Learning to drive a manual tranny sucks...

[oboegoddess]

I miss driving stick, it was so much fun!
Hopefully my next car will be.

 

[TJN23]

stick shift cars can be "kick started" which is good if your battery ever dies and you're on flat or a downhill....learn to drive stick shift

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: Rahminator

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: KingNothing
For starting on a hill, do this:

1) Feet on clutch and brake.
2) Apply handbrake.
3) Feet on gas and clutch.
4) To get going, release the handbrake slowly while letting up on the clutch and applying a little gas.

No rolling back, no smoking tires, no holding the car in place with the clutch. It's so easy!

What he said. Piece of cake.

Not hardcore enough.

No less the correct way.

The hardcore way:
1. Feet on brake + clutch
2. Quickly move 1 foot to gas pedal and floor it
3. Meet with clutch + generate lots of wheel spin

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: Rahminator

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: KingNothing
For starting on a hill, do this:

1) Feet on clutch and brake.
2) Apply handbrake.
3) Feet on gas and clutch.
4) To get going, release the handbrake slowly while letting up on the clutch and applying a little gas.

No rolling back, no smoking tires, no holding the car in place with the clutch. It's so easy!

What he said. Piece of cake.

Not hardcore enough.

No less the correct way.

The hardcore way:
1. Feet on brake + clutch
2. Quickly move 1 foot to gas pedal and floor it
3. Meet with clutch + generate lots of wheel spin

 

[FrustratedUser]

:Q

WTF, my first double post. Sorry!

 

[huey1124]

i always tell teenagers that when they learn to drive, do it on a stick. i think it's much easier to learn stick shift when you're younger, on older cars like VW rabbits. when i learned to drive, it was on a stick and i learned within an afternoon.

when i moved to California, my friends were impressed when i would take them to San Francisco and parallel park my car on hills. like someone mentioned, all you need to do is use hand brake while using clutch and gas at same time. very easy.

 

[StageLeft]

I never use the handbrake for hillstarts now, but you should be when you learn.