Cant drive stick to the point i hired an instructor today, srs

[Beast92]

Been driving for 12 yrs and only really used a manual back when i went to driving school as a teen

Manual trannies just seem unpractical and car makers should just fuk off and forget about them

[crash1181]

The instructor should ask for your man card right off the bat.

If they are pointless then why are you learning again?

[Krackerjacked]

Every car is more fun as a stick srs

[Skeptical_Hippo]

honestly you just need more time, no need for instructors at all

everyone says its easy once you get the hang of it and its true

find somewhere you can stall without bothering anyone

Plus 1st to 2nd is the hardest, after that you gotta be retarded to not be able to do it

[multiplemiggs]

Every car is more fun as a stick srs

This. Grew up driving stick shift.

3 on the tree

4 on the floor. Lots of old fords, chev, dodges and internationals.

Lots of T98's and the old crashbox borg warners.

[Beast92]

The instructor should ask for your man card right off the bat.

If they are pointless then why are you learning again?

flipping low value cars for 1k a pop

Already won my first auction but need to bring it back to Mexico City and i cant drive it

[Beast92]

honestly you just need more time, no need for instructors at all

everyone says its easy once you get the hang of it and its true

find somewhere you can stall without bothering anyone

Plus 1st to 2nd is the hardest, after that you gotta be retarded to not be able to do it

i keep failing and the car turns off, srs

[Ramoneb87]

Could be a shifty clutch making it hard to learn

[infortheHNNG]

Every car is different but all you gotta do is find the bite point with your clutch

So just go to a parking lot, find that bite point and it will slowly move the car.

[gymratbruh]

Saw the word trannies in your post. Smh.....

Move along bois, nothing new to see here. Just OP confirming he is ghey and can't drive.

[TheTwilightZone]

Hired an instructor?

Couldn't you have had a friend teach you for free?

[dizzin9]

Shift at relatively low rpms (1800-2000 rpms) to start out. Shifting around 4K or higher for beginners will jerk the vehicle excessively.

1st and 2nd are usually short. 1st to 2nd and 2nd to 3rd will happen quick.

3rd and 4th are typically the gears to accelerate or pass other cars, also the best gears to floor it.

5th and (especially) 6th are your cruising gears. I wouldn’t pass someone on 6th, I mostly shift to 4th depending on the speed.

[tunafishha]

My car engineer mentor says that manuals are more economical and more fun to drive. Ill take his word for it.

[andrew28]

I got a few things to say about driving stick shift

1. It’s not hard. My first car was a 1994 Ford Mustang and I got so frustrated at first that I wanted to trade it in for an automatic. But I stuck with it and it’s so fukking easy. You just gotta hit the clutch with your left foot to the floor, put it in 1st gear, and push down on the gas pedal as you simultaneously lift up on the clutch. It’s like an inverse motion. Left foot comes up and right foot hits the gas pedal just slightly until you let the clutch completely lift up and BAM you’re in first gear. Then you’ll hear your car revving up which is the sign to push the clutch all the way down, shift to 2nd gear, and then let the clutch up completely and you’re fully engaged. Keep doing this until you reach 5th gear which you’ll probably be on the highway at that point going 50-80mph. Depends on the car.

2. When you’re stopped on an upward hill, keep your right foot on the brake, put the stick in first gear but keep your foot on the clutch all the way to the floor and then take your foot off the break and immediately (but easily) hit the gas simultaneously as you lift the clutch. The key is to do this quickly so you don’t roll backwards and hit the car behind you. Don’t attempt this uphill drive until you’ve figured out how to drive manual on flat ground. Once you find out where the bite is on the clutch, you’ll get it.

3. When the car is revving up too much it’ll sound like the engine is screaming and you can’t go any faster in this low gear. This means you’re shifting too late. Better to shift a little early as a beginner than to shift too late. Around 2000-2500 RPM’s is about the range where you wanna shift to the higher gear. As you get more experienced you can wait to shift at a higher RPM.

Downshifting isn’t something I wanna go deep into but it’s not hard. Downshifting will extend the life of your brakes. Look it up.

Lastly, once you’ve mastered this you’ll realize that driving stick is kind of overrated unless you have a nice fast sports car. That’s where the fun comes in. If you’re driving just some regular car, stick shift can get old/boring real fast but some people enjoy it no matter what.

Anyone who brags about driving stick in any way is a douche. You are not less masculine if you don’t know how to do it. And you’re not Lewis Hamilton if you do know how to do it.

[BigNik78]

Sometimes I furiously grasp at air trying to shift when I switch to my automatic car and am coming to a stop or taking off.

[AlwaysFocus]

I thought most cars in Mexico are stick shift. Or is that just the taxis

[BootneckBrah]

Shift at relatively low rpms (1800-2000 rpms) to start out. Shifting around 4K or higher for beginners will jerk the vehicle excessively.

1st and 2nd are usually short. 1st to 2nd and 2nd to 3rd will happen quick.

3rd and 4th are typically the gears to accelerate or pass other cars, also the best gears to floor it.

5th and (especially) 6th are your cruising gears. I wouldn’t pass someone on 6th, I mostly shift to 4th depending on the speed.

Lol @ this ‘advice’



Lol @ OP pretending he can even reach the pedals to use a traditional clutch. Fuking midget fgt

[andrew28]

Lol @ this ‘advice’



Lol @ OP pretending he can even reach the pedals to use a traditional clutch. Fuking midget fgt

Why you coming in here throwing insults at OP?

And the guy you quoted wasn’t wrong about anything he said in that post. Although it wouldn’t be the first piece of advice I’d give a beginning manual transmission driver.

U mad brah?

[TomWanks]

Stick is based and the only way to drive srs.

No shame OP you’re learning now. Never too late to tango.

Will still be loling @ you when you kill it at the stop sign or have to start on a massive slope though. Hint: e brake is your friend boyo.

[BootneckBrah]

Why you coming in here throwing insults at OP?

And the guy you quoted wasn’t wrong about anything he said in that post. Although it wouldn’t be the first piece of advice I’d give a beginning manual transmission driver.

U mad brah?

Me and OP have a long proud history of hating each other. Why’re you WK’ing? You looking for reps hun?

[andrew28]

Me and OP have a long proud history of hating each other. Why’re you WK’ing? You looking for reps hun?

Yes baby <3

[BootneckBrah]

Yes baby <3

Negged

[DavidEaslea]

We're gonna have self driving cars in the next 10 years there's no point learning now.

[Beast92]

I got a few things to say about driving stick shift

1. It’s not hard. My first car was a 1994 Ford Mustang and I got so frustrated at first that I wanted to trade it in for an automatic. But I stuck with it and it’s so fukking easy. You just gotta hit the clutch with your left foot to the floor, put it in 1st gear, and push down on the gas pedal as you simultaneously lift up on the clutch. It’s like an inverse motion. Left foot comes up and right foot hits the gas pedal just slightly until you let the clutch completely lift up and BAM you’re in first gear. Then you’ll hear your car revving up which is the sign to push the clutch all the way down, shift to 2nd gear, and then let the clutch up completely and you’re fully engaged. Keep doing this until you reach 5th gear which you’ll probably be on the highway at that point going 50-80mph. Depends on the car.

2. When you’re stopped on an upward hill, keep your right foot on the brake, put the stick in first gear but keep your foot on the clutch all the way to the floor and then take your foot off the break and immediately (but easily) hit the gas simultaneously as you lift the clutch. The key is to do this quickly so you don’t roll backwards and hit the car behind you. Don’t attempt this uphill drive until you’ve figured out how to drive manual on flat ground. Once you find out where the bite is on the clutch, you’ll get it.

3. When the car is revving up too much it’ll sound like the engine is screaming and you can’t go any faster in this low gear. This means you’re shifting too late. Better to shift a little early as a beginner than to shift too late. Around 2000-2500 RPM’s is about the range where you wanna shift to the higher gear. As you get more experienced you can wait to shift at a higher RPM.

Downshifting isn’t something I wanna go deep into but it’s not hard. Downshifting will extend the life of your brakes. Look it up.

Lastly, once you’ve mastered this you’ll realize that driving stick is kind of overrated unless you have a nice fast sports car. That’s where the fun comes in. If you’re driving just some regular car, stick shift can get old/boring real fast but some people enjoy it no matter what.

Anyone who brags about driving stick in any way is a douche. You are not less masculine if you don’t know how to do it. And you’re not Lewis Hamilton if you do know how to do it.

Very good advice man

[78novacaine]

Sometimes I furiously grasp at air trying to shift when I switch to my automatic car and am coming to a stop or taking off.

Weekend manual toy with auto daily driver crew checking in.

[xxAchillesxx]

Christ OP, you're just granny shifting, not double-clutching like you should.

[JustinGigolo]

Very good advice man

Besides the downshifting to save on breaks. For now. A clutch is more expensive than break pads and a noob with the stick has a high chance of shifting down from 5 to 2 by mistake.

I'd stick with upshift, neutral when slowing down and learning the approximate speed range of each gear so you can reengage from neutral when you need to.