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post Aug 30, 2008 - 4:16 AM
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k so im getting a new car soon
and no matter what its gonna be a stick bc i dont like automatic

anyone know where i can learn? so i know how to drive before the test ride?
my friends both have stick but they dont wanna teach me in their cars =[
camaro Z28 and golf gti

but yeah somewhere where i can get started
or if theirs a practice sesh
 
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post Sep 1, 2008 - 10:41 AM
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Okay I did this recently too (like 4 months ago) and I ended up learning it pretty quickly.

The best thing you can do is make a night of it once you learn how to launch it of course. Just fill up the tank and take it to the streets. Nobody will be around so nobody will care if you mess up. Country roads are the best, and make sure you do some hill stops. Just spend like an hours at it, take a break, and than another hour. After that, sleep. Then wake up and think about what you did wrong and how you can improve your driving. After you've done this you'll probably be itching to go out and do it again.

I did something like that for a while, however I owned the car before I could actually drive it. Since you'll probably be taking a friend's car you might not be able to get a routine like that going so you might want to work on the basics and save the routine for when you get the car you're going to buy.


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post Sep 1, 2008 - 1:43 PM
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QUOTE (Taskbot @ Sep 1, 2008 - 4:41 PM) *
Okay I did this recently too (like 4 months ago) and I ended up learning it pretty quickly.

The best thing you can do is make a night of it once you learn how to launch it of course. Just fill up the tank and take it to the streets. Nobody will be around so nobody will care if you mess up. Country roads are the best, and make sure you do some hill stops. Just spend like an hours at it, take a break, and than another hour. After that, sleep. Then wake up and think about what you did wrong and how you can improve your driving. After you've done this you'll probably be itching to go out and do it again.

I did something like that for a while, however I owned the car before I could actually drive it. Since you'll probably be taking a friend's car you might not be able to get a routine like that going so you might want to work on the basics and save the routine for when you get the car you're going to buy.


sick man
i think i might have my friend test drive it
and have him drive it back and teach me with the new car...
is that legit???
what does everyone else think of that

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- mrgrape   How to drive stick shift?   Aug 30, 2008 - 4:16 AM
- - Stambo   learn in the golf. I dont know why people are so a...   Aug 30, 2008 - 8:17 AM
- - imper   Yes teh clutch is the hard part. Every clutch in e...   Aug 30, 2008 - 8:39 AM
- - Tigawoods   i had it down mentally in my head before i even sa...   Aug 30, 2008 - 8:40 AM
- - stetsonaw   i learned on a 78 chevy c/k, 4 on the floor (which...   Aug 30, 2008 - 10:53 AM
- - 97celiman   lol i learned in a 78 ford flatbed with a 289 must...   Aug 30, 2008 - 12:42 PM
- - 1bwilson   Its easy, remember first is just to get you rollin...   Aug 30, 2008 - 12:55 PM
- - Akira_g4   If you were up here in norcal i'd teach you. ...   Aug 30, 2008 - 12:56 PM
- - stetsonaw   QUOTE 1'st 5'th and reverse are on a stron...   Aug 30, 2008 - 12:59 PM
|- - 1bwilson   QUOTE (stetsonaw @ Aug 30, 2008 - 10...   Aug 30, 2008 - 1:06 PM
- - stetsonaw   ebrake handle gets in the way of 5th over here on ...   Aug 30, 2008 - 1:30 PM
- - goferris   You should learn on a celica. I just pretty much t...   Aug 30, 2008 - 2:11 PM
- - Rider   You got plenty of advice, but the main thing you w...   Aug 30, 2008 - 2:22 PM
- - mrgrape   thanks akira and fellow 6gcers.... the problem is ...   Aug 30, 2008 - 6:05 PM
- - RickJamesBish   I'd say it depends mostly on the car you learn...   Aug 30, 2008 - 9:33 PM
- - JonMarkos   Just test drive standard transmission cars at car ...   Aug 31, 2008 - 12:11 AM
|- - RickJamesBish   QUOTE (JonMarkos @ Aug 31, 2008 - 12...   Aug 31, 2008 - 8:56 PM
- - forkee   where do you live?   Aug 31, 2008 - 12:56 AM
|- - mrgrape   QUOTE (forkee @ Aug 31, 2008 - 5:56 ...   Aug 31, 2008 - 3:06 AM
- - forkee   oh ok. shoot id teach you but you'll have to c...   Aug 31, 2008 - 11:06 AM
|- - mrgrape   QUOTE (forkee @ Aug 31, 2008 - 5:06 ...   Aug 31, 2008 - 2:56 PM
- - xs94st   old pickup ftw!   Aug 31, 2008 - 7:04 PM
- - Taskbot   Okay I did this recently too (like 4 months ago) a...   Sep 1, 2008 - 10:41 AM
|- - mrgrape   QUOTE (Taskbot @ Sep 1, 2008 - 4:41 ...   Sep 1, 2008 - 1:43 PM
- - RickJamesBish   I wouldn't advise taking it on public roads if...   Sep 1, 2008 - 10:59 AM
- - RickJamesBish   Once again, that sounds terrible...have fun wrecki...   Sep 1, 2008 - 8:00 PM
|- - Taskbot   QUOTE (RickJamesBish @ Sep 1, 2008 - 9...   Sep 1, 2008 - 11:20 PM
- - CelicaST_CALI   all i can say is dont be a robot...every time u sh...   Sep 1, 2008 - 8:06 PM
- - mrgrape   wow i was in my friends z28 today and OMFGGGGGGGGG...   Sep 2, 2008 - 12:15 AM
|- - richee3   QUOTE (mrgrape @ Sep 1, 2008 - 10:15...   Feb 9, 2024 - 9:10 PM
- - JonMarkos   So a salesman gets pissed and...does what?   Sep 2, 2008 - 12:20 PM
- - RickJamesBish   I'm not talking about driving in general, of c...   Sep 2, 2008 - 6:45 PM
- - Taskbot   QUOTE (RickJamesBish @ Sep 2, 2008 - 7...   Sep 2, 2008 - 8:50 PM


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