Learn how to drive!!!
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I was driving two whole years before I finally got my first car—a used Saab 96—and learned to drive a stick. Four-on-the-column! It was weird to suddenly not be able to even climb the hill out of our driveway, but that lasted only a couple of hours.
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02' M5.
It was brand new and I was absolutely afraid to death to do anything
Thankfully it makes enough torque to come off the line with absolutely no gas. Thats how I learned, feathering the throttle till it creeped off the line.
It was brand new and I was absolutely afraid to death to do anything
Thankfully it makes enough torque to come off the line with absolutely no gas. Thats how I learned, feathering the throttle till it creeped off the line.
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I loved my 92 4 banger. First car. it ran like crap.
Starting out I had the hardest time getting it into 1st, after that it was a breeze
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I learned how to drive stick in my friends volvo, but wasn't really fluent when I got my 8. About 3 or 4 days after getting the 8 I was really fluent, even stopping on hills and whatnot. Really glad I got the manual
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So let me ask you guys this. What RPM do you rev to when your taking your foot off the clutch?
I go to 1,800 feel the grab and let off. Is that ok?
I go to 1,800 feel the grab and let off. Is that ok?
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haha I didnt even know how to drive a stick when I bought my 8, the dealer had to drive it to my house lol....But yeah I learned that night from a friend how to drive it and by the time the night was over I was up town...cake. Everyday I leave work I have to go under a underpass and stop on a straight up hill...still no fun...facing the sky nearly, I try to haul *** to it before someone gets behind me lol.
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Yeah, 1,800 sounds about right....you don't want to get the RPM's too high and burn the clutch up. I don't pay attention the the RPM's though...I just let it out when it feels right. Before you know it, you won't even pay attention to it or think about shifting. It will just be natural.
Man, I went to buy my first car, and found out it was a stick ($400 for an '83 Plymouth Tourismo...wow, that thing was junk!) when I got to the guy's house. I had to drive it home, and crap was that a horrible adventure! Reverse was to the left of 1st gear, so I didn't know if I was in Reverse, 1st, or 3rd gear when I'd try to start moving.
Man, I went to buy my first car, and found out it was a stick ($400 for an '83 Plymouth Tourismo...wow, that thing was junk!) when I got to the guy's house. I had to drive it home, and crap was that a horrible adventure! Reverse was to the left of 1st gear, so I didn't know if I was in Reverse, 1st, or 3rd gear when I'd try to start moving.
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I was 14 (first manual experience) and lived just outside of town. My dad owned an old truck (chevy i think) that had the old "3 on a tree" configuration. Dad also had a company vehicle so when he was gone and my mom was gone i would then go out and mimick how my dad drove the truck and in no time i was taking it up and down the country roads, sometimes visiting neighboring friends. Thought i was pretty cool.
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My first car was an auto 99 mustang gt, After that was my first 5spd car and it was an 02 mustang gt. I never drove stick until I drove it off the lot, I did ok. I don't think I stalled at all that night but I did do alot of bunny hopping
. That wasn't an easy car to learn on at all. The clutch was pretty stiff and a **** load of torque made bunny hopping REALLY easy.
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btw I wouldn't say bring it to a certain rpm and then let the clutch grab, don't even look at your gauges, just give a LITTLE gas and let the clutch out really slow at the same time, when you feel the clutch grab give more gas as you give less clutch. Over time it will be as easy as walking. I tried the whole bring it to a certain rpm and then let clutch out but I was never able to consistently get a smooth take off, just go by feel and itll be much better
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lol, this is a bad idea. I couldn'nt drive a stick so i decided the only way to learn, was to buy one so i bought the rx8. I figured it was too expensive to mess up, so i learned to drive a stick with my eight and i have been doing very well ever since.
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My first experience with driving a stick was in a VW Jetta. I drove it for about an hour learning how to drive a manual, and then, two weeks later I bought my 6 speed rx-8. It was quite entertaining the first night I brought it home. I was lucky that most of the drive was interstate and no traffic.