Originally Posted by 93EXaccord
i grew up in a stick family, and at 16 my accord was bought and it was stick also... my dad told me stick is way more fun, and tok me out for a week straight and taught me all he knew
You're lucky, the accord is my first stick car, when I lived with my parents, it was strickly an auto family thanks to good old mom wanting only auto's. My dad almost bought a stick '93, but ended up with an auto. I learned over the years driving my friends cars. I think I liked the 97 Toy Taco's clutch the best, a bit more quicker engaging than the accord's clutch.
About the car, I totally understand how your parents can drive your car, I don't know about siblings though. Problem I found was when I lent my old 4Runner to my mom, one day, it came back with a dented rear bumper, apparently she hit something backing up and didn't realize it. She also tended to drive the truck with the parking brake "on" sometimes because she didn't know how to release the parking brake; it's what you get when you have parents that are raised in a rural environment.
I keep my Tundra at my parent's home, but only my dad is allowed to drive it, and even then, he doesn't.