How hard is it to learn to drive a manual car?
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Fix clutch yourself
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Auto ( I can't fix them don't know how )
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$$$$$$$ slush gear box. Clutch simple, automatics cost a ton if serious complication: cheaper to buy...
How hard is it to learn to drive a manual car?
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I'm not saying that it's not a bit of a hassle. But, not enough where it'll steer me away from ever buying a manual again.
How hard is it to learn to drive a manual car?
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Seriously. Mine was exactly the sort of situation she was preparing you for. You should call her and tell her she was right. :P
If I have to sit in stop and go traffic for more than like...
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I've never had a car with manual transmission, but my mom made me learn to drive one well enough to get by "in case of emergency". Don't know that it would be the smoothest ride, but I could get...
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I also do exactly what you're saying. But I'm fat and I have crappy knees so having to hit the clutch that often for that long, even with those tricks, is enough to make my knees start to ache.
How hard is it to learn to drive a manual car?
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You should get a Prius, Only 2 gears, one forward & one reverse.
How hard is it to learn to drive a manual car?
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Try going from top gear to 2nd at 50-60 MPH, which is something you might have to do when passing. The synchronizers synchronize the gears a lot better in that case if you double clutch.
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Engine would go before the tranny in new cars.
It's actually a fail safe, some/most cars if you mis shift into to low a gear you will blow lifter arms or wherever pressure can be released. Cost a...
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I like to use auto if I got a gal with me so I can put my arm around her but in a manual, stick goes between her legs. lol
How hard is it to learn to drive a manual car?
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I don't know what you mean. OK, everyone has their own different views and experiences. Whatever you think, I love driving my manual, I enjoy my 30-minute riding every day.
How hard is it to learn to drive a manual car?
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Sorry, I do think it's really not a difficult thing, you know, I rode my bicycle when I was 7. As long as you own it, you get it. BTW I am a girl.
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have driven manual cars for 5 years now :D! can't live without it.. you just have to practice it.
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manual or auto, i don't let people bring food into my cars. i hate having crumbs and stuff everywhere. 3 rules if you want to ride in my car. no food, no smoking, and no drinks (unless it's...
How hard is it to learn to drive a manual car?
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I'll quote that for a dollar.
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I am going to take a wild guess and call BS on those in the thread who say "Yah dood no problem, only took me 30 mins brah". No way that you can be proficient enough to drive safely in that little...
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There are still cars that get better mileage with a manual, and automatics can tow heavier loads than manuals. Not to mention many people just prefer manuals, they're also lighter, and generally more...
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:lol2:
Before I learned to drive stick, one of the cars I was checking out had a manual, and the salesman told me that if I bought it, he'd teach me to drive it.
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Automatics are by far more efficient and perfect shifts than a human could ever do. However, it's boring and unless I lived in horrible city traffic il keep stick
If I lived piled in traffic all...
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:nod:
A former co-worker of mine went out and bought a manual car, even though he didn't know how to drive it, because it was cheaper than automatic.
So he had his mom driving him to work in...
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I agree! I have never owned an automatic, but our company cars are automatic and this is one situation I really enjoy driving them. Taking the driving test in Germany, you knew they would make you...
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Sorry, but this is a pretty silly statement. Have you ever driven a manual before? The feel is different. For performance cars, it's best to have a manual transmission. It's for fun to drive and...
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well you have a point, though when it comes to efficiency ive noticed all the automatics have a way lower highway gear than manualcars, which sucks. I would love to have 2k @ 65mph.
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It didnt take me very long, but then I read up on how to drive a manual, and for a loooong time, pushed in an imaginary clutch pedal while using a bottle in the cup holder as the shifter. Yeah, its...
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when I bought my current car, the dealer told me that if someone wants a stick, they'll sell it to them and let them be on their way even if they have no idea how to drive it - imagine that!
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FTFY! :thumbup:
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How hard is it to learn to drive a manual car?
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Yeah, what she said.
The first 3 cars I drove were manuals.
How hard is it to learn to drive a manual car?
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If I had stuck with it, I would've gotten the hang of it. :lol:
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Its not that hard...i prefer manual transmissions! If you do have knee or leg probs driving it may aggravate it. Is there lots of city driving? If so p
Practice your stops and goes as much as you...
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i managed to learn when i was 16 in my 6 hours of required on the road training (driver's ed). i was a crappy driver and we didn't have a manual car at home for me to practice on, so i could only...
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so you'd rather drive a boring car just to appease a girl? I'd tell her get in the back seat while i vtec around town and when we get home and she's been a good girl, then i'll put my arm around her...
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What's boring about a 63 Mercury Comet auto with bench seats?
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I use to work at a place that had diesel Isuzu pickups (so not my problem if it broke). If you worked the gas pedal right and learned the gears and the engine sounds, you could shift up through the...
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It's pretty easy. My first three cars were manual transmission.
OP,
Can you drive solely with your left hand? If you can't, then it may be difficult to shift and drive at the same time. The...
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Semis drive this way, it's matching the right rpms and it will just slide right in, I use to do it with my old subaru
I won't do it in my scion as I don't feel it's healthy for it (I'm sure it's...
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This is a big problem with my wife and I. She can't drive my car, so anytime we go somewhere that we both need to drive (like a road trip) we always have to take her car. She grumbles about it but...
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I can't imagine why they still make cars with a manual transmission since automatic get better gas mileage. Trucks or anything that tows, plows. etc, I can understand a manual transmission, but a...
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Haven't driven a modern auto have you? They are far more responsive than they used to be. Sorry, but this tired old argument needs to die already. You shifting a manual is not instant, and the time...
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Married, but I don't want to lose what I have because I know I'm very lucky. And her car is armored and has a twin turbo engine and a stick.
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I read his post wrong :doh:
Generally automatics are rated as equivalent to a manual by the EPA these days. I think in real-world conditions, you can probably still do better with a stick.
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