Ok so there is this gorgeous girl who wants to learn how to drive a manual vehicle, and really wants me to teach her. the only issue is the only vehicle that i can get ahold of that is a manual is my 8. It is a stock '04 GT and I was wondering if it would be a really bad idea to do so. if any of you guys could help me out that would be amazing. thanks so much.

 

Wait so you own a manual 8 but don't know how to drive it?

 

He owns a manual 8, knows how to drive it, but he don't know if it's a good idea to teach someone who doesn't.

 

Let me get this straight; you want to teach a hot girl how to drive stick with your sports car. As tempting as it sounds, don't be a tool.

 

haha aight thanks man.

 

Depends on how hot she is and if she is single... Post a pic of her.. then We will let you know if you should teach her

 

/\ What he said.

 

She wants you to teach her, so she can go impress some other guy who has a Mustang.

 

^ +1

 

ohhhhhhhhh rough!

 

depends were she falls on the hotness scale. In the Bible of Men it says "thy shall not deny ANY women that falls at a 9 or above on the scale when it comes to material possessions, not applicable if said women has less then a B cup and/or triplets

 

Damn, seems like the decision will only get harder.

 

Pics or gtfo.

Also I would try and find a standard diesel. They're so torquey it's very hard to stall.

 

I wouldn't let her. Especially not an rx-8. She deserves a honda civic to learn on lol

 

The 8 is not a car to learn stick on. The transmission is not very tough and it sure as hell ain't cheap, you do not want someone who doesn't know how to drive a stick learning on your 8.

Get a rental and teach her on that. It will be cheaper. If she wants to drive your 8 she needs to earn it...somehow.

 

I had this same scenario presented to me a few years ago (except she was my girlfriend) when I had my 04. We did one session and she got so scared that after five minutes she gave up. She didn't want to break my car and felt bad about abusing my baby. All she did was stall it wasn't that bad, but she refused to drive it anymore.

This had two benefits, the fist being that she never asked to drive my car again. The second, well, I'll leave that to your imagination but her feeling badly about abusing your baby can go a long way...

 

do you want to get some box or have a broken gear box its up to you

 

Someone has to show her how to use the stick, may as well be you...

 

It would be an excellent idea to do so.

 

Don't. Just teach her to drive your stick lol

 

+1.

 

i agree pix need to be up ASAP...

and i learned to drive stick on my 8 pretty much and nothing bad came up yet (deflooding was fun )

 

lol dont do it ... i fell for this when i had my s4 and she royally F**ked it up get a rental to teach her it will fall cheaper ... also i say post pics too

 

Don't care how hot a chick is, no way in hell I'm letting her drive my 8, especially if she doesn't know how to drive a manual, that's just asking for your transmission to get royally fucked up. Just my personal opinion though.

 

There's not really a way to tear a transmission up trying to learn to drive stick. Clutch, sure. Transmission? Nah. Not unless said person insists on repeatedly revving to >3krpm and dumping the clutch.

I would say that the rx8 would not be an ideal vehicle to learn clutch on. As a very low torque peaky engine, it makes launches very difficult and requires a lot of finesse to avoid stalling or burning the clutch. I say this compared to something like a pickup truck or a mustang or something with more torque where you can basically just let the clutch out at/near idle and the vehicle pulls out easily without stalling.

This is also the case with any rotary engine car...I taught a couple of women how to drive in rx-7s and they found it very challenging, while they could get in my truck (an older v6 s-10) and drive it much better.

I will say that anyone who learns (and eventually does well) on an rx8 or rotary car, will then be able to drive virtually any other vehicle with ease.