i stalled and held up traffic for 15 min then i had to get out and asked the drivers behind me if they know how to drive a stick and one nice lady did and helped me out of the sticky situation...kids were laughing...
2006-08-14 23:02:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Oh that's an easy one... picture a late 60's mercury comet with a 3 speed on the column wrapped around a tree as I tried to shift gears while making a left hand turn. The long walk home wasn't nearly as bad as facing my father at age 14 after wrecking his "work car". I say he got the best of the deal, he then drove his Lincoln TownCar to work.....he didn't agree with my logic.
2006-08-14 23:09:35 · answer #1 · answered by Dustin S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The day I learned to drive a stick my lesson was great, but a few hours later, I learned that my then boyfriend left out one extremely important instruction hours later. I HAD to drive the stick... everyone had taken all my family's automatics and my Dad had bought the stick as a 4th car for us. So, I drove the stick to my evening class at the University. I parked in the faaaaaaar area, you know, the one right next to the exit on that big commuter campus so I didn't have to threaten the lives of all the innocent students. (I'd been driving a manual for at least 7 years by then) So, when class lets out, I RUN to the end of the parking lot to beat all the stop and go exiting traffic. Well.... HOW to reverse this thing!!? I had to wait 90 minutes for the person parked in front of me so I could finally drive the 9 minutes home! NOBODY TAUGHT ME HOW TO REVERSE. That was a sad, sad day. A dark day. Yep, now I can laugh. "Ha! Ha!" THAT was embarrassing.
2006-08-14 23:13:03 · answer #2 · answered by Sleek 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Similar story to Sleek. Had been driving three on the tree sticks before I bought a 64 Beetle. I was fine until I parked and had to back up. This being my first floor shift car, I had no idea where reverse was. No owners manual came with the car and no pattern on the shifter ball. Took 15-20 minutes to find reverse so I could leave.
2006-08-15 08:05:50 · answer #3 · answered by monte 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I kept stalling out a 79' Camaro and these kids asked me if the car had Hydraulics because it kept bouncing up and down everytime it stalled.
2006-08-14 23:07:04 · answer #4 · answered by Kevin Federline 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Tried pulling off in neutral. Apparently it doesn't work too well.
2006-08-14 23:08:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
never had trouble with a stick,but my first automatic,kept trying to clutch it
2006-08-14 23:07:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol ya. ive held up traffic. dunno about 15 minutes but ya lol
2006-08-14 23:06:21 · answer #7 · answered by BEEFSHIELD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋