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Old 09-05-2003, 12:44 AM
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I was just reading about a kid who's daddy bought him a car,

and the kid can't drive it 'cause he don't know how (manual).



I hear that a lot; "I can't drive that, it's a stick!"



I blame the parents for this! (My parents didn't know I learned

to drive until I was 16.)



My Grandfather used to throw me the keys at 13yrs and say

"You Drive." (He didn't speak much english)



So, for me it was a 1957 Ford F100. 3 on the tree, and an

extremely sloppy manual steering box. You didn't really drive it,

it was more like a sail-boat tacking against the wind. Top speed

@50MPH. Anything faster and you'd need medical help to extract

your shorts from your ****. But I digress....



AGE:13yrs
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Old 09-05-2003, 12:53 AM
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Actually behind the wheel and on the road was when I was 14 and it was in an 87 Mazda B2000 5 Speed.
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Old 09-05-2003, 12:56 AM
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Hummm I was in elementary school... I dont even remember what age that is haha. I drove a 80 something toyota manual truck in our backyard without my parents knowing all the time. We had a big backyard where I lived when I was a kid. At the same age I was riding my 4-wheeler on 2 wheels for fun, and it wasnt the rears hehe. I was always kind of a freak haha since my brother always had a hard time with a 5-speed since he was in JR.High when he started driving in that backyard hehe.



I love anything with 4 wheels and 2 wheels. NO WAY does this count out my "BIG WHEEL" haha



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i learned to drive a day before my driving test.... it was a hyundai spectra or some **** like that...... after gettin my licnese i had nothing to drive til i got the money to buy an rx7 about 2 years later, learned stick on it.... and the clutch gave up soon after .
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Old 09-05-2003, 02:14 AM
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I was 14 and was driving a Ford Explorer, Dodge Ram, Ford Thunderbird, and a Dodge Caravan....pretty much any car we owned at the time...I learned how to drive a manual with my 1996 Chevy Cavalier that I got for my 16th B-day.



Then I got my GSX and now I have the FD.
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Old 09-05-2003, 02:22 AM
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I think I was 14 or 15 and my first unsupervised driving experience was a '68 Impala, and did suprisingly well. The first stick I drove was a friend's '74 REPU (and didn't stall the engine because I'm so dope-ish).
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Old 09-05-2003, 02:49 AM
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I practiced a bit on many of my dads cars.. Since I was like 10.. The first time I actually drove a manual car/truck was in the Repu I own now.. I also happened to accidentally do my first burnout in that truck the same day..
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I was 15 going on 16 and it was in a 83 Rx-7 GSL model that was **** brown. But it was a 5 speed and ran pretty good.



I can't say a 7 is all I ever drove but's it's all I've ever owned!
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Maybe 5-6 years old driving the lawn mower.



10-12 somewhere driving 66 ford 3 ton farm truck was the first manual transmission. Had to wait till I could reach the pedals
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12 yrs old in the arcade game Stunt Driver the one where the call stalls if you don't shift right and need to push the clutch in to start the car. God I miss that game
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