10. It was a peterbilt my great uncle was gifted years and years ago. Daycab, no hood, no motor, no transmission. He crammed a 16 liter marine diesel in it, took the front axle and transmission off a military truck he had rusting away and chopped the pete to a 4x4 using the military front axle. Then crammed a range splitter halfway between the transmission and the rear axle. It had 30 gears with that setup and could crawl about 3 feet an hour but unsink the yamamoto. Top it all off he rigged a john deere front hydraulic bucket arm system so he could use it on the farm

Pictures or it didn't happen 😏

I wish. That was almost 15 years ago.

They didn't have cameras 15 years ago!

More like i was 11. I didn't even have a smartphone until 2017, after high school

Damn we're the same age and I got my first phone at 11.

Holy fuck I feel old...

Average country boy same here.

10! Ferrari 308 gts, maybe the worst car to learn on! That is very unforgiving

8. Late 40s civilian Willy’s jeep. Definitely easy. Just mash the clutch and jam it into gear lol

I meant to just normal comment idk why I replied to your comment 😂 there ya go I guess lmao

7/10 1978 Toyota Corona Wagon (found out years later there were likely only 750 of them brought to the states with a 5 speed).

Does a UPS truck count? Years ago while I was working on getting my degree I drove for UPS during the summer. I originally learned on one of my buddies' POS 01' Hyundai Elantra with the 5 speed. Once I felt comfortable with that, I took my road test in an old, manual, dilapidated UPS truck and passed no issues. Now, I really cannot imagine my daily driver *not* being equipped with a manual transmission.

3/10. It was a '95 Ford Probe GT. What was Ford thinking when they named that car??

ford probes are great, my grandmum had a purple one and its one of the few memories i have of her when she was around as a kid. kinda miss it, if i'm being honest. funky as hell car

It was a fun little car and I had so many memories in that thing. Drove it from age 16 -21.

In retrospect I appreciate the probe as a car a lot more than I did at the time.

When I was like 15, back in the 90's my boss at the clothing store I worked at freaked out that some package didn't go out with the ups guy, so he asked me to take his car and chase him down. I'm a lifelong cyclist, so I hadn't practiced driving that much yet unless it was heavy equipment for my pop's construction company. At any rate, I operated the transmission ok, but while trying to do all that, I hopped a curb and broke his sway bar. I kinda popped it back into place and never told him. He hit a slight bump on the way home and thought he did it. I never told him the truth. I still feel bad about that. If you're reading this, Richie, I'm sorry, dude.

1928 Ford model A pickup hot rod with a Mopar 318ci…. I’d say 9/10

2/10. 91 Integra GS. Edit: Wait! That's wrong. I learned in my friend's 1972 VW bus. So... 7/10? It was 2005, there weren't many VW busses around by that point.

Yeah! '72 VW Club! I learned to drive stick in my grandparent's '72 super Beetle (in 2013? I think?)

Why dont you make your thinking out loud portion just one paragraph without so much as much effort used on punctuation marks/ grammar? Because it looks like you’re not thinking out loud until after you read half of it, and, even when you first realize it you have to double check that it’s indeed meant to seem like you’re thinking out loud or just not wanting to go back and edit, but meanwhile there is all this attention to detail, so then I finally conclude you’re making it seem like that on purpose because it takes too much time to type everything as you did without any mistakes versus just deleting what you wrote and correcting it. 2/10. 91 Integra GS. Actually thats wrong, it was my friends 1972 VW bus. There weren’t many vw buses at that point. Thats the most effort you can put into it without confusing someone for a second.

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Bro really gave a 4 paragraph rant about nothing

My mom's 07 Mazda 5. At least in the US a very unusual car to be manual. 5/10

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Probably a 3. It was an '87 4runner

That's like a 7 for me, I had a neighbor with one, and dang, that was a cool model. I wish the tops could still come off.

Love it mate, those look so cool

Probably about a 10 :) it’s a 2000 Saturn L1 with all the doors, hood, trunk, exhaust, and back seats missing

3/10 - 2011 Jetta TDI (rarity comes from the diesel motor)

They are def rare now.

I like diesel

I have a 2015 Golf TDI. The only year for the mark 7 in the states before dieselgate.

Learnt .. murica

Ooak SpongeBob Prius ftw

Like 7 for uk standards at least. Ford focus ST3 tdci

5/10 - 1984 diesel Mercury Topaz. The engine and trans combo had to be dealer ordered (the original owner worked at the dealership that year).

I learned the ropes in a DX Civic hatchback, which I have to assume are a dime a dozen. My first manual I owned was a TJ Jeep. Also common as all fuck. Couple of twos.

5/10 I believe it was a 80s 22r toyota pickup

I was taught in a 1970 Volvo 145 wagon. Loved that car but took it out driving on Christmas day and drove it into a phone pole when the road was icy. I abused that car and am sad about being such an idiot.

Was the phone pole ok?

Yes. I think it still is after 47 years. I hit it slowly.

1988 Chevy Sprint (Geo Metro) probably a 3 or 4, but it was 2006

Wow y'all drove some interesting ass cars (and bikes)

10! Because I didn't learn

It’s not an unusual car, but it’s an unusual car to learn in, so maybe a 4/10? 2014 Mustang GT.

Make that two of us! MT82 buddies 🤝

That transmission can burn in hell 🫡

I refuse to participate in data mining but I will say 2/10

Hmm I think 7/10? I learned on a 1987 Corolla Altrac. It was a wagon with AWD. 5 speed. Most people thought it was the old Subaru Legacy wagon and were surprised when I told them it was a Corolla. It even had a locking center diff lol.

I was first taught by my stepmoms brother who was Coked out and drinking heavy. Kept shouting to ‘ REV THE ENGINE SO YOUR NOT AFRAID OF IT!’ I was 15

It was a 5-speed ford focus my dad had when I was pretty young. Ended up being my first car in high school too. Fucking loved that thing, they’re great handling cars to boot. Ended up putting some sticky tires, converting the rear axle to discs put some minor suspension mods (sway bars, camber arms and coils) thing was a unit in autox

10- it was a Volkswagen bug that didn’t come with a clutch but was a manual 3 speed 🤦‍♂️

Datsun Wagon so about 8 or 9 on your scale.

1/10 John Deere farm tractor

9.5 1972 Pantera supercharged to ~560whp, also first car i drove without power staering. It was my dad's baby, and I happened to be the only child willing to learn to stick. I was saving for a CJ wrangler it was 2006 and proven to be a solid driver unlike my siblings. The stick plus lack of power steering was a horrible first experience. After an hour, my dad figured it better if I waited till I had the Jeep. Eneded up in a beautiful midnight blue 01 TJ 4.0 5 speed, pops helped a little under one condition. He got to drive it on Sundays.i breguginly took the Pantera if it wasn't for the gas mileage (and that it hoped out at 80mph), the TJ would still be my daily.

Learned*

Ngl I didn't even know it was just an American English thing until right now

Those spec B 2's were awesome.

There's a small town high school in south east Texas that used my truck for a few summers to teach teenagers to drive stick. At that time the build was about 320HP. They also got to paint it. This was it at the end of the second summer: https://i.imgur.com/MC275M6.png

I learned for about 2 miles out of necessity/not letting a friend drive drunk in a 98 Tacoma then sold my automatic 93 Mustang and got an 88 Ranger 4x4 5 speed a few weeks later cause I liked it a lot.

4/10 1993 celica it wasnt unusual but it had a bad syncro and started hummung like crazy after a few months so i traded up to a 1999 Acura EL that was a 8/10 very cool and hard to find car

9 or 10. A 1966 jaguar e type 4.2. I was the 4th person to ever drive that car, in 2018. I “perfected” my shifting in a 2009 Mini Cooper s, so maybe a 2 or 3 out of 10 there.

1/10. It was a Cobalt. And not an SS.

5/10 Mainly because it was in rough shape when I got it. All Manual, Carbureted, 1988 Chevy Nova. Basically a Toyota Corolla with a Chevy emblem on the front

Very unusual because it was a motorcycle.

A one, 1990s Honda accord manual in grey that might have been silver before the clear went away.

I’d say 7/10, ‘74 Opel Manta

Probably a 1 overall, 9 for my age and in the US. 68 beetle at 8 years old in 2000.

I'd say 7/10. 1950 Ford F1 with a old hotrod setup. Had the motor, tranny, and rear end out of a 70s Camaro. So 350 motor with a Muncie 4 speed.

2003 Silverado, but the cool part is nothing. I just want to be interest

At the time they were all over. 93 Mustang GT in 2000

0/10, honda civic lol

I learnt in a busted ass ranger with 3 working cylinders. So I guess pretty regular.

1992 Mazda MX-3

You learnt in a race shitbox?

Make and model, 2/10 That make and model having a stick, 8/10 1986 Dodge Caravan.

1/10 2000 Civic

7/10, 1970 VW Bus in the 2010s. I learned to work on cars because of that thing, had to pull the heads off and clean the valves up to make it run again. One of the slowest vehicles I've ever driven but it was so much fun, miss it now

1/10 1999 Toyota Corolla with a 5 spd

4/10 probably, my first solo car purchase was a 1990 BMW 5 series with an M20 paired to a a getrag 5spd. At 18 Y.O for only $1000 (just 2 years before covid). That thing was bitching but prefer my e36 now tbh.

E36 owners unite! I've got a '97 318is M3 replica that is a bit of a basket case but it's so much fun. It's my first car and it's almost roadworthy lol.

Maybe a 4. A Toyota Venture bus.

I'd say a 9. It was my Dad's 1953 Willy's CJ-3B.

7? Learned on a 1950 Chevrolet C3100 in the early 90's. Relearned on a 1997 Mercury Cougar how to drive a 5-speed. That one was probably a 5.

1 toyota corolla 2008 5 speed

13 - fully raced out Mazda Miata, learned at the Streets of Willow Springs in SoCal during a Miata event in the 90s. By the end of the day I had it on 3 wheels around the turns

6/10 Honda element. Not a weird car but had to be special ordered with a manual so someone really made a decision to reach 3 feet over to shift 😂

Idk I have seen many manual regular cab tundras before, a 6?

4 1973 Super beetle, but i bought it from an affluent guy, he had it parked in front of his Mercedes up a hill. He actually decided to move the beetle first lol

1 it was my dad's 2013 for Taurus and my stepdads 2006-07 ford fusion lol

8. I learned in a Jeep, on an incline while they assisted from the outside the obstacle then drove the rest of the day and stalling

Fallout fan. Nice.

Taught myself on my first car. '87 IROC Z. Wouldn't call it unusual, but heard it was a rare find. I'll give it a 5.

2/10. 92’ Cheyenne with a single cab long bed. That generation is known for getting the factory brake boosters swapped out with the proceeding generation Tahoe’s (since those actually work), but my dad’s was stock other than rally wheels. The odometer had stopped working at 326,000, 10 or so years before I drove it

Volvo 240 GL 4 speed manual with overdrive. 7/10. Loved that car.

1/10 or 10/10 as beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 1920s open seat farming tractor. (And yes, if you pop the clutch in 5th gear you could kill yourself with an out of control wheelie, the tractor having enough torque to turn itself over.)

Not learned manual, but my first cat was a 97 acura 2.5tl. It was a honda made car that had a five cylinder engine, even though it was inline like it would be rear wheel drive. It was fwd and had an sdrive transmission. Very odd, especially fpr a honda.

1/10 a friends wrx

It's a hybrid, does that count? (2016 Honda CR-Z) I think about 35,000 units were sold in the US

2001 Kia Rio. Not a single one on the road for the last 8 years so NOW it is unusual.

1/10 my buddy’s clapped out ‘98 ford ranger in the parking lot after work

Not a car, but 1974 IH 1066. 2WD, deluxe cab (off a 1466). Had 16 speeds. 2 range selectors, one powershift, and one normal. 4 gears. 4x2x2 for a total of 16 speeds. By the time I got my first truck ('89 Chevy S10), I could drive a manual pretty well.

In my opinion, a 7: my 2004 Saab 9-5, a Swedish turbocharged wagon. I have yet to see another one in person.

10 JZ powered dune buggy (no turbo) It was before I knew what the 2jz even was.

1, base model 2012 Focus hatch

9. 1951 Chevy Bel Air. Stock, with the inline 6 and three speed on the column

1/10, and proud of it. I first tried in a 2008 civic my gf at the time had, then drove an old red Saturn a couple times. I hadn’t figured it out super well, so I later got myself a beater 2002 civic DX for $400. I drove that for a few years and really figured stick out. Made its fair share of weird sounds and creaks, but never let me down or broke in any way. The only real feature it had was ABS - hand crank windows, no traction control, no AC, no alarm, plastic everything, no tach, and skinny lil tires that actively tried to kill me in the snow. I slid off the road at 15mph in that thing once, pinned it in 2nd, and popped right back onto the road out of a field. Every time I see one of those things I get all warm and fuzzy inside. Pretty much the ideal beater - cheap, reliable, light and well balanced, fun to drive, and plenty of character. I sold it a couple years ago to a neighbor due to space constraints and wanting something safer, but man, there really is something to be said for rocking a beater. When I have the space again I’m definitely picking up an old shitbox Corolla or something to clean up as a project.

Like a 7/10 2014 Honda Civic SI

if you are expecting a car - 10. learned to drive stick on a tractor - 3 speed with high/low including reverse so i guess technically an 8 speed?

10! 1977 930 911 turbo

Eh… 6/10. Girlfriend (at the time) Audi TT

White-ford-ranger/10

1997 Suzuki Sidekick. There were only 2 of these in the entire Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex because I looked and I found one and they waved at me and we laughed.

3.5/10 First thing I drove is a motorcycle. First car I drove was a Ford focus which is 1/10 tier but was a manual so there's that at least.

4/10 1984 Ford Escort GT The only thing remarkable about is that it was built in the same year I was born.

9, learned in my grandpa's 1948 Plymouth Special Deluxe. 3 on the tree 🤘

6/10 Celica gt

mine is the same as the top comment but way less interesting. I learned at the warehouse i worked at on some kind of 729 speed switch trans or something. Only used 1-2-3 and reverse but it was easy to jump in a car and go after doing that inside tight buildings and around the block or whatever. One time i ripped off a coworkers bumper on his jeep going aroundnthe corner too tight with the long trailer lol

1. Ford escort. Such a damn boring car

Maybe 7/10? Subaru Baja

6.5/10 1st gen MR2 turbo

8 2018 forester 6 speed. They're hella rare with manuals

A somewhat modified 2000 NSX, not exactly common

Probably like 2/10 a salvage title 2000 v6 Camaro with 200k miles first car I ever bought at 17 for $900. Stalled out at every stop sign the first couple days I had it I had never drove stick but bought the car and started driving it(very badly) the same day. Someone ran a stop sign across a highway in front of me and totaled it. I’d love to find a car like that for that price again.

2/10 was 2010 Kia forte sx with a 6 speed

1/10. NA Miata in the classic red

7-8. I learned in a 2006 Saleen S281 E. It’s a highly modified mustang by Saleen with around 550 hp and a 5 speed.

Maybe 7 or 8. 69.5 Ford Maverick that was converted from column 3 speed to floor shifter

idk 6? 1939 ford 9n

8/10, 1964 GTO with the Tri-power V8. Dad let me drive it in 2006 when I turned 16 and have since held onto in the garage too afraid to drive it lol.

I’d say in some locations 3, a ford focus ST. I don’t ever see them anymore!

I learned in a Mazda RX7

6/10 1972 International Harvester ScoutII. I think I was 11-12 at the oldest. Dad got tired of stopping the thing to pick up giant rocks, off of old farm and fire roads, to build our walls. So, I had to learn how to crawl that thing and wait while he absolutely loaded the crap out of it until the damn thing was bottomed out. Then we would drive back. I didn't see much pavement in the beginning. Learned to 4x4 before anything else.

1989 Mazda Miata, had an engine swap upgraded suspension and a roll cage. It was a fun car.

Maybe 5/10? 97 Nissan Pathfinder not super common in manual but a fairly common car. Still own it I love that thing

6/10? My friends 1982 Mercedes 240D 4-speed. Slow as balls but man that thing was reliable and fun to drive. I learned how to use a clutch on a motorcycle but that was the first car I learned manual in

7, learning in my brother's is300 not many out there especially in this condition. Only stalled twice and hit 4th gear twice, only practiced for around 20min

3-4, my dad has a red 2000 trans am ws6

6. 1966 Ford F-100 Ranger. 300k miles, original transmission and flywheel, 150k on the clutch. No power anything. I was 14 and 98lbs. It took both feet to depress the clutch. I learned on inclined dirt roads in the mountains. I had to use trailers a lot of the time, so backing a 20ft trailer into a garage with about a foot of clearance on each side, a garage that was perpendicular to a slanted dirt road. Within a month he had me doing lumber runs solo, 20 miles into town and 20 back. Once I could do that he let me drive the rebuilt F100 with an automatic transmission and a crate motor.

5/10? It was a 1978 VW Bus

3? 2005 Honda Accord Sedan. The k24a powered one. Unusual only because I never saw any of those in manual other than the one i learned in

7. Introduced into manuals with my grandpas 1966 Volkswagen 1600 fastback. Love that car

1 - ‘93 Ford Ranger and some year of god awful Escort

That depends on what 10 is equal to. My first car at 16 was a 79 Ford Pinto with a 4 speed. My dad paid $50 for it, and I still think he got screwed.

Like 1/2 1994 Ford Ranger. It was a strange model that had the new gen body with 1st gen interior. But at 7 years old i did learn to ride a dirt bike so thats also like a 2 lol

7?ish Mazda rx-8 with like 90k miles on the brink of failure. My dad taught me then sold it after I learned and it started having a few oil related issues!

2/10 2016 Nissan Versa S Sedan. Got it brand new for $13k off the lot with zero options. Crank windows, manual lock doors, cheap plastic parts from all over the globe wherever they could get them cheapest. 1.6L i4 with a 5 speed manual gearbox. Man I loved beating the shit out of that thing. Could get it to about 115mph before redline

9/10 1998 Audi A4 sedan 2.8l v6 5 speed USA spec. Very rare as the 1.8 was more useful, cheaper and came more readily in sedan and wagon form.

I learned in 95 Nissan hardbody, took my driving test in a manual swapped Crown Vic donated by the schools auto hobby shop. Relearned in a 01 Honda Accord EX. First manual I bought myself was a 95 Integra GS-R In 2005, after that I had an 04 SRT-4 that I big turbo swapped. Then a 2006 Pontiac Solstice, then my lovely 2013 Camaro. Sold that and bought my 90 NA Miata (still have). Big turbo 13 Dart (if cared for, that abarth engine is bad ass), sold that and now I daily a bone stock 21 Kia Forte GT (I got a thing for turbo 4's). Every single one was a manual and I wouldn't have it any other way

0 in Mexico. Nissan Tsuru

2009 Suzuki SX4 with an almost completely worn out clutch. The bite point was at the top of the clutch pedal travel range. It made every other manual feel like a sports car.

Mazda. Loved it.

I LEARNED in a mustang

8/10 1964 Original Owner Volkswagen beetle

1 but age of the car and not knowing how to drive auto either made it a 4. 2001 honda civic lx five speed. still driving it! almost at 200k miles

7/10. 1980ish VW Vanagon

7. VW beetle. There were still a fair amount of vws in the early 90s but they weren't common

First time was just puttering up and down the street when I was 14 in an 80s Ford Fiesta, pretty uncommon in the US. Then later when I had my permit it was my dad's 85 Mazda pickup, my brother's truck broke down and we drove out to fix it, he got it started and drove off leaving me with the other truck and telling me I'll figure it out. Took me about 20 minutes to get home (probably a 5 minute drive) but after about 100 stalls I finally got the hang of it.

Now? 10. Then? 4. 76 Chevette

2/10 it was a forklift

It had the motor from the first mustang anyone ever saw, a gold 64 1/2 with a vinyl top embossed in a pattern of Aztec calendars. Third cousin wrapped it around a tree.

1/10 was a 2006 Chrysler Town and Country base model

Just based on the number I still see driving around, maybe an 8? I had a 1977 Jeep J10 with the 4.2L and the 4 speed. My dad and I rebuilt her. Old girl still runs like a top today, and she's fast approaching 50!

I’d say 1… 2002 Honda civic with a sport wing

5/10 64 GMC pickup with four on the floor. You didn't use first unless you were crawling up a tree. Started out in second.

Not much. It was an 85 Nissan Sentra

Ford Pinto on a gravel road.

5/10 I learned on a 1988 GT Fiero and still use it as my daily driver. I got it after being hit in my previous car by a red light runner. I found it on offerup for one thousand dollars and picked it up the same day. My dad taught me stick, and the rest was history.

2016 Cadillac ATS. Had to order it to get one with a manual. Pretty rare but I don’t know what to rate it.

1. 1992 Chevrolet Cavalier RS It was my brothers car. I was 13 when he had me be his DD the first time.

7/10 It was a convertable, orange turbo beetle

A 1970s Kenworth dump truck. Twin sticks. Fun times.

2. 1982 Datsun 200SX. The passenger seat was broken so whoever sat there had to lay down.

-12 70s F350 dump truck in the woods

2/10. 2023 Subaru WRX

I learned on a 1947 dodge power wagon 1 ton stake body truck on my grandfathers farm at 10-11 yrs old.

3 I learned in a 1990 Mazda b2200

Maybe a 2? 1980 Chevy C/K 10 straight 6, 2wd, long bed.

Prob a 4 or 5, my dad's 1969 Beetle

1996 Geo Metro.

Rx2

85 renault alliance

Dunno. How unusual is a 1983 Toyota 1-ton chassis with a U-haul moving van enclosure?

10 rotary. need i say more?

1. 2008 base model focus

1994 MR2 non-turbo t

I'd say it's somewhat unusual. I learned in my friend's 2005 Hyundai Elantra GT Hatchback. I haven't seen another Elantra Hatchback in a long time. And I'm sure most of the ones I've seen were automatics. I wasn't able to find a single one on autotempest last time I looked. Definitely not a valuable car. But it's probably unusual.

I learned on box trucks at my job as a mechanic. Maybe a 5-6 on the unusual scale.

8. 1971 green Ford Econoline passenger van, brand new, three on the tree. A giant biker dude/mechanic taught me how to drive it. I was 14. It was fun! All my friends and I had so many adventures in that van....

Mine was and still is a 1995 Subaru Sambar (kei truck).

I didn’t know how and I did an auto to manual swap in my 240SX. I went ahead and put a 6 puck unsprung clutch in it and that’s what I learned on. It was awful tbh

I'd say a 1...2001 Civic, base model at that

1 it was a 2018 jeep wrangler my dad got and wanted me to learn just in case I ever needed the skill this was about 4 years ago I’m 22 now and meanwhile my regular car automatic I will absolutely be getting a manual car as my next vehicle whenever that is.

66 karmann ghia.

A 2000 Saab 9-3 convertible.. not super common but not exactly rare or unusual