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Manual car stalling when turning

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MeddyDuo

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Ok I would like my next car to be a manual (I have never driven one). But then I think about this situation: You are on a 4 lane highway, turning left and there is no stop sign. You can't make the turn immediately so you slow down/stop to wait for an opening.
There's an opening, so you start turning. All of a sudden the car stalls. BOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!! you get smashed by the other cars.

So has this happened to anyone?
 
Haha, when I was first learning to drive a MT I stalled on a railroad track in the middle of town. Quite scary.
 
Stalled car could happen to anyone.. not just manuals. However... people who don't know how to drive a manual are far more likely to stall them out than people who do. Find a friend with a manual and practice driving around deserted parking lot.
 
You don't put yourself in situations like that until you know that you'd be able to handle it. Simple as that.

If you HAVE to do it, spinning the tires is better than stalling 😉
 
If you stall the car on takeoff you go maybe, maybe two feet. You're not going to get halfway through the turn before you puke it.

ZV
 
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
If you stall the car on takeoff you go maybe, maybe two feet. You're not going to get halfway through the turn before you puke it.

ZV
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i'm glad someone posted this. i was starting to worry.
 
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: MeddyDuo
Originally posted by: thirdeye
If you HAVE to do it, spinning the tires is better than stalling 😉
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What's that supposed to mean?
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Please tell me you're kidding... Otherwise, buy an automatic and be done with it.

ZV
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Hmm well if I stall I can't really say 'Oh I would like to spin my tires now instead of stalling'
 
You're gonna stall sometimes, if you're worried give it extra gas and you'll be alright. You'll get the hang of it!

There are always accidents, some you can avoid...others you can't.
 
Practice getting the car in motion without using the gas pedal - that'll teach you where the clutch engages. Once you can do that, you're golden and juts need practice to get used to it.
 
Originally posted by: MeddyDuo
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: MeddyDuo
Originally posted by: thirdeye
If you HAVE to do it, spinning the tires is better than stalling 😉
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What's that supposed to mean?
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Please tell me you're kidding... Otherwise, buy an automatic and be done with it.

ZV
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Hmm well if I stall I can't really say 'Oh I would like to spin my tires now instead of stalling'
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Have you EVER driven a manual? If you have you would know that pulling out is the toughest part (obviously).

Finding that spot where the clutch grabs and giving enough gas to go takes a while. Most of the time you'll stall, but a sure fire way to NOT stall is give it more gas than it needs. When you do that the tires will spin when the clutch grabs, you don't stall you just make a bunch of noise, and hopefully don't draw unwanted attention. But it works.

 
Originally posted by: MeddyDuo
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: MeddyDuo
Originally posted by: thirdeye
If you HAVE to do it, spinning the tires is better than stalling 😉
Click to expand...
What's that supposed to mean?
Click to expand...
Please tell me you're kidding... Otherwise, buy an automatic and be done with it.

ZV
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Hmm well if I stall I can't really say 'Oh I would like to spin my tires now instead of stalling'
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buy an automatic and be done with it
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- M4H
 
Heh in the midst of learning stick right now, I am trying to avoid these left turns where I would have taken it had I been in my automatic.

As I'm learning now, i'm just taking my foot off the clutch very slowly. If you take your foot off the clutch very slowly, it's hard to stall (granted you are on a flat surface) because you will feel the clutch pull you forward and then you give it the gas. However since you are doing it slowly, you will need more space between you and the traffic if you were doing it quicker.

It just sucks I haven't driven my new car in 2.5 weeks because I am still waiting on the lein release from her bank so I can get it registered, and the lady needed the tags back from it 2.5 weeks ago when she registered her new car 🙁
 
Originally posted by: MeddyDuo
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: MeddyDuo
Originally posted by: thirdeye
If you HAVE to do it, spinning the tires is better than stalling 😉
Click to expand...
What's that supposed to mean?
Click to expand...
Please tell me you're kidding... Otherwise, buy an automatic and be done with it.

ZV
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Hmm well if I stall I can't really say 'Oh I would like to spin my tires now instead of stalling'
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No sh!t Sherlock. But if you cannot tell that the advice meant "If you're worried about stalling in a situation where stalling would be really bad, just rev the piss out of the engine and dump the clutch, it's better to spin the tires than stall in those cases", then you should really consider an automatic instead.

ZV
 
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