Thank you, I enjoyed the podcast. I too have been baffled by the vagaries of memory, but fortunately I remember so little of my youth anymore I can’t exactly get it wrong. It’s simply gone. Read more

I never did learn to drive a manual, mainly because I never needed to. Read more

Won’t be able to listen until this evening.
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I learned stick on my fathers 1987 Mustang GT. he was going to trade it in so he didn’t really care what I did to it.
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In school, I was struggling with some calculus homework and my dad was trying to help me with his 95% forgotten memory of calculus from 30 years earlier. Read more

My current car is not a manual, but the car I had for 12 years before it was. It was also my first manual car. Aside from a few rough test drives trying to learn how to drive, I pretty much had to learn how to drive stick on the way home after taking delivery. Read more

Alternatively, you can use your left foot when braking. Read more

I leaned to drive manual the hard way. I got a new RSX-S in 2002 and they just gave me the keys and I just figured it out. The first 2 weeks were pretty rough but after that I never wanted to go back. Read more

Now how about the opposite.... good to know about manuals but I’ve learned in and driven a manual all my life. My question would be.... how do you drive an automatic? Put it on D and just press the gas pedal? Any other uh, details I should know of that are assumed if you just drive automatics? Yes, I have never driven… Read more

I am 32 years old (soon to be 33). When my wedding planning is done, I plan on finding a beater to practice and learn stick. 32 years old. I don’t know if I can do this... Read more

We already told my stepdaughter that when she begins driving, it will be an older car (she will be 15 in 2023) and it will be a stick. Also, I think about a stick in my next car each time I get a new car, but my options are limited and since most of my driving is in stop and go traffic in Houston, I think my manual… Read more

Of course I did, your long forms are the best thing on here.

The beauty of podcasts is you do not have to beholden to any corporate overlords. BUT I imagine that you might get some serious downloads with the visibility here and that kind of bandwidth can put a dent in your wallet.
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Just sayin’.

My kid learned on her uncles 1949 CJ at an off-road park. Why learn anything the easy way.

My first car was a manual, and every car since has also been manual. I guess I had what you would call a “proper” first car to learn on; a 1991 Toyota Tercel. That poor thing took all the abuse a teenage Fez could dish out while learning the fine art of manual transmission operation. I’ll never forget, though, the… Read more

I learned how to drive a stick in a 1964 Pontiac LeMans that had a a 389 from a 64 GTO in it with a three speed transmission paired up to a clutch for a four speed so it was incredibly finicky. After that I drove my friends manual 2002 Civic and it felt like cheating. Read more

More with neighbor Steven Weber, he is a damn delight! Read more

Everyone should be made to learn to drive stick to get their permit. Doesn’t matter if you never use it again in your life, and I’ll admit that unless you live somewhere with a lot of hills where having a manual helps with safety and control most people will never do the type of driving that requires it, at least you… Read more

That is part of the reason why riding a motorcycle is so special. Yeah, it’s fast, windy, and dangerous, but you are an integral part of the machine. You use your entire body to control the vehicle and it is so rewarding. Read more