[JCsGrly]

okay boys and girls - anyone interested in teaching me how to drive a standard car???

[legalspeed]

Is this thread freightening to others as well?

[JCsGrly]

the way i look at it - either someones gotta teach me how to drive standard or i have to limit my search on a new car to an automatic.



guess itll be automatic ...

[twrayinma]

i just taught my wife last month...
maybe wanna wait a bit to see how much she smooths out in the next month or two... maybe i'm not a good teacher.

[JCsGrly]

shifting in a car is just like on a bike - its a finess thing... you get better with practice - but i gotta get the first part down before i can get the finess a friend tried teachin me back in high school but that was a one time thing just for fun and i did better than our guy friends he said *shrug*

[VinceF2]

Do the same thing you do on a bike... it's just your feet are clutching and throttling and your hand is shifting...

but the theory is the same.... let the clutch out while applying the proper amount of gas... and you go...

put clutch in/let off gas, shift, let clutch out/throttle...

etc etc... same principle...

I'll bet you would figure it out pretty quick since you can ride and shift your bike....

[beet]

starting takes practice once you got hills down with out rolling backwords your in ps or burning out. try not 2 slip the clutch much clutches sux 2 put in well thats it btw my wife cant but she can ride tryed years ago 2 tech her told her get the fuck out killing my clutch

[VinceF2]

btw my wife cant but she can ride tryed years ago 2 tech her told her get the fuck out killing my clutch

k... maybe it's just me than... I learned to ride dirtbikes when I was 10 and a standard car at 14 (Thanks Dad )

didn't have an issue with the car... always seemed to be easy...

[Stoneman]

If you can ride a bike (and we know you can), you'll have no problem driving a manual tranny. The only difference is the controls are in different places. Piece of cake. If you wanna get a manual tranny, get one. Within a week you'll be old school...

[JCsGrly]

thanx for the support and advice lol... now we'll see what i end up with when i get something

[Degsy]

I'm local, but I don't have a stick shift car, can you borrow one?

I drove my first automatic 5 years ago when I came to the states, before then it was all sticks.

degsy

[JCsGrly]

haha thats the one thing i dont have that i need most - the stick shift car - but i may not have to learn after all. lots of people seem to know how but no car to learn on *shrug* i was only concerned in case i ended up finding a great car that was a standard. i'll keep ya posted thanx degs.

[Degsy]

I can teach you to drive it in half a day. In England you have to take about 50 lessons before you have a chance of passing your test so I have PLENTY of experience in teaching someone how to drive a manual transmission car, from my own lessons.