Who here can drive?

[:Exige:]

The car I most regularly drive is a Morris Minor 1000. No synchromesh and it's by far the nicest gearbox I've ever used. Also I drive a Land Rover Defender 80 a lot, which also has no synchro gearbox and is good at what it does. Ex-girlfriend used to have a Rover V8 powered Defender, stripped down and very noisy. And I did a few driving lessons in an '03 Vauxhall Corsa 1.3 Diesel with power steering, and was generally piss easy and no fun to drive. Used to drive my Dad's '05 Range Rover V8 Vogue a lot, but don't so much anymore.

I've driven quite a few Cobra replicas, mainly based around a Jaguar V12 with pretty much Granada everything else or crate Ford Motorosport V8s with a whole variety of gearboxes. Also one of the strangest cars I've ever driven was a race-prepped Mini with geared steering. I've never been so scared of driving into a hedge in my life.

[Fuerte100]

Half a year to go until I am able to

[drakkie]

Okay. Time to really separate the men from the boys: Who can drive a non-synchro manual? And who amongst them can/has driven a non-syncho crashbox with straight cut gears? Who has driven a Wilson Pre-selector gearbox? Who has driven a car that requires the driver to adjust the spark?

I do. The lorry of my new job still requires double-clutching, drove 100's of kilometers in it. Also my Suzuki is not fully synchronized.

Experience in:

Citroen C5
Suzuki Alto
Opel Astra
VW Sharan
Nissan Interstar
Nissan Primera
Isuzu and Nissan lorries on either four or two wheels
Opel Corsa
VW Passat
Porsche 911
VW Transporter's of varying age's
Volvo 440
FIAT Panda
Seat arosa
Hyundai Pony
Daihatsu Charade
Tiger R6
Audi R8
Suzuki Swift
Silhouet Racecar Concept for Volvo
Tiger Cat E1

and a whole lot more. Estimated total around 80.000 km a year, of which 30.000 in the Suzuki, 15.000 in the C5, 30.000 in the Nissan van and 5000 in all the others.. Still wishing to drive any car with a CVT or DSG.

edited for accuracy

[nopassn]

One of perhaps only two people here that have driven a hearse...

...with a body in the back.

[ScionDriver]

I would like to never own a stick shift car. I learned on an automatic because my dad thought that'd be easier than he switched me to stick later on. Even the biggest critics of my car can say that the one "cool" feature is that its stick shift.

Cars driven: Lexus LS430, Hyundai Accent, Scion xB, Jeep Wrangler, Dodge Durango, Hyundai Tuson, BMW 3-Series (E30), Saturn SL, Pontiac Bonneville and others I'm sure.

[henk4]

One of perhaps only two people here that have driven a hearse...

...with a body in the back.

fine, but was it a manual or an autobox.....

[ripper46]

Experience in:

Citroen C5
Suzuki Alto
Opel Astra
VW Sharan
Nissan Interstar
Nissan Primera
Isuzu and Nissan lorries on either four or two wheels
Opel Corsa
VW Passat
Porsche 911
VW Transporter's of varying age's
Volvo 440
FIAT Panda
Seat arosa
Hyundai Pony
Daihatsu Charade
Tiger R6

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didn't you once claim to have driven an audi r8?

[ripper46]

back on topic:
untill now I only drove manuals, but I am quite confident that an autobox wouldn't be to hard. I did my first heel-toe shift this week , I've got a lot to learn still

[magracer]

Yes, most of you can drive stick, but how many can heel and toe and left foot brake?

Driven + Ridden in cronological order:

Daihatsu Jeep 198?
Toyota Land Cruiser 4 door 1986
Toyota Land Cruiser 2 door 1988
Mercedes Benz 280E 1984
1972 Volkswagen Beetle 1972
Renault 9 1989, 87
Renault 12 1978
Suzuki SJ 410
Mazda 323 HS, SW
Yamaha DT 175
Swift Gti 1995
Mazda Miata MX5 1990
BMW 325i 1986
Saxo VTS 1997 Green
Mitsubishi FTO 1998
Honda 600 F2 1996
Yamaha R6 2003
Audi S3 2003
Honda Civic EX 2001
Honda Civic Si 1992
Honda Civic Si 2004
BMW Z4 2006
Audi A4
Mitsubishi Lancer 1998
Saxo VTS 1997 Black
Saxo VTS 2000 Blue
Ford Explorer 2005
Ford F150 2007
Audi A3 2007
Mazda 3 2007
Yamaha TDM900 2007

That's about it...

[drakkie]

Yes, most of you can drive stick, but how many can heel and toe and left foot brake?

I think many here can actually. I can do both anyway. How many here can do a real 180 degree handbrake parking turn ? How many have their "big" license (for lorries / trucks) ?

[SlickHolden]

I got my licence in a Manual so i can drive both, My first 2 years were in a 4 speed manual.. Then we moved cars and started getting into Auto's.

Last couple of manuals i have driven and there hasn't been many in 10 years,
Are Proton Gen2 5 speed manual, Mazda BT-50 5 speed manual, Isuzu Turbo truck.

[henk4]

How many here can do a real 180 degree handbrake parking turn ?

I bet you did that with the C5...

[Matra et Alpine]

One of perhaps only two people here that have driven a hearse...

...with a body in the back.

hmmmm how many others have driven with a dead body in the boot ?

[henk4]

hmmmm how many others have driven with a dead body in the boot ?

I had to bury a guinea pig at least twice.....

[jediali]

wow, i think some people keep diaries of what they have driven! Anyone here have pass plus