1992 Ford Mustang.
Got the car when I was 15 We had a side driveway leading to my back garage that was about an 1/8 of a mile long. I’d start rolling, shift to 2nd, put it in reverse, back to where I started and do it all over again. I’d get home from school and do that over and over and over again.
By the time I turned 16 I probably put at least 100 miles on it in that side driveway.

I look forward to teaching my boys how to drive a stick in it one day.

1960's Morris Minor with a 998CC engine.

First efforts in a '71 Capri.
Actually "learned" to be successful in a friend's dad's Datsun pickup.

Still own a 6-speed, love it.

My grandfather had a 1947 Willis Jeep.
I learned in that in Bay City Texas on his ranch.
In the mid 60s.

An old ranch jeep on my Grandpas 300 acres.

I was about 14 years old and we were in the middle of a big field. I was basically told, here’s the gas clutch and brake. Here’s the gear shift.

Ok drive boy…

Model "A" Ford Pickup.

1983 Mazda GLC

It was my girlfriend's car (now wife). She twisted her ankle ice skating and I had to drive. I think she peed herself laughing at me trying to get the car out of the parking spot and to the door of the rink to pick her up.

1951 Ford. Three on the tree.

Gained proficiency in my 1968 Dodge hippie van.

1959 Rambler American 3 speed

1972 Toyota Celica. My first car, bought it when I was 16 without knowing how to drive a manual. My mom taught me. Patience of a saint….

Synchronized : 1968 GMC truck. 401ci v6 and a 4 spd.
Non synchro: 730 two cylinder John Deere built in 1957.

Several different vehicles and various pieces of equipment after that.
Mack, Datsun, Chevy, Ford.
Gasoline, diesel, propane…
Manual secondary boxes, air shifted secondary, 2spd rear ends…
My Dad exposed me to a lot of different stuff growing up.

66 VW Beetle

About a 51 or so Ford F3 pickup, granny gear 4 speed. What a beast. I was 7 at the time. Then got a 1930 Ford A model at 15, then 3 Corvairs over the years, and a Triumph TR-3. Got a new 84 Subaru 5 speed, taught the wife how in that, then a 93 F250 diesel that was her drive to work car. The guys in her office called it 40 acres. The F250 had a clutch like a tugboat. Got stuck in traffic in downtown Cleveland one time, my left leg damn near fell off. The good old days.....

1984 VW Rabbit GTI

1960 Chevy short bed fleet side (Dad's) and 57 Bel Air w/ 3 on the tree (my cousin's car)

1972 FIAT 124 sedan.

I learned on my neighbor's Jeep Wrangler in preparation of buying a truck with a 5-speed manual.

1978 F350 dump truck. I worked for the city, and my boss told me this was the perfect vehicle in which to learn to drive a manual transmission. I asked why, and he said, "because this truck is nearly indestructible, and it isn't yours."

1971 Plymouth Barracuda.

1986 Jetta diesel and an ancient 1970's F550 flatbed hauling pipe and steel for pool construction. Until the clutch mechanism's weld broke and became a real manual transmission without a clutch! Who knew?