But have you ever driven two sticks at the same time?
I’ve considered buying a beater car with a stick to teach my kid, except she’s four and by the time she’s old enough cars will probably drive themselves
I learned on a manual … I’m very grateful.
I grew up on a farm so it was a necessity to learn a 14-gear manual transmission. The shifting tree on that thing was a motherfucker. It's a skill I'm glad to have, but it just isn't necessary in 2025
I think back on my truck that had MANUAL steering and a stick shift … how in the fuck I managed to drive that fucker is amazing.
Totally forgot about the no power steering. What the hell was my dad thinking
I guess that would depend on the layout of the room...
Zombie apocalypse comes to mind.
If you hit the ↩reply button it makes it a lot easier to see these.
When I was 17 I was at a party out in the boonies with a couple friends. The girl who drove us had a manual car and was going to DD. She ended up getting drunk. Well, we all did. I had to stop my bestie from getting a tattoo from some guy in the basement who was blowing lines of oxy while wearing the gloves he was tattooing in
. The birthday boy got “happy fuckin birthday” tattooed on his ass and had to walk around with his ass cheeks out for the rest of the party 
Made my kid learn how to drive manual. She hated it, until she needed it. My clutch may never recover, but it was worth it.
All I can think of is dodgeball.
I learned on a late 1970’s Ford F150, also no power steering or brakes. I’ll find one somewhere to teach my son, but he can drive tractors and fly single engine planes, so I figure he’ll pick it up easily enough.
Can't tell you how many times I've used the, "if you can dodge a wrench..." Line on my kids.
