Newby drives like a woman! An Asian one!

[Joe]

I'm planning on learning to drive without the hastle of stick, and then learning stick.

[AntiVirus]

I learned on an automatic and then my first car was a stick.. *sigh*

[deadly7]

I'd learn on a stick for the hell of it.  Automatic is easy anyways.
*move thing*
*leave alone*
Pfft.

[Ergot]

I'm planning on learning to drive without the hastle of stick, and then learning stick.

Learn with stick... then you don't have to learn to drive without the hassle of stick.

[iago]

I learned on automatic, and I don't plan on ever driving anything besides an automatic.  i'm not a car guy, and I really don't care about what's 'better'. 

To quote my friend, "I don't understand.  When you have coffee in one hand and a cigarette in the other, how are you supposed to shift and steer?"

[CrAz3D]

I learned on automatic, and I don't plan on ever driving anything besides an automatic.  i'm not a car guy, and I really don't care about what's 'better'. 

To quote my friend, "I don't understand.  When you have coffee in one hand and a cigarette in the other, how are you supposed to shift and steer?"

You steer with your knee, duh... ::)

[Chavo]

I learned on a stick and haven't driven one since  :-\

It's really not that much more difficult.  Sure you will stall a few times while you learn, but meh.

[dark_drake]

Well, I learned on automatic.  Then one day, a friend of mine decides he wants to teach me stick.  The first time I tried, I completely dumped the clutch.  Eventually, I was able to shift and all that nonsense.  Unfortunately, I haven't driven stick sense, so I'm probably horrible again.

[wires]

When my brother was teaching me to drive, he had a stick.  I think they're fun.  Just takes a little while to figure out how to get into first gear. :)

[Ergot]

I learned on automatic, and I don't plan on ever driving anything besides an automatic.  i'm not a car guy, and I really don't care about what's 'better'. 

To quote my friend, "I don't understand.  When you have coffee in one hand and a cigarette in the other, how are you supposed to shift and steer?"

You put the cigarette in your mouth and shift jeez. Nobody just holds their cigarette like a incent... also... you could put it in the ashtray and the cup in the cupholder.

[Joe]

Cigarette out window. Coffee follows. Left hand goes on the stick and right on the wheel. Shift into first and press the gas.

[wires]

Cigarette out window. Coffee follows. Left hand goes on the stick and right on the wheel. Shift into first and press the gas.

Do you live in Europe?

[Chavo]

Cigarette out window. Coffee follows. Left hand goes on the stick and right on the wheel. Shift into first and press the gas.

Do you live in Europe?

lol

[iago]

Well, I learned on automatic.  Then one day, a friend of mine decides he wants to teach me stick.  The first time I tried, I completely dumped the clutch.  Eventually, I was able to shift and all that nonsense.  Unfortunately, I haven't driven stick sense, so I'm probably horrible again.

Actually, that's the same story as mine.  I think I could probably drive it now, sort of, just enough to get to a hospital if the situation came up. 

Cigarette out window. Coffee follows. Left hand goes on the stick and right on the wheel. Shift into first and press the gas.

It's not that simple.  You have to press the clutch and the gas a bit then shift into first and release the clutch and increase the gas, or something.  But it gets easier when you do it a few times. 

[rabbit]

You have to clutch, shift, gas.  Clutch and gas at the same time = brake