Need to learn how to drive Stick

[Muscleboy]

I need to learn ASAP for a job, but i dont know anyone who has one.  Any suggestions?

[scooter]

how old are you? That is sad.

[YoungBlood]

Clutch in, put shifter in gear. Slowly release clutch- too fast you'll stall the car. Get up to speed, push clutch in, pull shifter from one gear to another, let clutch out again-this time it's okay to do it a bit faster. Repeat.
Clutch driving 101.
Now trying double clutching is a whole other game....

[scooter]

you forgot to mention to press the gas at the same time you are releasing the clutch.

also hit the brake at the same time you do this all while shifting gears as fast as possible.

[Thunderfck1]

Put the gas and clutch pedals all the way to the floor, put the shifter in reverse, and let the clutch pedal out.

[scooter]

Put the gas and clutch pedals all the way to the floor, put the shifter in reverse, and let the clutch pedal out.

great advice make sure it is hitting the rev limiter before you do this

[AVBG]

call a driving instructor.

[24KT]

call a driving instructor.

Good advice, ...anything else would be like trying to give a haircut over the phone.

It's really easy tho, ...if my sister can learn to drive a stick... anyone can.

[Faust]

You need to find somebody who can do it, and let him help your for an hour or two.
It's not hard. After a while you do it without thinking about it.

[AVBG]

If you have experience driving auto transmission, you can pick it up within a couple of hours, but you wont be that good and you'll look stupid when you stall the engine.

[Jeff Miller]

If you pop the clutch while activating the flux capacitor and achieving a speed of 88 mph, you'll go back to the future.

Hope this helps.

[Euro-monster]

If you don't know how to drive a stick then you never learned how to drive a car!..

[MikeThaMachine]

HAHAHAHAHA how sad can one be, I just got my lincense at 21 but even I taught myself to drive stick back when I was only 14 by taking my moms extra car out (a ford focus) before she got home from work. Have also driven a few other stick cars and a stick truck which was fun, If you know how to ride dirt bikes and manual quads then driving stick in a car shouldn't be much of a problem.

[BayGBM]

If you don't know how to drive a stick then you never learned how to drive a car!..

So true!  And you can't drive a stick if

• you burn through a clutch before 150,000 miles.

• you can't handle the steep hills of San Francisco!

• you stall more than once in six months.

[ToxicAvenger]

I need to learn ASAP for a job, but i dont know anyone who has one.  Any suggestions?

easy method driving school...

google it..if you r in the US


i dont blame u though..dad shoulda taught ya stick first..


i learned on a 67(maybe 68..dont quite remember) corolla with 3 gears and a reverse!   damn thing ws built like a tank..

[Diesel1]

I've never even drove an automatic. Wouldn't want to either

[ToxicAvenger]

I've never even drove an automatic. Wouldn't want to either

i'm stuck with one right now..but i live in DC...

at some point ya get fucking tired of

first..second...first ..second..first..neutral ..first ...neutral..for 2 fucking hours mate    esp with sore legs..

[MikeThaMachine]

So true!  And you can't drive a stick if

• you burn through a clutch before 150,000 miles.

• you can't handle the steep hills of San Francisco!

• you stall more than once in six months.

Your not trying to send subliminal messages are you...

[Muscleboy]

HAHAHAHAHA how sad can one be, I just got my lincense at 21 but even I taught myself to drive stick back when I was only 14 by taking my moms extra car out (a ford focus) before she got home from work. Have also driven a few other stick cars and a stick truck which was fun, If you know how to ride dirt bikes and manual quads then driving stick in a car shouldn't be much of a problem.

Self Owned!!!

[YoungBlood]

• you can't handle the steep hills of San Francisco!

Guess I passed. Do I get brownie points because I also do it in an 18 wheeler, with 27+ tons behind me, and having to double clutch?

[bmacsys]

I need to learn ASAP for a job, but i dont know anyone who has one.  Any suggestions?

Get behind the wheel and put the time in. Try not to have to stop going up a hill in traffic!

[benchmstr]

push gas to floor at instantly let foot off clutch,don't mind the roasting tires. i am sure your company will be insured.

[onlyme]

My first car was a 1959 MGA.  4 speed with NO -syncro.  What fun that was.  I was down at the beach on a hill with a hottie and I was so nervous about stalling it.  Then a bike with a harly gets right on my tail.  Light turned green and I reved it and let the clutch out and still rolled back.  It just hit this guys tire and he started screaming at me and I took off.  He came alongside of me and spit on me and called me an asshole.  I was only 16.  I got tired of shifting and only bought autos until the 935.  I had an 1967 VW bus too.  That was fun since the stick travel was more than 12".  I'd like to drive a car with a paddle shifter

[Havenbull]

Good advice, ...anything else would be like trying to give a haircut over the phone.

It's really easy tho, ...if my sister can learn to drive a stick... anyone can.

 I see dipshits run in the family

[Theoak*]

HAHAHAHAHA how sad can one be, I just got my lincense at 21 but even I taught myself to drive stick back when I was only 14 by taking my moms extra car out (a ford focus) before she got home from work. Have also driven a few other stick cars and a stick truck which was fun, If you know how to ride dirt bikes and manual quads then driving stick in a car shouldn't be much of a problem.

Yes very sad , not everyone here has as extensive experience as you in riding sticks. Seems like you have had your fair share of them over the years.