Help us reach our goal of teaching 500 drivers in 50 days how to drive a manual!
There’s nothing like driving a stick shift – feeling the gears change, connecting with the car and the road – and we’re on a mission to get more people experiencing that excitement.
It all starts on National Stick Shift Day (July 16). We’ll be kicking off the day at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI, celebrating 10 years of the Hagerty Driving Experience (our program designed to teach young drivers how to operate a vehicle with a manual transmission)!
You can take part no matter where you are, anytime from July 16 – Sept. 3 - here's how:
- Spend an hour with someone who doesn't know how to drive a manual - a family member, a friend or neighbor - and give them a lesson (see the attached 'manual manual' as a reference guide)
- Reply to this post with a photo from the experience (Photo attaching tutorial here)
- We’ll follow up with you via direct message for your address so we can send you two of our '3 Pedals, No Problem' hats from The Shop. Please allow 2-4 weeks for shipping.
Thank you for joining the fun - Never Stop Driving!
my son, age 24, learning in my Cobra. Far cry from my drivers test in a VW bug.
Finally taught my daughter how to drive a 65 4 speed in dash 2CV.
she refused 20 years ago .
While at it , may as well teach my 4 year old granddaughter as well.
Taught my wife not only how to drive a stick, but also right hand drive. Might as well go for it all at once in a 65 Lotus Super Seven.
Teaching the little bro how to drive manual! He's a natural!!
Done! Great idea!
For national stick shift day! Actually went out 3 times over three days. We are officially shifting up past 1st!
Finally teaching my daughter, Amanda, to drive manual shift in the '64 Sting Ray. We had a blast and it went much better than both of us anticipated! She's now talking of getting her own collector car with a stick and becoming part of the Hagerty community.
My boyfriend (Left) and I, we recently finished an engine rebuild on our '74 Super Beetle. Took this photo in the parking lot after my first time getting to drive it.
Sophia is only 2 1/2 but loves nothing more than "going for a ride in the red car with no top". It's a '55 Tbird and she's a champ at turning the steering wheel and pushing in the clutch pedal, she just can't do them both at the same time yet! 
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Taught my youngest to drive my ‘69 442 (finally). She was finally confident enough to not “break it.” 😀
Not too bad after a few inadvertent burnouts.
Taught my husband to appreciate manual in my Dodge Dart! He had never had any experience with a stick shift until this day, and after a couple of hours on different days he got on the road! Took some practice and patience, but we're both glad he learned now.
#stickshiftday
Delaney and Jimmy Kustra
Lesson #1 with the spouse.
Teaching my Daughter to drive a manual in he Fiance's 35,000 mile 2004 Saab 93 Areo. I taught him to drive this car after he bought it from a family friend.
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What a great promo. Taught my girlfriend, she mastered the parking lot, though didn’t want to venture out onto the main roads. Next time.
#RealCarsDontShiftThemselves
This young student had a lot of fun driving (and stalling!) the C10, eventually getting it into third gear in the huge empty parking lot we found.
My son is now a stick man! Thanks for the encouragement.
Teaching my son how to drive my Triumph TR3!
Rachel,
I have been working on how to teach my granddaughter how to diver the stick. we have an about two hours in already and she is getting the hang of it. but today we went out the closed mall parking lot and I let her try the car I used in the Great Race. Must admit she is doing much better than her mom. Mac cannot wait until she can drive the GR. Thank you for all you are doing to get people involved.
Here we are starting early with the next generation. We also had a drive (with the baby safely at home) and I showed my wife how to operate the Citroen push-pull manual shifter. The 2CV clutch and shifter are surprisingly forgiving, so it's a good place to start.
Teaching my wonderful fiancé to drive stick!
Taught my girlfriend how to drive on a worn out clutch and a tired 98 Honda Prelude. It started off rough but after she got the handle of the bite-point it was smooth(ish) sailing.
teaching my wife to drive the 72 GMC 4 speed stick
- National Stick Shift Day
- taught my cousin how to drive stick. Never to old to learn. She did great using your manual to understand the how too’s . Used the VW and back country road to do the training .
Teresa at the wheel
Sam has the car lovers disease and details vehicles when home from college. We practiced in an old Mazda Miata with the goal that he can drive my Porsche 993 to his house for cleaning. The test of his proficiency is tonight.
Teaching my "little" sister how to drive stick on the 1989 Mitsubishi Starion!
#1989 #mitsubishi #Nationalstickshiftday #stickshift #rolltide
Took my good friend, Kim Hill, out to the parking lot at Texas Motor Speedway and taught her how to drive the Mini Cooper S. Lots of starts and stop and now she makes it all the way around easily! Her goal is to drive on track..
Teaching my son to drive a stick shift, in our Triumph TR3!
this motivated me to finally get my 18 year old son behind the wheel of my 1995 6spd Corvette!
Rachel,
Here is a picture of my neighbor's son Jacob, learning to drive my 79 MGB. We both are having a blast and we can't wait to receive our caps!
With great appreciation, Mike
With great appreciation, Mike.
Always fun learning stick in an rhd 2’!
Grandson learning 4 speed on the column, 1958 Mercedes 180a, that'll be his and was my first car when I was 15.
This shifting gears article is very timely. My son has been been wanting to learn how to drive a manual transmission car for some time now, so this article motivated us to make it happen. Unfortunately, the only two manual trans cars I own are a 67 Corvette that has no brakes at the moment, and a 33 Ford Sedan that is a little tricky to drive even for an experienced driver. So as luck would have it, last weekend we had company, and one of the guest’s cars was VW GTI with a manual transmission. Luckily the owner let us use this car for the lesson. See the pictures attached. My son caught on quickly, and he loved the experience. Now he is encouraging me to get the Corvette road worthy.
continue with this manual transmission driving experience.
Great, please count me in
