POLL TIME When did you start driving a car?

[DickMidnight]

I've never been pulled over.

how is this possible? i get pulled over almost weekly.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I’ve only been pulled over once and thankfully he didn’t give me a ticket.

 

[DickMidnight]

Where is all the clutchers?
I know there is a lot of you out there.

when i went to buy my first car, they had the
exact jeep wrangler that i wanted sitting on the showroom floor. every option i wanted, the trim i wanted, even black on black like i wanted. except it was a manual transmission and i had no idea how to drive it.

if i wanted an automatic, it was gonna be an 8 week wait for it to be built.

being an impatient 17 year old kid i said “i’ll
take the stick! i can learn” and i figured my dad would drive it home and i’d drive his car.

when they got the car out of the showroom and ready to go, my dad said “ok clutch is the one on the far left, see you at home!” and he took off.

it took me 3 hours to make it 3 miles back to my parents house haha

 

[tripletfeb]

when i went to buy my first car, they had the
exact jeep wrangler that i wanted sitting on the showroom floor. every option i wanted, the trim i wanted, even black on black like i wanted. except it was a manual transmission and i had no idea how to drive it.

if i wanted an automatic, it was gonna be an 8 week wait for it to be built.

being an impatient 17 year old kid i said “i’ll
take the stick! i can learn” and i figured my dad would drive it home and i’d drive his car.

when they got the car out of the showroom and ready to go, my dad said “ok clutch is the one on the far left, see you at home!” and he took off.

it took me 3 hours to make it 3 miles back to my parents house haha

That's a great way to ruin the transmission on a new car

 

[The Moonshiner]

Don't even remember. I know I wasn't allowed to go by myself till after I was 13. Had to stick to gravel only but i could get a long ways from home without touching pavement.

 

[DickMidnight]

That's a great way to ruin the transmission on a new car

or a great way to learn. i stalled a bunch, but got the hang of it after a while.

it was a good lesson in patience.

 

[R2elk]

I don't care about what the legal age for driving is. SHHHHHH! I didn't say that out loud.


I want to know when everyone started to learn from their parents.

Does driving a tractor count?

 

[R2elk]

Where is all the clutchers?
I know there is a lot of you out there.

Still drive a standard.

 

[casportpony]

Who here, other than @R2elk, has driven a "three on the tree" transmission?

 

[HollowOfWisps]

I was driving to and from my cousins and grandparents on the dirt roads at 12. I also managed to break my grandpas truck taillight when I was 13 which resulted in me being his on call landscaper for a year.