Today, I drove my new car with a manual transmission for the first time by myself. I was at a stoplight and saw a cute guy in the car next to me. He looked my way and gave me "the nod". The light turned green and I tried to go but I stalled out, lurching my car forward right into the car next to me. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, while at work, I was driving a manual car for the third time ever. I managed to stall it and jolt forward, bumping the horn at the same time in front of a group of people. FML
Today, I stopped at a red light, when I noticed the car in front of me was in reverse. I honked at the driver, hoping he'd realize and place the car in drive. He thought the light turned green and immediately backed into me. FML
Today, I've only just got my license and waved someone through at a four-way stop because I was nervous. They waved back. We both kept waving while traffic built up behind us. Someone finally honked, and we both panicked and went at the same time. I stalled the car in the intersection. FML
Today, I was driving home and stopped at a light. A cute guy in the truck ahead of me waved me forward and told me to roll down my window. It was the first time a cute guy had talked to me in a while so I was pretty excited. He told me to turn my lights on. FML
Today, I bought my very first car that I spent years saving for. A few hours after I signed all the papers, I let my boyfriend go for a test drive. He totaled it. FML
Today, I took my driving test. It was all going well until out of habit from driving with my boyfriend, I reached over and held my instructor's hand. FML
Today, I noticed I parked behind a boy I like. Trying to impress him with my driving skills, I ended up forgetting to put the car in reverse and rear-ended him. FML
Today, I was driving in my very own car that I bought and paid for myself, when I stopped at a stop light. Then I noticed the truck in front of me turn on his reverse lights. I honked desperately. He hits me, looks out the window and says, "I see no damage" and drives away. FML
Today, a stoplight turned yellow as I was approaching it. I was about to go through but saw a cop, panicked, and slammed on the brakes. I ended up in the middle of the intersection and had to reverse. Soon the light turned green, and I stepped on the gas. My car was still in reverse. FML
Today, while arguing with my boyfriend about how I wasn't a bad driver and could parallel park, I thought it would be easier to just let him do it. Unfortunately, while getting out of the car to switch seats, I forgot to take the car out of drive and it ran into the car in front of us. He was right. FML
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xladylarienx 18
YDI for not knowing how to drive a stick shift.
YG27 0
@4, have you ever stalled a car in gear? She prob popped the clutch without giving enugh gas which causes the car to launch forward and then stall fr not giving enough gas. So yes you can stall a car and lurch it forward, still though YDI for trying to race without practice.
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richmurrills 0
Learn to drive you fucktard.
LemonStarship 5
I thought women were good at driving stick. They're usually good at anything if they involve sticks...
Timbovic 0
Bet you're from the states.
quinny_1024 18
I'm from the states and I know how to drive stick. Do you have an issue?
hunteredmundson 17
No one in America calls it the states
perdix 31
The good news is the cute guy runs a transmission repair shop and your clutch-grinding fail gave him an erection. Helllllooooo, revenue stream!
perfectwinds 0
Wow... Even when I was brand new at driving stick I never did anything like that. Yes, it's a bit difficult at first but if it was your FIRST TIME alone you shouldn't have been so damn cocky. I just want to know how in the hell you managed to hit the car NEXT to you, not in front of you? And being new at stick, you shouldn't have even been close enough to the person in FRONT of you to hit them. I think you need another parking lot practice run, hunnie.
shadow455 2
dont u have to pass a test to drive a car by yurself in america cause in australia u gotta drive with a parent or fully licensed adult for a ridiculous amount of hours then do a test with the rta basicly the dmv except u have to do it on the road
ChibiChibi_fml 28
In America you do have to practice with a licensed driver for like 25 hours before you can take the drivers test if you are under eighteen. If you are over eighteen when you take the drivers test for the first time though you don't always need the proof of driving practice. However, unlike other countries if a person is licensed to drive an automatic car they do not have to get a new license to drive manual. Also the OP said it was their first time driving their new manual car by themselves but that does not mean it is their first time driving a manual car in general.
lordmoe 0
Actually its 50 hours, I was part of the first group of people with that law...
Unlucky_Gun 0
Yeah it's the same in America, but in my state when I had my permit I needed a minimum of 50 hours and I got close to 200
mrdecay 3
stalling does not move the car far enough to hit anyone else. ydi for not knowing how to drive, and for making shit up
Spac3Ghost 0
^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ This.
beehardxcore 26
You're ridiculous. Have you not been reading? Depending on the car you drive, you CAN lurch forward when you stall. Especially if it's a particularly bad stall, ie. way too much gas, not enough clutch. I drive stick, and the first several times I stalled, I lurched forward. Don't be a douche simply for the sake of being a douche. Rudeness doesn't make people like you, or your lame comments.
idkweird 0
@ #71, I believe #26 said the car doesn't lurch far enough forward to hit someone else. That is true. It also doesn't lurch your car SIDEWAYS into someone else's car. Use common sense!
dwtomek 0
Well considering she was clearly intending to race I am imagining she had it way revved up and dropped the clutch. In a FWD if she broke the tires loose it would have slid the front end sideways at which point she probably let off the gas, stalling it, but apparently not in time to avoid a collision. That is the only way I can picture this happening, although with RWD she could have slid her ass end into the car next to her as well.
beehardxcore 26
@81, I never said anything about the damn car lurching sideways, did I? For all I know, that's made up. But yes, you can in fact lurch into someone's car. If you pull up too close to someone at a light, it happens. Stalling out can push your car anywhere from three inches to a couple feet. Don't be a bitch. Common sense can be outweighed by experience. I've driven stick, I've stalled, I've lurched forward. Get off my ass.
jisaac09 25
Hey, hard core chick.... do me??? but what i was gonna say is that u give it more gas to keep from stalling soo WAY too much would KEEP it from stallin.... it wouldnt be too good on the clutch or anything else but it wouldnt stall it.... i dont believe u drive a stick, but ill allow u to use mine for some practice...
namhowell 6
Smooth!
deathsled 0
What would have happened if you hadn't stalled? You would have plowed even harder into the other car right? Maybe it's a good thing you stalled......
ChibiChibi_fml 28
That was my thought exactly since apparently their car was positions so that it could lurch forward into the person next to them.
ChibiChibi_fml 28
positioned*
ChibiChibi_fml 28
Damn disappearing, reappearing comments. That positioned* is a correction to one of my own comments.
badvoodoo 0
YDI.