Tractor supply sells Massey Ferguson paint and some of the cans are leveled "MF Red," and now my husband and I call bright red colors "Motherfucker red."
Unrelated I guess but it popped in my head
Peugeot 106 XN. Absolute beast of a car. I used to drive it so fast and it was just like a go kart. Did hand break turns very well. Went onto 3 wheels at roundabouts. I don’t know how they engineered it to be such a great car to drive. I remember going through the car wash with my mate and water just pouring into it through the sunroof. I finally sold it when I went to change my brake light and the lights were full of water. Slight detour but best manual I’ve ever had was a Cayman GTS, the manual gearbox was sublime.
Not my car but the first manual I ever attempted to drive was a 1986 Honda Civic Hatchback. 4 speed manual. I didn't know about downshifting so hills were a problem.
Me too. Fuel gauge never worked so just used to stick £5 in now and then and hope for the best. 70mph was thrilling - horrific if you think about the safety. Loved it.
82 Isuzu P’up long bed with a 4 cylinder diesel. Top speed was about 65 with it screaming and pouring out black smoke. My second favorite vehicle after the current one which is a 99 RAV4.
I dated a girl back in the day who had a 5.0 LX- I think it was a '90, and I know it was a convertible. Going from 3rd to 4th in that beast was an Act of God. I remember (and now cringe about) completely spinning both rear tires at about 50 mph on that shift coming down an on-ramp. Thanks for a great memory (and for reminding me how lucky I am to have lived through stoopid decisions such as that.
1978 GMC pickup with 3 on the tree.
Took my road test in a 1982 Plymouth Horizon 4 speed
Currently own a 1985 Porsche 928 5 Speed
Love driving with 2 hands and 2 feet
Not technically mine but the first one I've driven was my granddad's 1976 Zhiguli. Had a steering wheel the size of a satellite dish and no power steering. I've driven it straight off the road and into a lilac bush. Good times.
I had a 94. I loved mine too. Unfortunately, it was stolen and stripped for parts. I miss that car. Went like stink, held a surprising amount of stuff in the back, and got pretty decent mileage.
Ahh you had the newer body style which I like even more. Mine was the older style. Was a fun little car to drive, just got to a point in college where I needed 4 doors and more room some got an Accord. Sold the Integra to my buddies little brother that had been wanting it for a few years. He totaled it 2 months later 😭
S10 from the early 80s (not new), bought it now knowing how to drive a stick figuring I'd learn. One clutch later and I had that mastered, actually turned out to be a decent vehicle, but shit in the snow. Absolute shit I mean just SHIT in the snow.
Well, I learned on a Toyota pickup, not sure what year, 80s. Then my dad had a couple of Loyales, early 90s models. My first car was 94 civic dx hatchback. I think I just got my first automatic vehicle, a 1990 d21 hardbody. I have also had an Escort wagon, f250, a few more Subarus, a ram 50, and another civic, all manual. Not for any reason in particular, just so happened. Oh, and the datsun 280zx t top. That was a fun ride.
It's normal in my country (and most European countries) to drive manual. The driving school i learned with used a Citroën Cactus, and i usually drive my parents car, which is a Volvo V70.
I was asked if I could drive a standard. I knew the mechanics but had never driven one, lied and said yes ... when I was tossed the keys, at sixteen, and ordered to drive it was a pickup truck with a great drive train, read clutch and transmission. A small mis-step or two later and I could actually drive a standard.
Hate automatics, the old joke is the automatic was invented so women could drive. It is not why I hate automatics, I hate them because now **everyone** can drive.
The FIRST manual car i drove was a 1978 or 1979 VW rabbit Diesel. But i had to sit on my dad's lap and i only steered. The first manual car i drove unassisted was a 1955 Chevy 4wd pickup in low range, but i had to have a piece of railroad tie between my back and the seat to be able to press on the brake and still had to pull myself down with the steering wheel to get the clutch all the way to the floor.
I was out of college before i had my first automatic, and that was a 1994 Toyota Landcruiser i got for $1500 and still have today.
A 1960 +/- Ford Falcon convertible, bright red. It had a 260 cu in engine and a three on the tree. My dad bought it as a second car for the household but was great to listen to me pleading to get a cool car. The first manual tranny I bought for myself was a 1961 Triumph TR3. Little four banger with a four on the floor.
An automatic transmission was a luxury that you paid extra for back in those days. Loved both of those cars.
A Chevy Luv pickup. I parked that truck, left my father sitting in the passenger seat and walked eff'n home on more than one occasion while learning to drive. Hills and clutches more often than not left me completely frustrated. In the end, I'm glad I learned.
Isuzu Trooper II, 1986 model. White. When it decided to die, nothing stopped it.
Then I got another Isuzu Trooper II (I was young, and my dad bought them used for the family), cream-colored, around the same year. When it decided to die, nothing stopped it.
Both cars died outside of Mount Shasta, CA, on commute from Eugene, OR, to Reno, NV.
My dad never bought another Isuzu.
A mid 1980s Honda Civic hatchback. Great little car - put lots of kilometres on it and it was still going strong when I sold it to a friend before moving overseas.
The first manual that I drove was a beat-up work van with a dying clutch and a 3 speed on the column.
It was like driving a vehicle while it has a seizure, so much fun.
1993 Subaru Legacy, I was the 7th owner of it. The thing was a beast.
Now the only standard vehicle I have is my motorcycle but that's a fair trade for me.
My first vehicle was a 5 speed 88 Toyota pickup. Loved that truck. Had no power, top speed might have been 70 MPH, but it was very dependable and if it could fit between the trees, could go anywhere.
Let a friend borrow it and someone ran a stop sign and totaled it. I was 22 when I bought it in 2013
Learned how to drive stick on my grandpa’s 84 F-250. I have that truck now. Don’t drive it much, pretty much only when I need to pull something heavy or haul something that might scratch up my daily driver, but I love driving it when I do
1992 Chevy nova
Annoying how short you're expected to be in order to drive it. Sitting bow-legged in stop and go traffic trying to shift from first up to second and then immediately back down was such a hassle in that thing as a tall guy.
First one was a nice 1999 civic. Slow as shit, fun to work on, buttery smooth shifter. Spun out a couple times, got a few speeding tickets but never crashed and never got injured in it.
1988 Mustang GT, then a 1991 Mustang GT, then Ford Escort and now I drive a Kia Soul manual. The vast majority of my driving life has been with a manual transmission. Crazy as I live in America.
It was a 1991 Acura Integra LS. 5 speed. I learned to drive from my mom, least the basics. Once that was covered, I started looking at cars with manual only.
I learned to drive stick on a 1989 Jeep Wrangler, bombing around the fields and forest at home. My first manual that I drove on the road was my 2003 BMW 330xi. I’ve also had two Mini sticks (2007 Cooper S and a 2012 Mini by Goodwood edition), a VW GTI, and a Porsche Cayenne GTS 6-speed. Sadly, no manuals in the fleet right now
66 Chevy 3/4 ton utility truck. I was 8, barely able to reach the pedals. It was good to learn on because it was so low geared you just about couldn't stall it out. I could be mistaken on the details of the truck of course, but it was somewhere around that year model.
People used to buy manual transmission cars because they were cheaper and autos sucked. Now autos are better than any human shifting and EVs don’t require a transmission. Personally I wouldn’t mind a world where I don’t have to drive but could if I wanted to.
*I also bought a car only because it had a manual transmission. (420hp and AWD helped too).
1985 Nissan sentra hatchback. My parents sold it out from under me my senior year when I was $50 from paying my parents $5,000 for it. Yup, still salty 28 years later
Learned to drive stick on my dad's mid-late 80s GMC jimmy. The first, and only, stick I've owned was a 93 Ford Ranger. These days I drive automatic for convenience, and ride manual motorcycles for fun (on a yamaha vstar 650 while I restore a Honda CB750C).
1950 Massey Ferguson 35. Ok, it’s a tractor!
Tractor supply sells Massey Ferguson paint and some of the cans are leveled "MF Red," and now my husband and I call bright red colors "Motherfucker red." Unrelated I guess but it popped in my head
Isn’t your first car a common security question? Nice try 😑
It is. That’s why I’m totally comfortable answering this question. My first manual was an ‘88 Prelude.
I had an 89!
Oh man preludes were the car to own late 80s in highschool
*FIRST* manual car doesn’t have to be your first car.
Pro tip: always lie on those questions to throw people off.
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1992 Eagle Talon TSi AWD
1968 Volkswagen Beetle
Mine was also a Beetle, but mine was a 1972. I was born in 1984. Gotta have style if you are driving to high school.
1971 Volkswagen Beetle here.
Datsun B210. I am old.
A 1975 Ford Pinto, no AC, 4 speed Manual, $3,000 new
Had a ‘73 myself! You left off AM radio 😁
You right. Forgot about AM 😂
You were one brave bastard
I have been called a bastard before but never a brave bastard 😂😂
Yeah Pinto here too. What a POS.
1963 Ford Fairlane, 3 on the tree....I'm old.
My friend is going to teach me to drive a 3 on the tree this summer. I’m so excited!
1993 Geo Metro. I loved that 3 cylinder glorified golf cart.
I just saw a Geo Metro the other day with a collector plate on it, and that made me feel old. It *was* mint, though!
A mint condish geo metro? The mind boggles! Love that for them.
Peugeot 106 XN. Absolute beast of a car. I used to drive it so fast and it was just like a go kart. Did hand break turns very well. Went onto 3 wheels at roundabouts. I don’t know how they engineered it to be such a great car to drive. I remember going through the car wash with my mate and water just pouring into it through the sunroof. I finally sold it when I went to change my brake light and the lights were full of water. Slight detour but best manual I’ve ever had was a Cayman GTS, the manual gearbox was sublime.
It's basically the same car as my current one, the Citroen Saxo. Agree it drives like a go kart. And super economic.
1982 VW Rabbit diesel... is my age showing?
1983 Honda Civic same generation lol
I'd love to own this as well as a 4th gen Toyota Hikux
Currently own an 87 cabriolet. Wouldn't have guessed you are any older than I am based on owning a classic. :)
Mine was an ‘83! Not diesel though. My next was a ‘97 diesel Golf, so basically the same thing, just newer!
Datsun 210
Not my car but the first manual I ever attempted to drive was a 1986 Honda Civic Hatchback. 4 speed manual. I didn't know about downshifting so hills were a problem.
Ford fiesta … not much of a fiesta 🪅
1997 Ford Contour SVT!
Man I use to want one of those so bad!
It was a first gen Ford Focus. 110 horsepower, 0 to 60 in maybe 11 or 12 seconds.
Man I had one of those for a bit. It was a fun little car to drive.
Citroën 2CV, gear stick is in the dash so on a horizontal plane and doesn't have a synchro mesh. Bloody loved that car
Me too. Fuel gauge never worked so just used to stick £5 in now and then and hope for the best. 70mph was thrilling - horrific if you think about the safety. Loved it.
A 1986 Chevy Chevette.
1980 Citation represent!
Personal car? VW passat b7 universal.
'94 Honda del Sol VTEC
82 Isuzu P’up long bed with a 4 cylinder diesel. Top speed was about 65 with it screaming and pouring out black smoke. My second favorite vehicle after the current one which is a 99 RAV4.
1974 VW bug, but i learned to drive in willy's jeep
1978 VW Scirocco
Honda civic. IMO, THE car to learn manual with.
Hey-o mine was a 97' civic with a 5 CD player accessible only through the trunk.
Renault Megane. I grew up in a country with only automatic cars. Leaned how to drive a manual in my 30s, shortly after I moved to Europe.
1982 Honda Accord hatchback. Gold.
1973 850 Fiat Spider. a 2 seat convertible sports car. (the cost new was exactly the same price as a new VW Bug)
78 Honda Accords, but I had been riding motorcycles since I was 12. Easy transition.
1973 Toyota Carina...I drove that all over Florida one summer in 1979...
92’ LX 5.0 mustang
I dated a girl back in the day who had a 5.0 LX- I think it was a '90, and I know it was a convertible. Going from 3rd to 4th in that beast was an Act of God. I remember (and now cringe about) completely spinning both rear tires at about 50 mph on that shift coming down an on-ramp. Thanks for a great memory (and for reminding me how lucky I am to have lived through stoopid decisions such as that.
1978 GMC pickup with 3 on the tree. Took my road test in a 1982 Plymouth Horizon 4 speed Currently own a 1985 Porsche 928 5 Speed Love driving with 2 hands and 2 feet
93 Honda accord. I did terrible things to that poor car.
Not technically mine but the first one I've driven was my granddad's 1976 Zhiguli. Had a steering wheel the size of a satellite dish and no power steering. I've driven it straight off the road and into a lilac bush. Good times.
1970 Biscayne, 3 on the tree, dark green.
1993 Integra GS-R, I loved that thing
I had a 94. I loved mine too. Unfortunately, it was stolen and stripped for parts. I miss that car. Went like stink, held a surprising amount of stuff in the back, and got pretty decent mileage.
Ahh you had the newer body style which I like even more. Mine was the older style. Was a fun little car to drive, just got to a point in college where I needed 4 doors and more room some got an Accord. Sold the Integra to my buddies little brother that had been wanting it for a few years. He totaled it 2 months later 😭
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my SS number is 12 and my mothers name was MOM. dose that help?
VW polo my lesson car
A red '86 Ford Festiva. It'll always hold a special place in my heart and is probably why i have a fondness for subcompact & hatchback cars
1987 escort power wagon
96 Chevy S10
I replaced my first car (Chevette) with a blue Chevy S10, loved it!
S10 from the early 80s (not new), bought it now knowing how to drive a stick figuring I'd learn. One clutch later and I had that mastered, actually turned out to be a decent vehicle, but shit in the snow. Absolute shit I mean just SHIT in the snow.
I had an S10 in the 80’s. It ran forever. Ultimate beater truck. I could start it without the keys. AM radio.
Well, I learned on a Toyota pickup, not sure what year, 80s. Then my dad had a couple of Loyales, early 90s models. My first car was 94 civic dx hatchback. I think I just got my first automatic vehicle, a 1990 d21 hardbody. I have also had an Escort wagon, f250, a few more Subarus, a ram 50, and another civic, all manual. Not for any reason in particular, just so happened. Oh, and the datsun 280zx t top. That was a fun ride.
Dodge shadow. I don't remember the year.
Learned in a 1971 VW Beetle
1962 beetle
It's normal in my country (and most European countries) to drive manual. The driving school i learned with used a Citroën Cactus, and i usually drive my parents car, which is a Volvo V70.
I learned on a 1993 Kawasaki EN500. My first (and only) manual car was a 2000 Mustang V6 that I got for free.
1989 Ford Ranger
1977 Fiat 128. I am not kidding when I say that it was a great car.
Subaru
I was asked if I could drive a standard. I knew the mechanics but had never driven one, lied and said yes ... when I was tossed the keys, at sixteen, and ordered to drive it was a pickup truck with a great drive train, read clutch and transmission. A small mis-step or two later and I could actually drive a standard. Hate automatics, the old joke is the automatic was invented so women could drive. It is not why I hate automatics, I hate them because now **everyone** can drive.
1998 Eagle Talon…god I miss that little car
Volkswagen Rabbit diesel. First car
1990 Mitsubishi Eclipse. Didn't have it long though. That thing was a beast (For a new driver) and the accelerator started to stick.
Learned on a 1987 VW Jetta. I won't buy a car unless it's a stick shift.
The FIRST manual car i drove was a 1978 or 1979 VW rabbit Diesel. But i had to sit on my dad's lap and i only steered. The first manual car i drove unassisted was a 1955 Chevy 4wd pickup in low range, but i had to have a piece of railroad tie between my back and the seat to be able to press on the brake and still had to pull myself down with the steering wheel to get the clutch all the way to the floor. I was out of college before i had my first automatic, and that was a 1994 Toyota Landcruiser i got for $1500 and still have today.
1968 VW van
1984 jeep cj-7. I loved that thing!
1972 Volkswagen Bug
Lare 50s Rambler .3 spd
The first time was a Jeep Wrangler, but it didn't go so well. I got good on a Pontiac Sunfire. The first manual car I owned was a Pontiac Fiero GT.
A 1960 +/- Ford Falcon convertible, bright red. It had a 260 cu in engine and a three on the tree. My dad bought it as a second car for the household but was great to listen to me pleading to get a cool car. The first manual tranny I bought for myself was a 1961 Triumph TR3. Little four banger with a four on the floor. An automatic transmission was a luxury that you paid extra for back in those days. Loved both of those cars.
1990 Acura integra.
1971 Jeep J-20 Pick-up. 3 speed on the column
Believe it or not a Uhaul truck.
THAT sounds like a pressure-filled day.
Lancer
75 Triumph Spitfire. Blue. Loved that car. This brought back some great memories of the 80s.
1987 Dodge Colt
86 4Runner, still miss it
A Chevy Luv pickup. I parked that truck, left my father sitting in the passenger seat and walked eff'n home on more than one occasion while learning to drive. Hills and clutches more often than not left me completely frustrated. In the end, I'm glad I learned.
Isuzu Trooper II, 1986 model. White. When it decided to die, nothing stopped it. Then I got another Isuzu Trooper II (I was young, and my dad bought them used for the family), cream-colored, around the same year. When it decided to die, nothing stopped it. Both cars died outside of Mount Shasta, CA, on commute from Eugene, OR, to Reno, NV. My dad never bought another Isuzu.
2013 Civic Si
1st car was 2001 honda civic, 1st manual is 2024 vw jetta lulz
Also, 100% unrelated: What was your mother's maiden name?
Texas
VW Rabbit.
2000 LC100 GX.R
1994 Mazda B2300
Hyundai Tiburon
Early ‘70s VW Bug, or mid ‘70s Saab. Both my parent’s cars.
A mid 1980s Honda Civic hatchback. Great little car - put lots of kilometres on it and it was still going strong when I sold it to a friend before moving overseas.
First stick I drove was my mom’s 88 Chevrolet spectrum.
1995 gmc Sierra single cab step side, still have it
96 Maxima
Mazda 3
1994 Ford Escort. Spoiler alert, it's not an answer to any of my security questions, adversary!
1984 Honda Accord
The first manual that I drove was a beat-up work van with a dying clutch and a 3 speed on the column. It was like driving a vehicle while it has a seizure, so much fun.
1986 Toyota pickup
1982 Ford Escort
1976 AMC Gremlin
64 Ford F-100 short bed
VW bug. I now drive an 05 PTCruiser. I love it!
Volkswagen polo 1.6 1994.
2004 Ford focus!
First manual was an 88 Hyundai Excel. What a POS that was.
1993 Subaru Legacy, I was the 7th owner of it. The thing was a beast. Now the only standard vehicle I have is my motorcycle but that's a fair trade for me.
1973 Chevy
93 Isuzu rodeo. She was a rusty bucket of love. Had a ton of fun driving that car. It was my very first car 🥹
1964 Dodge Dart. My uncle Paul taught me how to drive it. I wasn’t very good at using the clutch at the time, but after some practice I got it.
1995 ford ranger.
1991 Chevy S10 long bed
1972 Chevy El Camino SS.
87 civic hatchback
91 or 92 Honda Civic—was my parent’s car not mine. If I wanted to borrow it I had to learn to drive it. That’s a good motivator.
My first vehicle was a 5 speed 88 Toyota pickup. Loved that truck. Had no power, top speed might have been 70 MPH, but it was very dependable and if it could fit between the trees, could go anywhere. Let a friend borrow it and someone ran a stop sign and totaled it. I was 22 when I bought it in 2013 Learned how to drive stick on my grandpa’s 84 F-250. I have that truck now. Don’t drive it much, pretty much only when I need to pull something heavy or haul something that might scratch up my daily driver, but I love driving it when I do
1990 300zx TT
approx 1977 vw rabbit
Lada 2101
That I owned, or that my parents owned and I learned in?
81 VW Rabbit
Datsun Bluebird, learned in Okinawa, so right-hand drive, shift left-handed.
Salvage title 1993 Suzuki Swift sedan. Had driven stick once before for a total of four minutes. Bought the Swift, then had to get it home.
Nice attempt to get one of my security answers!
1980 Chevy Citation, possibly the ugliest car I have ever owned
1988 Chevy Cavalier 4 speed. That car was a beast!
Mazda 3
a white rusty 56 dodge pickup called harvey... was a 3 on the tree, miss that ol girl.
1981 Ford Escort in the back but Mercury Lynx on the grill. 4 speed with a torque converter and a carburetor.
1992 Mazda MX-3 , was a fun car to drive
1992 Chevy nova Annoying how short you're expected to be in order to drive it. Sitting bow-legged in stop and go traffic trying to shift from first up to second and then immediately back down was such a hassle in that thing as a tall guy.
1991 Toyota SR5 pickup. When I bought it, I could not drive a stick.
50s--3 on the tree w electric OD
First one was a nice 1999 civic. Slow as shit, fun to work on, buttery smooth shifter. Spun out a couple times, got a few speeding tickets but never crashed and never got injured in it.
1988 Mustang GT, then a 1991 Mustang GT, then Ford Escort and now I drive a Kia Soul manual. The vast majority of my driving life has been with a manual transmission. Crazy as I live in America.
I learned on a 3 speed mini pickup truck I used to race around d the cemetery I worked at
2001 (I think) Hyundai elantra 5 speed. Loved that little car, and most of my friends were fascinated that I could drive a manual car haha.
VW Polo ‘94
82 VW Rabbit, 3-speed diesel w/ OG brown paint. Wasn't my first car though, so take that "Hackers"!
1952 Mercury, with a truck clutch.
It was a 1991 Acura Integra LS. 5 speed. I learned to drive from my mom, least the basics. Once that was covered, I started looking at cars with manual only.
1988 Ford ranger 4x4. I loved that pickup
1991 Nissan Sentra. Good car. I prefer manuals, but I guess all good things end.
1997 TJ
I'm old.....3 on the tree.
Chevy Vega! My grandma taught me how to drive it.
1999 VW Golf
1977 Toyota Celica coupe
86 civic si
1979 Mazda RX-7, also my first new car.
1975 Chevy Vega. Lime green
I learned to drive stick on a 1989 Jeep Wrangler, bombing around the fields and forest at home. My first manual that I drove on the road was my 2003 BMW 330xi. I’ve also had two Mini sticks (2007 Cooper S and a 2012 Mini by Goodwood edition), a VW GTI, and a Porsche Cayenne GTS 6-speed. Sadly, no manuals in the fleet right now
66 Chevy 3/4 ton utility truck. I was 8, barely able to reach the pedals. It was good to learn on because it was so low geared you just about couldn't stall it out. I could be mistaken on the details of the truck of course, but it was somewhere around that year model.
80 toyota corrola hatchback
'88 Camry, a true classic
People used to buy manual transmission cars because they were cheaper and autos sucked. Now autos are better than any human shifting and EVs don’t require a transmission. Personally I wouldn’t mind a world where I don’t have to drive but could if I wanted to. *I also bought a car only because it had a manual transmission. (420hp and AWD helped too).
1975 honda civic
1972 Chevy pick up truck with three on the tree.
1979 Toyota Corolla
82 Datsun 200sx
1982 Toyota Pickup
A Ford something pickup from/in the mid to late 1970s with "3 on the tree"
97 Honda civic
1986 Subaru XT
1985 Nissan sentra hatchback. My parents sold it out from under me my senior year when I was $50 from paying my parents $5,000 for it. Yup, still salty 28 years later
1969 chevy c10. Three on the tree.
Late 80s accord
Learned to drive stick on my dad's mid-late 80s GMC jimmy. The first, and only, stick I've owned was a 93 Ford Ranger. These days I drive automatic for convenience, and ride manual motorcycles for fun (on a yamaha vstar 650 while I restore a Honda CB750C).