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[freestyler121]

I love the 3sss ferrari game, amazing, very realistic. but its not that hard if you knwo teh basics, its just once you knwo it practice, i would seriosuly go and try it alone, cause people can get frustrated if its there car and your grinding gears and burning the clutch

[Benevolence]

Took me a week (couple hours each day) to feel confident driving a 5 speed (learned on a 85 civic), unless I move to LA or NY all the cars Ill be getting for the rest of my will be manual. I only let one novice drive my celica (my cousin, he loves cars and was goin into the navy so i said hell with it)... I almost had a heart attack as he drove that car but after about 20 minutes he was doing quite well just have to understand how a manual transmission works and get a feel for it. Heres an excellent article you should read too

http://www.edmunds.com/ownership/techcente...29/article.html

[Chrobis]

QUOTE (Benevolence @ May 7, 2003 - 12:20 AM)

http://www.edmunds.com/ownership/techcente...29/article.html

I'm confused....

[CelicaGoddess]

I learned on my dad's miata. I had no choice but to drive a stick cuz all my parents cars are sticks except the minivan and I ain't drivin that! So I've hardly ever driven an automatic. I wouldn't drive on any road that I would have to stop on a hill for like a month!!! That was the only hard part for me!

GOOD LUCK!!!

[Guest_Jason_*]

I learned on my friends 300ZXTT (reason why I wanted one so long ago). Then I bought my 1992 Integra GS-R and that was Manual, well I blew that up a year later but not due to my driving, well I guess it kinda was after the accident, I shouldn't have redlined it in a race after I wrecked it... ANYWAYS! Your going to bring me memories of a car that actually did the 1/4 miles in under 20 min. Ok so.. now I have an Automatic Celica ST, and I haven't driven stick in probably 2 years or so, except for the occasional driving a friends car, so i'm scared to get my Celica back with a 4AGZE & LSD 5 Speed...

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

Yeah, all the vehicles in my family are stick except my moms van......lol......so i learned on my dad's 86 mazda pickup It might be a little intimidating at first, but if you watch the way someone shifts cafrefully you can get the hang of it pretty easily as long as youre smooth with it. My 1st and 2nd gears still feel pretty touchy after driving stick for almost a year and a half now......i dunno if anyone else has this problem, but overall stick isnt too hard, the more you do it, the easier it is

[pflau]

QUOTE (Stipt @ May 6, 2003 - 8:02 PM)

I just can't wait to learn......I'm eager now....before I was kinda scared cuz I don't know anyone that drives them...but now I'm like fock it....it will own!

YO LISTEN UP!!!!!

just think about it.. in europe most of the cars are stick shift.. and OLD WOMEN have been driving them for DECADES. and in some places, you CAN'T GET A LICENSE if YOU CAN'T DRIVE STICK!!!

if old women can do it.. so can you!!!!

[Stipt]

LoL! thanks for the......inspiration....

[pflau]

ok, you gotta learn to drive stick.. whenever I see someone driving a sports car or even a sporty car and I see that 'R N D 1 2' gate I say to myself.. 'ah! another poser' so where are some pointers:

1) use a light right foot.. that's right. you have to unlearn your right foot. an automatic transmission is like a rubberband.. your engine is connected to the drive tran through liquid.. its like turbo lag in first gear. but a manual there's a hard link between the engine and the drive tran so you can literally jerk your car around at 5mph with the gas. the first time you drive a stick you would be like wtf why is the gas so touchy.. well the gas is not touchy.. its because you're so used to the rubberband gas response of an automatic that you think its touchy.. so UNLEARN your right foot and develop a really soft touch on the gas or you'd be jerkying your car around.

2) think of the clutch as the brake working backward because it is what it is. when you brake the brake graps the disc and the car stop. when you let up the clutch the clutch graps the drive tran to the engine fly wheel and the car go. remember how you brake... YOU SLOWLY PRESS DOWN ON THE BRAKE UNTIL THE CAR COMES TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP AND THEN PRESS THE BRAKE DOWN ALL THE WAY AND THAT'S HOW YOU USE THE CLUTCH!!! you let up the clutch half-way until you feel the car in full go meaning the engine power is almost 100% transmitted to the drive tran and THEN AND ONLY THEN do you let the clutch up all the way.

3) stalling is caused by NOT ENOUGH GAS.. you have to use your very light foot to gas the engine up to about 1500rpm before the engine have enough power to move the drive tran while the clutch is only half up.. you CAN'T GET GOING WITH THE ENGINE ON IDLE.. well you can but it'll take FOREVER.. so give it some gas and remember you DO NOT LET THE CLUTCH UP ALL THE WAY until you sense the car is moving along.

4) uphill start is the most stressful.. especially at a red light when there are cars right behind you.. hope you dont live in san fran.. the trick is again think of the clutch as the brake working backward.. if the brake can stop the car on an uphill.. wouldnt you think that the clutch can move the car going uphill??? the trick is to GAS THE ENGINE MORE while letting up the clutch half way so the car would not roll back. of course you need to switch your foot from the brake to the gas super quick while letting up the clutch to CATCH the drive tran before the car can start rolling back.

5) I think many people scared of stick shifts because they think the clutch is like a "disconnect" between the engine and the drive tran that they have to constantly manage.. while an automatic is like always connected so you feel much more secured. this is WRONG WRONG WRONG!!! have you ever felt insecured about your brakes?? a clutch is a BRAKE working BACKWARD!!! if you can use your brakes you can use the clutch.

6) it is very important that you learn to drive a stick now and get a stick car while youre single because I heard that once you get married you can forget about it!!!



This post has been edited by pflau: May 8, 2003 - 12:33 AM