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I learned how to drive stick at 17. Never had a chance to drive 3 on the tree though.

Edit: I'm 40 so manuals were still somewhat relevant when I was a kid.

I drove a three on the tree one time, and it was the sloppiest manual trans I've ever used. But it was also a farm truck with half a frame left.
 
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I learned how to drive stick at 17. Never had a chance to drive 3 on the tree though.

Edit: I'm 40 so manuals were still somewhat relevant when I was a kid.

Learned at 16. It’s one of the things stick out about my relationship with my dad as it’s changed over the years and I’ve had my own kids. Him teaching me to drive stick on the first cool car he had since having 3 kids and tossing me the keys on a Saturday night, knowing I was going to do bad things to the clutch.
 
Learned at 16. It’s one of the things stick out about my relationship with my dad as it’s changed over the years and I’ve had my own kids. Him teaching me to drive stick on the first cool car he had since having 3 kids and tossing me the keys on a Saturday night, knowing I was going to do bad things to the clutch.

I learned in a model A pickup in a hay field. Probably was around 5-6, because I was already driving a Massey Ferguson 35 raking hay.
 
I learned on a certain old GMC - same thing: Drop the clutch at idle in 1st or even 2nd and it wouldn't kill the engine.

Both our daughters learn to drive my 58 Chevy Apache the same way. They were 9 and 11 . My wife was shocked that I made them drive in reverse up our road and around the dead end turn around using only the west coast mirrors. They both did great , and didn't even know that most people would struggle doing the same. A 283 small block , SM - 420 , and 4.57 rear end were great learning tools and confidence builders for kids first driving experience.
And the slow 5 and 1/2 turn manual steering with a 17" dia. steering wheel helped little girls drive our weird factory 3/4 ton dually flat bed.
 
Driving a Model A is a whole nother level. Manual distributer advance. Totally unsynchronized transmission. Mechanical brakes. Sure is fun though

Sounds like the ‘48 Panhead Police Special I had the pleasure of tooling around on whenever I wanted. It was fun. That relationship ended abruptly tho 🤷🏼‍♂️
 
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