It was wierd as hell... having control of something that could travel faster than anything i've been in control of... of course i wasnt really pretrained with 4wheelers or snowmobiles or anything of that nature... so i was a complete n00b at 15.... i never understood the quick brake and release crap you see in movies by new drivers.. never happened with me..

dont even get me started on a stickshift... i was prolly one of the slowest learners on this planet... but imo, slow learners = better leaners

:rick:

 

the first car i drove was a 1989 civic with 300k miles on it from Driving School. i sucked ass.

driving manual was ass for me too. it took me 2 weeks to learn.

 

I had no problems. Learned in a highschool parking lot, then moved on to the subdivisions and the parkways/highways. By the time I took driver's ed behind-the-wheel, I was a pretty decent driver, so much so that my instructor never told me anything more then where to go/ where to turn.

Learning manual was hell though, I had two lessons before I had to drive a manual transmission truck ('88 Mazda B2200) down to Florida (~800 miles). I was a slow learner who was forced to learn fast. At the time, I had an auto Integra, so I didn't care.

So, all-in-all, learning to drive came natural. Learning manual was a mega-panic-attack stress test.

 

it took me about 3 months to learn manual...

 

I never drove an auto with my permit, the day I got my license I learned how to drive a manual. I was really amazed at how easy it was.

 

My dad took me to a parking lot where he made me drive circle eights and stuff. I guess he coached too many hockey practices.

 

The first time I "drove" a car it was in my mom's van. She had picked me and a friend up after a half day of school and we were sitting in the car while she went into the store to get something. I was like, "check it out I can drive" and put it in reverse then got surprised as hell when the car started creeping backwards without me doing anything. I put it in drive, inched it back to where it was and said "um yeah maybe I'll wait."

 

I never drove once on public roads until drivers ed...it really freaked me out. But then I got my license after actually driving 6 times.

 

i had been moving cars around my driveway for a lil while, but driving around at maybe 10mph is nothing really. never drove on the road until i got my permit, and with my dad being there, i was pretty confident.

i was really nervous when i got my liscence and could drive on my own to work. i was just a weird sensation to be able to go 65mph.

didn't learn how to drive a manual until i was 19 on my PT Cruiser, i already had the idea of how it worked in my head. took me about 3 good days to get 1st down enough that i didnt jerk.

I'm still learning and playing with the manual to this day... i'm always changing rpms to find the smooth spots and power spots on my car(s)

 

same here.. my teacher said he wasnt gonna give higher than an 80 the first time driving.. he gave me a 90 :fawk:

i learned stick in a matter of an hour or so... i got it at like 4pm, my dad and i drove around the neighborhood, then i was out driving on the roads by like 6. only stalled it twice that day h: