I don't know how to drive manual cars, just wondering where u guys learn your skills from? is it easy? it is fun? do you need to take lessons or can just learn it yourself?

 

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please don't tell me you are serious....

try http://www.learnhowtodrivestick.com ......

 

http://directory.soma.net/dire...k.com

 

i learned driving manual on my dads 8-spd kenworth, and these big rigs dont have synchronizers so you have to double clutch each gear.

 

no one really goes somewhere to learn... i kinda learned with the help of friends and when i got my S i had to re-teach myself bc the clutch is so much different! Unless ur trying to learn how to drive HARD like slolams and **** haha u can teach urself, the question is... who will let u torture their car!

 

i learned when i was 14 on my 90 si. it isnt hard just grow some and try it. are you a girl or something? jesus.

 

i learned from video games

 

i learned from video games

just get in the car and do it, aslong as you know what your doing in your head, you should have no problems, you just have to get use to it

 

hardest part for me was the first gear dead start. I stalled my car so many times while learning that. Eventually though, I got real good, so not only can I do it on the flat, I can do it while on hills, and on other hard stuff without any problem. Besides that, MT was almost natural for me. Call me a ricer, but I would say I learned how to do the moving shifts (i.e 1st to 2nd) from watch TFATF lol. Slam clutch in (I dont do that part), shift, then let the clutch out. That part, even if you have never seen it or done it, is incredibly easy. In reality there is no finesse to it, its just clutch in, shift, clutch out. No need to feather it, or dump it, or whatever.

The first gear dead start is what really takes finesse. Basically, you want to give it enough gas so that the clutch can catch smoothly, and while doing this, you want to let the clutch out slowly, but not neccesarily at a snails pace. When you are first learning, its good to do it REALLY slow, but you will find once you get good that if you supply enough gas, you can let it out a little quicker. If you can give the right combo of gas and clutch, your car won't jerk, and you will feel the clutch get contact through the pedal. Good luck.

 

When you're first learning, the hardest part is definitly going to be getting it into first from a stop. A little trick when first learning to get a feel for what its like is to rev it up to about 2-2.5 grand and then let the clutch out real slow. Once you feel it start to catch, gas it up about 500 rpm w/o moving the clutch then just let the clutch out quickly and smoothly. You can go from there!

After 1st its cake, just clutch in, shift gear, clutch out. Thats all there is too it. Sometimes you have to rev it up a bit before shifting incase your revs are real low so it'll be perfectly smooth.

Hope that helps!

 

I learned on a celica. When I went to buy it, my dad drove it away from the guy's driveway and once we got down the road I got in and learned. I bought the car and have enjoyed having full control of my vehicles ever since.

You pick it up in a day or two to where you can get around comfortably. Within a month you'll never even think about it. I think the S2000 is a particularly easy car to drive (as far as shifting goes). Everything is so smooth...

Actually - I took a girl to lunch today (first date) and she made some comment about not being able to drive a stick. We talked about it briefly and then later when we were taking the long way home she made a comment like "Wow, you drive this really smooth. Usually it's jerky when people drive a manual." I just smiled as I hugged the next turn... I mean that to prove my point more than brag (I know I'm talking to people with a lot more experience than me). It just goes to show how easy it is once you get the hang of it. All those hours cruising around the mountains pays off! Just get out there and drive and before you know it, it's second nature.

 

the best thing you can do is put it in 1st, slowly let go of the clutch and when teh car starts moving forward, you have now felt where the "engagement/bite point" is. you can work from there, giving it more gas as needed.

 

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i think thats the most common problem every new driver have. I personally think a person should learn auto first before manuel, cause you need to know how much gas you need to press down so that you dont do burn outs or stall

 

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what video game is this? LOL

 

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what video game is this? LOL </TD></TR></TABLE>
Grand theft auto hahaha

 

my gf learned in like 15 min.. not 2 hard..

 

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wheres the cluth at..............LOL

Doesnt ferrari challenge something have a clutch in that game?

 

tokyo extreme racing j/k kidding guys

 

just buy a new S2k and learn from there....

 

i learned on a manual. when i was lil. it took me about 5mins. you could teach a monkey to drive a stick, and it'd prob be easier than teaching some girls

 

I learned from my dad when i was 15 in a 71 bug. I had a hell of a problem getting it into first without stalling on any kind of hill (theres a slight hill right next to a big road that you have to be on to get on to the road. I stopped traffic for like 1/4 mile back lol). What he did was take me to a neighborhood with a long hill going down into a cul-de-sac and put me at the bottom and made me go up the hill. stopping and going every 5 feet. once i got to the top i pretty much had it down.

 

i learned on my aunts 2001 mustang v6 back when i was 16, it took me all of like 30 minutes and i had it down. i remember the first stick i tried to drive was my dad's 87 civic wagon, i was 13 and tried to move it into the garage, i ended up just turning the key and jumping it into the garage. . i had to re-teach myself when i got my new accord, i had been driving my dad's 02 passat which is a stick for a while and the accord is way different.

 

Also, once you can get into first, the next challenge is figuring how to get into first quickly and slightly peel out without spinning the tires. I think this is a very important skill if you ever go to the drag strip, because you can get a feel on how much gas to give it without spinning the tires. That way, you wont have to come back from the track and go into the drag racing forum and ask "How do I launch my car" for the 50-millionth time

 

I learned it as soon as I could reach the pedals. It was when I was 13. It's no big deal. I don't even think about shifting gears, now it all goes automaticly. No need to look at tacho either.

ENGN