• zxqwas@lemmy.world
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    Learnt in a ford mondeo, some early 2000s model.

    Still got a manual as my daily driver.

  • salacious_coaster@infosec.pub
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    I learned stick in my 30s after driving an automatic up until then. Humbling to have to learn to drive again at that point in your life.

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      I’m learning to manually change gears for my first time in my 30s, but on a bike.

      Agreed, it is incredibly humbling. I’ve been driving for over half my life, and now I’m struggling to operate a vehicle all over again.

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    Here in Spain it’s estimated that automatic transmission is between 30 and 50% of cars. No official numbers have been released.

    So most people have learnt with a clutch. Definitely everyone who has had their license for more than 10 years.

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    Oh, these “let’s get people to reveal their password reset question” Facebook campaigns again…

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      1 month ago

      My first car was a 1972 Toyota Corolla! I fondly remember driving my first pet, Max, on good ol’ Pine Lane, where I grew up, to go see my mother Joan Hart, who retook her maiden name after divorcing my father!

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    I didn’t learn to drive in a vehicle with a clutch, but I did learn to drive vehicles with clutches! I love manual transmission cars. Been fighting the urge to make a poor financial decision and scoop one up before they’re gone.

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    Learned it from the beginning. It was my first car. Wanna say it was a late 80s or very early 90s really basic Ford Mustang that my aunt sold to my parents for me to use for like $200 bucks. I loved it, but not even a year later on my way to high school a van flying down the road rear ended me while I was trying to make a left turn waiting for traffic to clear… I haven’t had stick shift since.

    Here’s a pic of around what it looked like so you can see it was a very basic car back then or this model was super basic haha.

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    Never driven once since I was learning. Honestly couldn’t think of anything more annoying to worry about when I’m driving.