Car: Mini Cooper S
Age: 17

Today, actually. Harder than I previously thought (thanks a lot, video games).

Shortly after I turned 18 and got a job at a dealership.

In my driving lessons.

AKA - the first time i ever drove a car.

I was 13, when my dad taught me to drive.

Hah! My e-penis is bigger than yall's

1993 Mazda 626
just this last spring

My friend was told his car sounded scarily loud from outside, and wanted to hear it for himself. He let me drive his car, and other than first getting started (I was letting the clutch out a bit too fast for the revs I had the engine at), I was really good at it, and had it entirely figured out within a few minutes. Videogames and common sense taught me the concepts.

2004, Cruise ship, ferrari simulator.

Full working clutch, H pattern shifter, feedback all around.... it taught me well :)

I was driving my very own car by the time I was 13, which was a three speed manual and at that age I had already been driving cars for years. If anyone here remembers Township posting photos of a Ford Falcon station wagon he drove around Australia when he visited, picture a 7 year old learning to drive in it. It was an auto though. Didn't drive my first manual without being assisted until around 10 or so and didn't get much practice in until I bought m first car by the time I was 13, which was a three speed manual and at that age I had already been driving cars for years. If anyone here remembers Township posting photos of a Ford Falcon station wagon he drove around Australia when he visited, picture a 7 year old learning to drive in it. It was an auto though. Didn't drive my first manual without being assisted until around 10 or so and didn't get much practice in until I bought m first car by the time I was 13, which was a three speed manual and at that age I had already been driving cars for years.

First time in a parking lot would have been back when i was a mechanic with one of the other workers cars (318is, such an easy car to learn on), was maybe 13 or 14 and first time on public roads would be when I started my current job right when I turned 16 in an Isuzu Hombre (http://www.edmunds.com/pictures/VEHICLE/1997/Isuzu/11223/1997.isuzu.hombre.5609-396x249.jpg) with what basically turned into a slipper clutch. Except, it never engaged. So yeah, 55 mph with a slipping clutch. Good times.

I've never driven an automatic... so I've been driving manual since I was 17.

KX80, age 9.

Car was when I was 16, but working the clutch was the same thing as on a dirt bike so I got it pretty quick. My grandma had let me shift her ancient Subaru Legacy since I was like 7 sitting in the passenger seat, so I had both parts of what I needed to learn already. It only took me a few minutes to put 1 and 1 together so it was pretty easy.

16 in my brother's Porsche Boxster. Shitty car, but man it was fun learning to drive a stick.

It's called manual.

It's called manual.

I don't normally agree with the Brits on pronounciaton and terminology, but I'm with you there.

why does everybody call the boxster shit? it may be a base model porsche but it is still a 100 thousand dollar car.

why does everybody call the boxster shit? it may be a base model porsche but it is still a 100 thousand dollar car.

and with that one hundred grand you could build at least three cars that would wax it all over the place.

my first time was in my mom's boyfriend's 98 Dodge Dakota sport 4x4. 318, five speed, glasspacks, nice truck.

anyway it had enough power that there wasn't alot of throttle needed to pull out. I got the hang of it pretty quick and didn't even stall it. but then after learning on that thing, I couldn't drive four cylinders at all cause I could never get the right amount of throttle to the right amount of clutch. it took me forever on many different cars before I got good at it all around.

and with that one hundred grand you could build at least three cars that would wax it all over the place.

my first time was in my mom's boyfriend's 98 Dodge Dakota sport 4x4. 318, five speed, glasspacks, nice truck.

anyway it had enough power that there wasn't alot of throttle needed to pull out. I got the hang of it pretty quick and didn't even stall it. but then after learning on that thing, I couldn't drive four cylinders at all cause I could never get the right amount of throttle to the right amount of clutch. it took me forever on many different cars before I got good at it all around.

Aside from a few obscurities, it's still one of the best handling convertibles under 100k.

and with that one hundred grand you could build at least three cars that would wax it all over the place.

my first time was in my mom's boyfriend's 98 Dodge Dakota sport 4x4. 318, five speed, glasspacks, nice truck.

anyway it had enough power that there wasn't alot of throttle needed to pull out. I got the hang of it pretty quick and didn't even stall it. but then after learning on that thing, I couldn't drive four cylinders at all cause I could never get the right amount of throttle to the right amount of clutch. it took me forever on many different cars before I got good at it all around.

yes but you need to remember that some people don't want to build a car. They want to buy a powerful sports car that they can enjoy, without needing to do work. It is still a porsche, it is stilla hella nice car and as sponno's said it's still one hell of a car.

'Bout 3 months ago

I was 17, when I first learnt to drive.

Only automatic I've ever driven was that Charger SRT when I was in America.

last spring i think? not sure but i was 15, and it was a 1991 ford f-350 diesel, it was easy because you pretty much cannot stall that truck, so i got cocky and tried on my dads 4speed dune buggy, killed it twice, havent drove stick since lol

I learned when I was 16.

If you cant switch gears your car ain't shit!

when i was 14, in an old Dodge/Plymouth? Colt as well as some piece of shit GMC truck my dad had.

Blurgh, about 10 driving a Landy round a field.

Never owned an automatic, driven quite a few but I'm not really a fan.

Worst gearshift ever = Ford Ka. And they rust like fuck too. And the spark plugs jam into the head. And the steering feels like it's from a boat.

I'm hiring a car to get down to Essex for a couple of days, I wonder what they'll give me. Hopefully a Fiat Panda rather than a Ka.

when i was 16 or 17 in a '79 mg midget. sure the car was hella light, but with a roaring 40 hp you had to get the throttle right to pull it off. so between that, my old audi and my current old jeep i have had a pretty wide range of manual transmissions under my control. especially if you include the wreckers i occasionally drove.

Normally you only need to learn once. :p

I assume you mean a manual gearbox. The answer is very young, and probably some sort of argricultural equipment.

when i was 16 or 17 in a '79 mg midget. sure the car was hella light, but with a roaring 40 hp

* snorts at US emissions regs *

Our 1500 Midgets had nearly twice that. Even my '69 Midget with the A-Series had 65hp...

I really want one again...

Hey, stupid motherfuckers. The OP wasn't talking about driving cars. He was wanting to know about the first time you learned to "drive stick" in a totally unrelated way. I know OP personally, so I'll answer for him:

He was nine. Daddy taught him to "drive stick" when mommy was drinking. Every day. In the bathtub.

In that case, I think my answer remains about the same. Probably a bit earlier actually.

I still can barely drive a stick.

Probably on account of only being around automatics.

Besides, those new six and seven speeds are better than a stick shift.

About 13-14 with paddock bashers. I have never owned an auto, much prefer the control of a manual. First one was a lazer I think, whopping 1.3L four speed

Besides, those new six and seven speeds are better than a stick shift.

My rich friend had one of those things in his luxury car (either a new mercedes or a BMW... can't remember). In what way are they better? I mean he was burning my honda civic but I assume that's because my honda civic sucked ass.

Are you guys talking about US dollars?

The porsche boxster S has an MSRP of $55,700.

I don't know who you're kidding with a $100,000 figure.

My first time driving a stick was driving my sister's 97 Altima around a neighborhood.

Second time was when I got my 3000GT. Easiest car to drive stick, ever. Well, actually the RX-8 might have been easier, but the 3000GT was soo easy...

I just got in the driver's seat, and started driving away.

i learned when i was 17 when i got my maxima. I probly am never gonna own an automatic again. I think gto's and most vdubs are easy to drive.

What kinda Goat you drive? New one? Real good cars, understated.

i figured it out in the first five, would probably need another few hours to really work it out.

australia. they cost around 100-110 000 new.

My rich friend had one of those things in his luxury car (either a new mercedes or a BMW... can't remember). In what way are they better? I mean he was burning my honda civic but I assume that's because my honda civic sucked ass.

1: You don't have to cock around with changing gears if you can't be bothered...which generally I can't.

2: If you really want to, you can change it yourself.