I mostly drive stick because its cheaper. They are nice because of better acceleration and gas mileage but automatics are nice because they are so easy to use, especially in traffic.
if you can afford a m3 you can afford a junker to learn on then sell and lose a couple hundred bucks.
yesish, ive driven an Rx7 for about an hour it was manual, but the clutch was going so it was weird. i hope to get an M6 in the Z28 im lookin for.
MIKE
MIKE
Yup, it's not all that hard when you buy a new car that's stick and you have to drive it 
I wanted a Mazda 3 stick, so that's what I got. Took my buddy's old VW Bug out a few times to figure out a manual, then got the 3. Fun stuff, and it's a LOT easier to do on your own car. Don't know why, but it is
I've also mastered the much more difficult skill of both being a guy and being able to drive stick without acting like it's a metaphor for how big my wang is Sorry guys, but I get the feeling you're overcompensating for something.
I wanted a Mazda 3 stick, so that's what I got. Took my buddy's old VW Bug out a few times to figure out a manual, then got the 3. Fun stuff, and it's a LOT easier to do on your own car. Don't know why, but it is I've also mastered the much more difficult skill of both being a guy and being able to drive stick without acting like it's a metaphor for how big my wang is
Sorry guys, but I get the feeling you're overcompensating for something.
You'll love it...engine braking is AWESOME on twisty backroads as you feel as if you have 10x more control of your vehicle when slowing down, and downshifting for power, when YOU want to, and NOT WHEN THE AUTO thinks you need it, makes every trip enjoyable...
<---drives throug backroads every day in his POS and has a blast
By the way jaraden, wait until you master eating a LARGE sandwhich and shifting in bumper to bumper stop and go traffic, with your left hand:Q
That said, one of the advantages of a stick, in my opinion, is that most of the time, both hands are on the wheel, your eyes are on the road, and you aren't fiddling with stuff. Basically, the necessity for concentration and attentiveness is awesome, however ironic that might sound. Whener I drive an auto, the lack of interaction reduces my response time to to fatiggue immensely.
<---alertness due to stick has saved me from many a carwreck...
That said, one of the advantages of a stick, in my opinion, is that most of the time, both hands are on the wheel, your eyes are on the road, and you aren't fiddling with stuff. Basically, the necessity for concentration and attentiveness is awesome, however ironic that might sound. Whener I drive an auto, the lack of interaction reduces my response time to to fatiggue immensely.
<---alertness due to stick has saved me from many a carwreck...
I swear to god I've eaten a Whopper Jr. on two seperate occasions while driving manual.
It's not even hard, because I can just take 1st up to ~30kmh and then dump it into 3rd and I'm set for any city street.
It's only slightly more complicated than eating while driving automatic in that you need to free up your hand to shift gears.
Not neccessarily the greatest thing to do... but it's not like I don't see a 14 foot long car and try to merge into that car's lane
Just grab any. It takes about an hour to learn enough so that you can really learn to drive on your first stick car...
It takes months to learn it instinctively. Hell you could learn it in a day, but when you come to a scene of an accident or somethign distracts you, unless you have enough experience, you're either:
a)fcked
b)stall
c)invloved in some sort of accident.
Really, it is not that difficult, regardless of how many tricks or techniques there are.
liek I said, what takes time is programming yourself to do those thigns based on instinct, not on reasoning, which takes time, and is NOT acceptable when you come to a moment of truth.
Heheh, I read that as man train.
Hell yeah I can drive manual. I've never driven an automatic.
If you can only drive automatic, you're a failure at life.
Vic
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Ugh. I pity whoever bought that one.
WRX is not the car to learn to drive a manual on. Something like a Civic is best for that.
Personally, I learned how to drive on a manual and have never owned an automatic. Once you learn how to drive a manual properly, it just becomes 2nd-nature to you. And I prefer the far greater level of control that a manual gives you.
Originally posted by: Vic
Ugh. I pity whoever bought that one.
WRX is not the car to learn to drive a manual on. Something like a Civic is best for that.
Personally, I learned how to drive on a manual and have never owned an automatic. Once you learn how to drive a manual properly, it just becomes 2nd-nature to you. And I prefer the far greater level of control that a manual gives you.
The first time I tried to learn was in an F350
AHAHAHAH
My dad was drinking a soda, no yop on of course, and then I let out the clutch....
AHAHAHA
orange soad was ll over the cabin....
AHAHA
Seriosuly, the frist time you hear that engine roar, you are afraid to give it much gas because it it jsut so loud,..you sort of believe that it will exploded
Needless to say, I then learned in an izuzu rodeo and I picked it up jsut fine
MasterAndCommander
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Originally posted by: Vic
I 2nd that...a Civic is a great car to learn on - that's what I learned on - responsive but not too much HP to catch you off guard. :thumbsup:
Not like the time my friend tried to show me on his 305+HP Mach 1 with a Steeda Tri-Ax shifter - oh the horrors
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