https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:52:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-131266 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:47:10 +0000 mediagirl 131266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Leialou: ha, my high school boyfriend taught me, as well. :-) I drive a manual car. I like being totally in control of the car and it's power. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-131227 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:07:16 +0000 looch 131227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, but I was going to take lessons at one point, does that count?</p> <p>I made my husband switch from manual to automatic when I moved here, lol. I never drive! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-131189 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:33:57 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 131189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, I can. But my car I drive now is an automatic.<br /> No one taught me.... I had to teach myself. It's actually a funny story.</p> <p>When I was 18 I went with my mom to pick up a rental car (for a friend who was visiting). Of course, I was not old enough to drive the rental car, so my mom brought me along so I could drive her car back home and she could drive the rental. Neither of us thought about the fact that the car was a stick and I had never learned how to drive it. I started to freak out and cry and said I had no idea how to drive it home and she was like "Look, sweetie. We can't leave the car here. You just need to drive it home and figure it out." Well, I did! I killed it once on the 10-15 mile drive home, but that's it! From then on I have been able to drive a stick! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-131135 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:46:46 +0000 Rosie Girl 131135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dad taught me. I only drove manuals until my second year of college. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-131133 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:45:50 +0000 BSB 131133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I don't think I want to. I like having both hands available and the roll back on steep hills would creep me out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129844 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:00:14 +0000 aMohror 129844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! My grandma insisted my first vehicle was a manual! I bought a dodge dakota when I was a freshman in high school before I knew how to drive it and it was torture! I didn't even get to test drive my own truck! Lol I still drive a stick and I too feel proud to be able to drive one. :)<br /> oh! And my grandma taught me in a few days then said I was on my own and had to drive to school by myself..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129757 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:19:09 +0000 joyjoy 129757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sort of. DH taught me when we were dating on his Integra. On his current car (M3), the clutch is too deep for me, and I can't switch gears without shifting my body. So I say sort of because apparently it depends on the car and if I can actually depress the clutch. :-P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129708 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:42:55 +0000 Lozza 129708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: I am very glad that there was no city driving among 5 million people for me :) (technically it would have been impossible for me that summer seeing as the entire COUNTRY of Namibia only had 2.5 million people at the time!)<br /> Which city were you in?<br /> I like to learn new modes of transport in sparsely populated countries- I learned to ride a motorcycle in Laos, where again you only have 5.5 million people in a country that's 80% rural. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129696 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:27:33 +0000 chrispygal 129696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sure enough, and it's something I feel very proud about. Not sure why, but it is. It was not fun having my dad teach me, but I'm so glad I know how to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129691 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:24:09 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 129691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lozza: Whoa, another Africa stick shift driver! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129685 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:19:43 +0000 Mrs Sorbet 129685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, I can't. My dad tried to teach my once but that was SO STRESSFUL lol, I may have cried and quit.</p> <p>DH learned to drive one on our honeymoon in Europe...now THAT was scary! Being in a different country, unable to read the road signs, trying his hardest to keep the car from stalling in the middle of the highway (to no avail...).....I do not recommend this learning method!! But he did get the hang of it within a day or 2 and we enjoyed the rest of our honeymoon just fine. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129666 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:08:53 +0000 volksgirl64 129666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first car was also a manual and my dad made me learn before I could officially have the car. Our first lesson was trying to pull up the driveway because he said starting from 0 on a hill was the hardest thing I'd ever have to do. It was awful, but I finally got it.<br /> I've owned 1 manual car and loved it but didn't want a stick in LA traffic!<br /> DH has a stick now and I'm glad that I know so that we can switch cars occasionally. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129656 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:03:47 +0000 Lozza 129656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I learned from my boss during a summer internship in college... in Namibia. We were in the middle of a national park with no one in sight except for the giraffes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129654 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:01:49 +0000 cyndistar3 129654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Im not very good at it but I can do it. My husband taught me when we first started dating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129649 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:00:29 +0000 Boogs 129649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never learned. An ex tried to teach me once, but it was after we were broken up and once I decided to finally cut off all my contact with him there went my lessons, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129646 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:58:56 +0000 PBandBaseball 129646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! I wish I had learned but I didn't know anyone with a manual when I was in high school. I've thought about going to driving school to learn but I can't imagine having to deal with shifting in Atlanta traffic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129618 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:40:34 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 129618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had to learn when I lived in Africa. Can you imagine having to learn to drive a stick in a city with no rules and a population of 5 million people!?</p> <p>It had to be done though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129612 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:39:17 +0000 littlebug 129612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup! I learned how to drive on a manual, and I always loved it. I hated having to give it up, but driving stick around Philadelphia is completely intolerable! I miss it, though. My dad mostly taught me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129609 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:38:37 +0000 LuLu Mom 129609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, DH does because he grew up a farm kid, I have no desire to learn! ha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129608 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:38:20 +0000 pelikila 129608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. My mom insisted that I learn how so my first car was a stick. My stepdad taught me. Now I just have to learn how to drive my dad's '65 GMC. It is 3-on-the-tree and that is totally different. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129596 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:32:40 +0000 lavender 129596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, and Dh doesn't want to teach me...something about me being a scary driver as is.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129589 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:29:43 +0000 MsLipGloss 129589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep - I drive one now. :) I learned from combination of my dad, my uncle, and my brother. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129581 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:26:22 +0000 Alivoo01 129581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dad taught me when I was 16, but I haven't driven stick in ages. I'd probably stall like crazy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129576 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:23:35 +0000 Nskillet 129576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! Learned the summer of 2005 while teaching at a summer camp. Learned from a British and south African chap! Bought the car for 100 bucks and it was my only way home! Needless to say I threw money at the toll booth drivers cause getting into first without stalling was impossible when starting out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129570 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:22:07 +0000 SugarplumsMom 129570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No ;( and that's the reason why I still don't have my Swedish driver's license! I have to take the test with a dual control car and the only automatics available are hours away! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129566 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:20:24 +0000 mrskc 129566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! My mom taught me when I was 16 since I was going to be driving her stick shift Toyota Tercel. I still drive a manual (a Toyota Yaris that my parents bought me for college). It's been 10 years now, and I can't wait until I can get my first automatic car! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129549 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:15:03 +0000 Mrsbells 129549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes I learned to drive manual transmission cars first while I was living in europe </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129545 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:12:41 +0000 yoursilverlining 129545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup! I learned to drive on a stick (1986 Dodge Caravan, woot woot), and I’ve also owned stick shift cars. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129523 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:00:07 +0000 heffalump 129523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dads always driven stick so I learned to drive on his car. They said it would be easier that way. My car was stick, but I had to teach dh how to drive it when we had lo so we could switch because my car isn't baby friendly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-can-you-drive-a-manual#post-129520 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:58:50 +0000 oliviaoblivia 129520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dad taught me to drive stick in high school. My first car was manual. I was so happy that it was when I was in college, because no one wanted to borrow it. :) </p>