Teaching stick

[thegoat4]

I learned how to drive stick first in a semi bobtailing. Foot slipped off the clutch and I managed to throw gravel about 200 feet behind me right onto a salesman, the general manager, and a couple of customers. Oops. I did what anyone would do in that situation, I yelled "Sorry!" out the window and tried to drive off, only to do it again. But the second round they knew to dive for cover. Hehe.

I still forget sometimes when I'm driving an automatic and my brain refuses to hit the brakes until I've pushed the clutch in. Nearly bumped into other trucks a few times looking for that damned invisible pedal.

 

[racsan]

i learned in a '74 F250 with the 300 I-6 and the creeper-1st 4 speed. i too have "forgot " i was in a auto and went for the invisible clutch only to catch the corner of the brake pedal and lock all 4 tires up. never thought i would like a automatic pickup until we got a '77 F250 to replace the '74. the '77 had a 400 V8, full-time 4wd,4.10's and we got a plow kit for it. i would never want to push snow with a std. the '77 has since been retired and its replacement is a '94 F250 with the 351,E4OD,3.55's got a plow on it too, not quite the workhorse the '77 was. not much better on fuel either.
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[offroadranger]

I still forget sometimes when I'm driving an automatic and my brain refuses to hit the brakes until I've pushed the clutch in. Nearly bumped into other trucks a few times looking for that damned invisible pedal.

haha I do that ALL the time. Or you go to start it and drop kick the floor board lol.

 

[exbass94]

Seems like I'm just the opposite. I'm used to driving automatic, so the other day I'm driving the S10 at work (manual), and I try to start it up but forgot to push in the clutch first. Luckily it has one of those safety switches. It took me a second to realize why it wouldn't start. I guess they started putting those switches on there for dumbasses like me..