What was your experience the first day you went out with a manual?

[oldngray]

 

[ManInBrown]

It had been about 15 years since I had driven a manual. First car I ever owned was a manual. It's like riding a bike. You never forget.

 

[ZQXC]

I stalled out leaving the building, but perfected the art the next day.

Been driving a manual since I was 14.............
(48 years ago)

 

[Indecisi0n]

My experience went like this
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Sometimes fifth.

 

[Catatonic]

Simple.... the non power steering is what sucked ballz

That would wear you out by the EOD and shoulders would hurt.
I never drove a UPS PC with PS.
P-400's were not bad but P800's were killers.

 

[clean hairy]

Just imagine putting one of these young kids in an older car with 3 on the tree and watching them try to figure it out!

 

[SCV good to go sir.]

Wasn't a big deal, I had driven stick for 6 years at the time. What did get to me was not having power steering.

 

[burrheadd]

First pkg car I drove was a 1966 ford p400 ( this was 1982 damn Iam old) sweetest shifting car I ever drove clutch was easy to push in and it just slid into the next gear
The brakes were another story

 

[Catatonic]

I did not read it.

 

[rod]

Just remember that first and reverse are not synchronized. You must be at a complete standstill in order to engage them.

You will find this out fast the first time you get stuck and try rocking the truck back and forth.

 

[Dr.Brownz]

First of all, my user-name has nothing to do with Seinfeld.

Second, it's sad that your generation and following generations are losing simple skills like being able to shift gears yourself. What else do you let technology or others do for you?

LOL hey why not go back to wind up model T's instead of this lazy ass new key system?!

 

[soberups]

As a teenager I learned to drive in a 1967 Ford friend-150 with manual steering, a 4-speed stick shift and a 300 straight 6 engine. It was my vehicle all through high school. The first package car I ever drove for UPS was a Ford P-600 with the same drivetrain as my friend-150, so it took me about 1 minute to get used to driving it.

 

[wayfair]

but P800's were killers.

had a route with converted CNG, non power steering p1000.. talk about being worn out at EOD.

Cul de sacs were the friggin worst. It was like climbing a rope ALL DAY LONG

 

[soberups]

had a route with converted CNG, non power steering p1000.. talk about being worn out at EOD.

Cul de sacs were the friggin worst. It was like climbing a rope ALL DAY LONG

They probably replaced it with a power steering/automatic car on the day of the time study.

 

[rod]

Second, it's sad that your generation and following generations are losing simple skills like being able to shift gears yourself. What else do you let technology or others do for you?

A couple of years ago we took my son-in-law up to the North Shore of Lake Superior for a week --no cell signal. I was his first time since he owned a cell phone that he was without a signal for more than a few moments. I honestly thought he was going to cry after about the forth day. Our country is doomed if that happens on a large scale.

 

[ajblakejr]

Some of the old ones were had to down shift without grinding.

I miss my stick shift in the snow. The new automatics suck in the winter.

The new automatics suck in the winter!!!!!

 

[Overpaid Union Thug]

I didn't have any issues with my manual transmission during my first day out. The bricked out load and neighborhoods that weren't on the truck when I was "trained" were a major headache though.

 

[Tired Driver]

Just remember that first and reverse are not synchronized. You must be at a complete standstill in order to engage them.

I hated that with different cars you had different shifting patterns. Sometimes R was left and up or push down/left and down.

 

[brown67]

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

The Eaton Super 10. I have a scar on my left hand from handling the case of one.