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09-27-2005, 07:59 PM
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Re: Suggestions on learning to drive a stick shift
Steal a car. You'll learn very quick...
Actually, they're not that hard. Find someone with a stick and have them show you. You don't need a school to teach you. My bud showed me. His only real rule: Once you get it in gear, drive it like an automatic. Have fun when stopping/restarting while going up a steep hill. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] b 
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09-27-2005, 08:04 PM
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Re: Suggestions on learning to drive a stick shift
Keep your foot off the gas. Let the clutch out slow until you feel it grab. When you feel it grab, just hold it there. This is not how you're normally going to drive once you learn, but you got to get used to that grab point.
So hold it there, still keeping the foot off the gas and let it out slightly slightly more, too much and you'll stall. This is just to get the feel. Once you do this for a while and get the feel then you can do it the right way which is to give it just a little gas when you feel that grab point. If you do it wrong, you'll either stall or the car/truck will buck like a bronco. When women learn, they always have a problem with the bucking thing. Good luck and don't be intimidated.
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09-27-2005, 08:11 PM
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Re: Suggestions on learning to drive a stick shift
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I want to learn how to drive a stick shift, but I don't know anyone who can teach me how. I called the local driving schools, but none of them will teach it either. I've posted ads on internet message boards offering to pay someone for lessons, but I haven't had any replies. Anyone have ideas on how I can learn to drive a car with a manual transmission? TIA... [/ QUOTE ] Your father was a failure.
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09-27-2005, 08:16 PM
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Re: Suggestions on learning to drive a stick shift
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Keep your foot off the gas. Let the clutch out slow until you feel it grab. When you feel it grab, just hold it there. This is not how you're normally going to drive once you learn, but you got to get used to that grab point. So hold it there, still keeping the foot off the gas and let it out slightly slightly more, too much and you'll stall. This is just to get the feel. Once you do this for a while and get the feel then you can do it the right way which is to give it just a little gas when you feel that grab point. If you do it wrong, you'll either stall or the car/truck will buck like a bronco. When women learn, they always have a problem with the bucking thing. Good luck and don't be intimidated. [/ QUOTE ] Try this on a slight incline so it'll roll gently backward and just get the car/truck to stop. Once you get better, try it on a steeper hill. This was the single biggest help to me when I was learning how to drive.
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09-27-2005, 08:26 PM
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Re: Suggestions on learning to drive a stick shift
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I want to learn how to drive a stick shift, but I don't know anyone who can teach me how. I called the local driving schools, but none of them will teach it either. I've posted ads on internet message boards offering to pay someone for lessons, but I haven't had any replies. Anyone have ideas on how I can learn to drive a car with a manual transmission? TIA... [/ QUOTE ] I rented one from a dealership before I bought my first car. My dad drove it home and we practiced in my cul-de-sac. It was $39 for a day with that crappy ford escort.
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#17
09-27-2005, 08:37 PM
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Re: Suggestions on learning to drive a stick shift
Out in here in t'UK we nearly all drive manual cars (because it's more economical or something) it's not hard really, just comes down to clutch control. But yeah, when you want to start the car:
1) Make sure handbrake is on and gear is in neutral. 2)Turn engine on 3) Put the clutch all the way down and put the car into 1st gear 4) Still holding the clutch down give the car a little bit of gas (about 1.5 - 2 on the rev meter thing) 5) Slowly bring the clutch up til you feel it 'bite' 6) Take handbreak off (you could actually do this just before step 4) 7) Apply more gas and gently take the clutch all the way off the bite point 8) You will now be moving forward, give it some more gas 9) When the engine appears to be at its peak in 1st take foot off gas and put the clutch down move to 2nd, then 3rd, 4th, and maybe even 5th. 10) Put clutch down and change down to 2nd when going round a corner quite slowly, if you ever have to stop remember to change to 1st again to get it moving as mentioned earlier. 11) If you have to reverse, stop the car, put the clutch down, put it into reverse and then just bring the clutch up real slowly without any gas and you shall be reversing. You can now drive a car manually. Have fun!
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09-27-2005, 09:20 PM
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Re: Suggestions on learning to drive a stick shift
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[ QUOTE ] Keep your foot off the gas. Let the clutch out slow until you feel it grab. When you feel it grab, just hold it there. This is not how you're normally going to drive once you learn, but you got to get used to that grab point. So hold it there, still keeping the foot off the gas and let it out slightly slightly more, too much and you'll stall. This is just to get the feel. Once you do this for a while and get the feel then you can do it the right way which is to give it just a little gas when you feel that grab point. If you do it wrong, you'll either stall or the car/truck will buck like a bronco. When women learn, they always have a problem with the bucking thing. Good luck and don't be intimidated. [/ QUOTE ] Try this on a slight incline so it'll roll gently backward and just get the car/truck to stop. Once you get better, try it on a steeper hill. This was the single biggest help to me when I was learning how to drive. [/ QUOTE ] My roommate had only driven an automatic, was in the market for a new car, and wanted to switch over. I decided to do my best to help him out. It took me somewhere around an hour to get him reasonably comfortable driving a stick-shift. 90 minutes in he could go from fully-stopped on an incline to balancing the clutch/gas (still not moving). Another drill that helped was (starting from a full-stop) getting the engine revs up to 2000-2500 or so, and slowly letting the clutch out while giving it more gas while trying to keep the revs steady. I think it gives people some intuitive sense for what's going on. It's just not that hard. You need a teacher who has some grasp of how things work, and a student who's able to learn without uttering the phrase "This so hard! I quit!" I'd imagine it's somewhat more difficult working with someone who's never driven before at all, but with someone who knows everything but the shifting part it really shouldn't be hard. Don't be intimidated. People make it sound scary, but it's just not. You're going to stall a couple times. You're very likely going to get frustrated. Stay calm, think about what you're doing, and you're going to get the hang of it very quickly.
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09-27-2005, 09:25 PM
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Re: Suggestions on learning to drive a stick shift
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[ QUOTE ] I want to learn how to drive a stick shift, but I don't know anyone who can teach me how. I called the local driving schools, but none of them will teach it either. I've posted ads on internet message boards offering to pay someone for lessons, but I haven't had any replies. Anyone have ideas on how I can learn to drive a car with a manual transmission? TIA... [/ QUOTE ] I rented one from a dealership before I bought my first car. My dad drove it home and we practiced in my cul-de-sac. It was $39 for a day with that crappy ford escort. [/ QUOTE ] Was this in the U.S.? I thought everything you could rent here was an automatic. I got lucky in this respect, in that neither of my parents has ever owned anything but manual-transmission cars. It also meant that when I wanted to learn to drive in 1996, I could do it in a 1988 Chevy Cavalier hatchback and not worry about ruining anything particularly valuable.
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