Hey wassup everybody, just started reading the lude section again, i wrecked my 94 LX accord, long story, but if it makes you feel better i slammed into a BMW 323ci. anyways im gettin a 95 lude and its stick sorry to sound lame but ive only driven auto and i could use some tips thx for all your input.

 

heres my first ******* post of the month...

OK, push in clutch... put into gear... release clutch... press gas... Repeat as speed increases and engine rpm climbs... Its an art...

Dude, autos are slow, be happy wiht your decision and take ur time to learn whats going on... Just ease into it and work your way up from there.. Pretty soon you'll be driving with the FnF guys...

 

Practice, practice, practice...it's the ONLY way Once the car is moving, it's a cake walk. The take-off's are the only thing that will be discouraging at first I guess. Just make sure you feed the car enough gas as you're releasing the clutch, otherwise the car will jerk, shimmy, and die, and you get to do all over again I guess that's all I can really say about that, as simple as it sounds...

 

yea, what ^^ he said.. it's also very important (when learning) to keep your heels on the floor. and pivot on them to release the clutch and give gas..it gives you a more grounded and connected feel to the car. its much easier to feel what the clutch is doing and you'll really learn faster this way.
PRACTICE is your friend. enjoy your lude.

 

bear with me. not ******* with you. just may sound elementary at the moment.

start the car. put it into first gear. VERY SLOWLY release the clutch. now pay attention the the position of the clutch pedal when the car starts to either jitter or move forward slightly. that is where your clutch begins to engauge.

press in the clutch. foot on gas. with the car in gear give an equal ammout of pressure to the gas as that which you will remove from the clutch.

when you first give the gas your clutch pedal should be at the point of engaugement. from there it is all equal pressure and in time you will master it.

dont forget to remove your foot from the gas when you push in the clutch. wouldnt want to over rev the engine.

good luck man.

 

push in clutch; start engine;

place car in gear;
cobegin
release clutch//push gas;
coend

repeat as necessary

 

ask one of your parents, if one of them dont know, then they're failures in life

 

one more tip... practice in an area with no traffic at first, until you feel confortable with the car. My first time attempting to drive a stick I ended up in a tree thanks to my stupid cousin. I had to work all summer to pay for damage too

 

wow... this guy has ***** to admit to that, or is just really a funny carefree guy... Thats funny.. Hes also right... Find a flat paved area, flat is very important.. Learn there... void cars and traffic and hills... The work your way up form there... To the cars, then the traffic and then the dreaded hills, and then combine them all for 5spd drivers hell! If oyu cna do that its satisfactory that you cna drive a 5pd good...

 

when i learned i went to the high school parking lot on a saturday with moms and practiced . after about ten minutes you should get the hang of it, funny part was i got it down pretty good and started to drive it home. when i got there some friends were on the front porch waiting and i stalled going into the driveway

 

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I was 15 and wanted to drive a stick so bad, me and my cousin took out my step dad's car (83 toyota tercel ) and he was like yeah is real easy, so we swicth righ before and interception. Once I was in front of the wheel, I put it in first and everything was ok, until I saw a stupid van that didn't see the freaking stop sign. So I got scare and instead of using the break I stomp on the gas then you can guess the rest from my post above

 

Yeah I just learned how to drive a stick like 2-3 weeks ago. Just give it time and practice on it alot. Like everyone else said starting is the hardest part, after that it's just clutch in, gas off - change gears, clutch off slowly and gas back on. One of the things that helped me the best was I went around an empty neighborhood and had a stop sign on about every street, made me have to start alot of the time.

 

well i got my lude today with manual trans. and i just thought id update everyone, drove it and love it, i was drivin it for like an hour and i got it down thx for all your tips they definately helped, hillz in fl. i laughed then guess what, i found one lmao, stalled it like 5 times lmao, then it just clicked, so thx everyone

 

Glad you like it, I hope you don't have a lot of stop and go traffic to sit through... Couple more tips to help with clutch life: When waiting at a light on a hill, put it in neutral and step on the brake (starting on a hill can be tricky, so practice somewhere so you don't roll back into the car behind you. On really steep hills you can use the hand brake to hold the car while you start). Don't sit there for a minute slipping the clutch to stay on the hill. Also, if you don't like working on clutches, dont' sit at lights with the car in gear and your foot holding the clutch in (even if there is no hill). Same on the highway, don't rest your foot on the clutch when you're just cruising along. Rest it on the box to the left of the clutch. When you think you're a pro, try rev-matching on downshifts and double-clutching. This will impress the salespeople at the dealer when you go testdrive a BMW. Don't forget to mention how sloppy the handling seems to be when compared to your prelude...

 

yeah, throw out bearings are not the thing you want to fail..so be nice to your clutch assembly and let it relax at the lights.

 

LOL!... I just realized... I have been driving a manual for two years and I dont know what double clutching is... anyone want to spoon feed me... LOL

 

I don't believe double clutching is really necessary with a prelude. Only benefit I have seen it on are BMW's and the like.

 

lol I didnt ask if it was beneficial... I prob wont do it anyways... I asked what it was...

 

is a good read, here you go:

http://www.g-speed.com/pbh/double-clutch.html