A real man should know how to drive a stick shift. One of those skills that you may never need, but when called upon, you don’t want to look like a pajama boy wanker.
Absolutely. And I taught my girls how to drive one too
I learned stick shift on my 1998 Jeep Wrangler. It rusted out by early 2014, and I haven’t driven stick shift since then, but I know how to.
My first vehicle was a 75 GMC pickup with three on the tree.
I was 19 years old and paid $1500.
Pryer to that I had a Yamaha 125 emdoro at 14.
I sold that and bought a Kawasaki KDX 175.
I was a six speed made to cross the Baha at 75 mph in top gear.
I sold that and bought a Kawasaki KZ 650 custom
Eventually replaced the the rings and board it out.
With a Kerker Four into one it topped out at 125 mph
It was the smaller version of the four cylinder bike Mad Max
Driving a manual on the column one more time is on my bucket list. I have found memories of my old Chevy van with the 3 on the tree.
A REAL WOMAN should also know how to drive a stick shift!!
That's for sure. Accept no substitutes!
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As a gal my first lsson driving stick shift I barreled down a hill on a back dirt road straight into a flock of ducks.....none were hurt but the ‘teacher’ was shouting what to do when i had no idea where anything was! You have to know where the gears are and the clutch and the break before someone’s yelling instructions down a hill!
“A real man should know how to drive a stick shift. One of those skills that you may never need, but when called upon, you don’t want to look like a pajama boy wanker.”
Not just drive a stick shift. Drive a stick shift truck while towing backing and launching a boat off a ramp then pulling that boat back up that ramp out of the water without sliding backwards into the lake or stalling trying to climb the ramp. That’s man work with a clutch.
I learned to drive stick in a F100 with three on the tree while pulling the boat out of the water because grandpa had too many on the water and my great uncle did too. Grandma would see use pull up me.behind the wheel and know we had been “fishing” all day. Good times good times.
My dad agrees with your second sentence. He said that I may be somewhere where the only vehicle is a stick shift and I might have to drive someone to a hospital. He said, “you just never know what the future may hold.” So, he made sure this girl learned how. And now, I drive stick shifts most of the time.
I’ve never owned an automatic, and probably never will.