was a great van and lots of fun. My friends and I actually changed the clutch on it and it worked afterwards. I was under the tranny when it got disconnected and it was a lot heavier than I thought. That was a big job but we got it done. My dad felt that everyone should learn stick, understand how a car actually moves. I taught my first two kids to drive stick and they are thankful. The other three were hit and miss. My wife prevailed on a couple of those. In my mind, driving stick opens options. Not knowing how reduces options. I love driving stick. mspart
Rassling Posted March 18 Posted March 18 30 minutes ago, mspart said: I drove 3 on the tree as a kid. It was an old dodge van with a 289 slant six in between the two seats. I delivered newspapers to the paper boys. That was a great van and lots of fun. My friends and I actually changed the clutch on it and it worked afterwards. I was under the tranny when it got disconnected and it was a lot heavier than I thought. That was a big job but we got it done. My dad felt that everyone should learn stick, understand how a car actually moves. I taught my first two kids to drive stick and they are thankful. The other three were hit and miss. My wife prevailed on a couple of those. In my mind, driving stick opens options. Not knowing how reduces options. I love driving stick. mspart awesome history! “3 on the tree” !
El Luchador Posted March 18 Author Posted March 18 13 hours ago, Lipdrag said: Yes. Natch. Finding stick shift cars is becoming difficult. I drove manual transmission Nissan Maximas for years until they discontinued them. I had a manual Maxima too. Loved that car. My wife made me give it to our oldest boy. He totalled it. 1
mspart Posted March 18 Posted March 18 My dad used to complain about automatic trannies because in an emergency you went to 2nd gear on a three on a tree. That equated to Park on an automatic. He did that one time I think. That muscle memory is a tough thing to break. My dad taught all of us on a VW Bug. My oldest sister had some trouble with that and almost killed us all. My dad had to take over the wheel to keep us from going off a 15 foot wall. She got better after that. That is a memory burned in my brain. mspart
Offthemat Posted March 18 Posted March 18 My seventh automobile was an automatic - a ‘70 Roadrunner with a 727 Torqueflite. I thought it was appropriate that it had the same designation as an airplane because it did a lot of “flying low.” The Bug, Impala SS, and the Camaro were four speeds, and later I learned to drive a 13 speed without using the clutch.
wrestlingguy Posted March 18 Posted March 18 1 hour ago, mspart said: I drove 3 on the tree as a kid. It was an old dodge van with a 289 slant six in between the two seats. I delivered newspapers to the paper boys. That was a great van and lots of fun. My friends and I actually changed the clutch on it and it worked afterwards. I was under the tranny when it got disconnected and it was a lot heavier than I thought. That was a big job but we got it done. My dad felt that everyone should learn stick, understand how a car actually moves. I taught my first two kids to drive stick and they are thankful. The other three were hit and miss. My wife prevailed on a couple of those. In my mind, driving stick opens options. Not knowing how reduces options. I love driving stick. mspart You used to not be able to drive for UPS without knowing how to drive a stick.
Caveira Posted March 18 Posted March 18 My wife used to drive a big ol Iowa brown farm truck —> ford f150
mspart Posted March 18 Posted March 18 I worked on shifting gears without using the clutch by matching engine speed to tranny speed. It can be done but is a bit tricky. i never got it down to be flawless, but I could do it. mspart
Offthemat Posted March 18 Posted March 18 The thing with big trucks is the transmissions don’t have synchronizers, so it doesn’t matter whether you use the clutch or not, if the engine speed doesn’t match how fast the transmission is turning (from the driveshaft) it won’t go into gear.
El Luchador Posted March 18 Author Posted March 18 4 hours ago, Offthemat said: My seventh automobile was an automatic - a ‘70 Roadrunner with a 727 Torqueflite. I thought it was appropriate that it had the same designation as an airplane because it did a lot of “flying low.” The Bug, Impala SS, and the Camaro were four speeds, and later I learned to drive a 13 speed without using the clutch. I learned on an 18 speed. I've driven a deep reduction 8, a performance 9, a 10, a 13, and an 18. I've never driven a twin stick or a triple.
Offthemat Posted March 19 Posted March 19 3 hours ago, El Luchador said: I'd like give one of these a try I have no idea how that works. I met a guy who drove one with his wife as co-driver. He said if she, a very petite girl, ever lost a gear going uphill, she just pulled to the side of the road and told him it was his turn to drive.
ionel Posted March 19 Posted March 19 On 3/17/2026 at 7:17 PM, El Luchador said: Yes or no? How about without using the clutch or better yet 18 speed semi? .
Gene Mills Fan Posted March 23 Posted March 23 (edited) yes! dirt bike riding was clutch! unless you were a speed shifter. Edited March 23 by Gene Mills Fan
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