# These last 15 hours have really been rather interesting **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [August 26, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/these-last-15-hours-have-really-been-rather-interesting/53908 "2008-08-26T15:55:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/these-last-15-hours-have-really-been-rather-interesting/53908/41 "2008-08-27T01:53:16Z")
fwiw, I’d say Subarus are the HARDEST clutch to learn. I learned when I was 16 with my permit on a beat ass jeep wrangler which had a bad 3rd gear syncro in cozumel mexico. I then learned it again on a rock hard 2002 wrx. My first 50 miles of the drive was spent at clifton hill, you learn real fast there. good luck to the kid. You’ll see younger kids buying wrx/sti/evos now as the prices are coming down every few months. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/these-last-15-hours-have-really-been-rather-interesting/53908/42 "2008-08-27T05:18:56Z")
i never thought driving manual was hard… my first year behind the wheel w/ a permit i was driving my dad’s manual F150. also, stis are not expensive cars. especially used stis ---
**Author:** ![EvilJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a5b964/32.png) [@EvilJay](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EvilJay)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 5:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/these-last-15-hours-have-really-been-rather-interesting/53908/43 "2008-08-27T05:36:03Z")
I bought a new truck when I was 18 and learned to drive manual on the way home from the stealership. Woody was laughing at my stalling/burnouts all the way home. ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 5:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/these-last-15-hours-have-really-been-rather-interesting/53908/44 "2008-08-27T05:42:14Z")
> [@newman](#): > > i never thought driving manual was hard… > > my first year behind the wheel w/ a permit i was driving my dad’s manual F150. > > also, stis are not expensive cars. especially used stis word… first manual i ever drove was my 96 240sx drove it home from the purchase… i had a few disco party starts but don’t think i stalled it even once? and yea… 20k is like, less than a new civic, who cares 😛 it’s an sti the transmissions are rock solid and shift nicely, if anything he will learn faster and better on that (all though the clutch engagement is obv. faster than on a 60 ft/lbs honda) ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/these-last-15-hours-have-really-been-rather-interesting/53908/45 "2008-08-27T05:49:54Z")
I learned how to drive on a manual car. My family only had one a/t car and that was mom’s lexus. Not a chance I was learning how to drive a car in that thing(woulda been nice). A lot of stalls at traffic lights sweating it out. My first car was an a/t though. 5 speed Pathfinder broke my cherry ---
**Author:** ![RLB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rlb/32/5196_2.png) [@RLB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RLB)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/these-last-15-hours-have-really-been-rather-interesting/53908/46 "2008-08-27T07:02:46Z")
I picked up on manual rather quickly. It was fun. I’m sure i wasn’t the best but i didn’t roast anything. ---
**Author:** ![rdandy5875](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rdandy5875/32/7511_2.png) [@rdandy5875](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rdandy5875)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/these-last-15-hours-have-really-been-rather-interesting/53908/47 "2008-08-27T07:08:28Z")
that’s like me, my first brand new car was also a manual, 96 grand am gt. The sales guy handed me the keys and shook my hand, then I asked him to show me how to drive stick. That clutch lasted the whole time I had the car like 60k miles. ---
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/these-last-15-hours-have-really-been-rather-interesting/53908/48 "2008-08-28T09:04:06Z")
I didnt mean to come off as saying it’s not possible to earn $20k at age 20. I just don’t think it a wise idea to spend that much money on a car at that age. I guess I am wrong? I don’t claim to know everything. This just isnt my week. ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/these-last-15-hours-have-really-been-rather-interesting/53908/49 "2008-08-28T09:04:57Z")
> [@Penfold](#): > > I didnt mean to come off as saying it’s not possible to earn $20k at age 20. I just don’t think it a wise idea to spend that much money on a car at that age… Its not wise to have a GTZ either. ---
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/these-last-15-hours-have-really-been-rather-interesting/53908/50 "2008-08-28T09:09:34Z")
wow, thanks for the life lesson. Know anyone else who is stupid enough to buy a car that costs less than most peoples yearly depreciation on their car, so I can unload this crappy investment? ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 9:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/these-last-15-hours-have-really-been-rather-interesting/53908/51 "2008-08-28T09:22:36Z")
> [@Penfold](#): > > wow, thanks for the life lesson. Know anyone else who is stupid enough to buy a car that costs less than most peoples yearly depreciation on their car, so I can unload this crappy investment? You remind me of Violator a year ago… Soo easy to bait out and get into an arguement ---
**Author:** ![DeusExMachina](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deusexmachina/32/5036_2.png) [@DeusExMachina](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeusExMachina)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/these-last-15-hours-have-really-been-rather-interesting/53908/52 "2008-08-28T10:32:25Z")
> [@sedlmeier101](#): > > reminds me when I bought mike’s (inntune) wrx. I was 16, paid cash for it and he drove it to my house. > I never drove stick before and it was friday night so I had to wait till monday to register it. I drove the thing around my drive way for hours each day and by the time i got it registered I was a pro at driving stick. haha. That was you? Everything makes sense now. ---
**Author:** ![AKA-FERRARI](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/aka-ferrari/32/7260_2.png) [@AKA-FERRARI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AKA-FERRARI)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/these-last-15-hours-have-really-been-rather-interesting/53908/53 "2008-08-28T10:39:29Z")
1ST time i drove manual…I was 12. Pops MADE me move his truck. Faught him to the death about doing. Wanted me to back it up, and almost wiped out the whole back end into a 100’ pine tree behind the house. Freaked out, jumped out of the truck and ran into the woods. ---
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/these-last-15-hours-have-really-been-rather-interesting/53908/54 "2008-08-28T10:59:29Z")
> [@ILCisDEAD](#): > > You remind me of Violator a year ago… Soo easy to bait out and get into an arguement yeah, like I said, its been a crappy week for me. Been sick lately and just in a shitty mood. ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/these-last-15-hours-have-really-been-rather-interesting/53908/55 "2008-08-28T11:47:32Z")
> [@DeusExMachina](#): > > That was you? Everything makes sense now. haha, what’s that supposed to mean? ---
**Author:** ![DeusExMachina](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deusexmachina/32/5036_2.png) [@DeusExMachina](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeusExMachina)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/these-last-15-hours-have-really-been-rather-interesting/53908/56 "2008-08-28T12:05:02Z")
> [@sedlmeier101](#): > > haha, what’s that supposed to mean? Well I always wondered who bought the car then almost immediately put it into a tree. I don’t have my story straight but in my head its “toolbag buys InnTune’s WRX and crashes it on the way home”. ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 12:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/these-last-15-hours-have-really-been-rather-interesting/53908/57 "2008-08-28T12:37:21Z")
> [@DeusExMachina](#): > > Well I always wondered who bought the car then almost immediately put it into a tree. > > I don’t have my story straight but in my head its “toolbag buys InnTune’s WRX and crashes it on the way home”. Nah, I bought it, drove it for 4months, deer ran infront of me late at night, i swerved and put it into a ditch,then into a wall. I’m in no way shape or form a tool. ---
**Author:** ![fiend540](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/these-last-15-hours-have-really-been-rather-interesting/53908/58 "2008-08-28T12:52:01Z")
> [@sedlmeier101](#): > > I’m in no way shape or form a tool. Lol of the day ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/these-last-15-hours-have-really-been-rather-interesting/53908/59 "2008-08-28T12:56:01Z")
> [@fiend540](#): > > Lol of the day my nyspeed personality has nothing to do with how I am IRL, but I could care less what you think as you just generally suck, cock bullet ---
**Author:** ![fiend540](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/these-last-15-hours-have-really-been-rather-interesting/53908/60 "2008-08-28T13:09:30Z")
> [@sedlmeier101](#): > > my nyspeed personality has nothing to do with how I am IRL, but I could care less what you think as you just generally suck, cock bullet Well for your sake let’s hope so. What’s a cock bullet? [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/these-last-15-hours-have-really-been-rather-interesting/53908.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/these-last-15-hours-have-really-been-rather-interesting/53908.md?page=4)