December 30, 2008
What’s the most economical way to learn how to drive a stick shift car besides learning from a friend or famil
yyjerseyian asked:
I am trying to learn driving a stick shift car as it’s the only way to enjoy the true spirit of driving and tast the limit for most sports cars. However, I am not sure what are the options I can learn to drive a stick shift car. Obviously, options can be:
1. learn from a friend,
2. learn from family member
3. learn from driving school
4. …
Option 1&2 does not apply in my case. Do we have any other way?
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Comments on What’s the most economical way to learn how to drive a stick shift car besides learning from a friend or famil
driving school is the best way to learn…
or just buy some OLD cheapy 5spd and teach yourself..read up on the internet..thats what i did
call up rental companies
Come on over here…. so maby not. Maby a neighbor has a stick, or someone you work with? Too many people drive autos these days.
You will learn how to drive stick quickly if it’s your only mode of transportation. It isn’t hard.
After observing very carefully your friends/family members driving their cars with stick shifts, go to a car dealer and ask to take a car with a manual ****** on a test drive. You could also get a part-time job shuttling cars for awhile, and they’d HAVE to train you on stick shifts AND you’d get paid for it!! That’s how I personally learned and got the lust in my blood for the ultimate control and power of a stick. Hope this helped!! Vrrrrrooooommmmmmmmm!
Your only other choice is to buy a car with manual transmission and get to practicing. A bit of advice though,,,,,,,,,,,,easy on the clutch!!!
Read info on proper shifting and what not at sites like this:
To practice, try going to a car dealership. A used car dealership would have easier (worn in) clutches so engagement is more forgiving.
Act interested in a buying a car and let them know you are interested in a stick shift but you don’t know how to drive one yet (this is common…since I was one). A good salesman will put you behind the wheel and let you learn. The hardest part about stick is taking off from a stop, so just practice that. Go around dealerships doing that and hopefully you’ll have learned basic stick shifting before they post pictures of you at the dealerships.
When it comes down to it though, just go out and buy a stick shift. I didn’t know how to drive stick before my first manual car and after a week of sweating through it, I got it down in a month. I was comfortable going to motor sport events about 6-8 months of driving. good luck
travel to the Orient…and take notes..on how not to drive a standard…