Learning THe Standard
 

Just wondering how long it took you guys to learn how to drive your "standard/manual" car. Like to be able to drive it regularly.

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never thought I'd hear that one, but I learned when I was a little kid, on a 72 toyota landcrusier, no power steering, power brakes, and 3 gears. Damn that thing was a dog. My grandpa still has it actually

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i learned on a '77 MG. 4 speed, no power steering. transmission was crap before i started, and even worse when I got finished. i stalled 8 TIMES trying to back out of my driveway. it took me about 2 months to get to where i didn't grind any gears.

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If u learn on an old piecer, the modern cars are a piece of cake.

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It took me a couple of days getting the feel for it. Learned it on my first car 1992 eagle talon.

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I brought a 87 dodge colt for $300 bucks just to learn stick believe it or not a chick I was screwing at the time taught me in one day and I would say about 3days later I was cool. You will have it mastered no later than a month unless U R a moron LOL

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I have a 20 yr friend that just got his license, which is pretty funny, but he keeps asking him to find a car and he wants an auto because he doesnt know how to drive a stick, and I keep telling him u gotta have a stick, he says " no way dude I cant handle that" and then I've told him, alright well u get that auto and then in 1 mo you'll wish u never bought it and should of gotten a manual. But whatever. LOL

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one hour a day for 3 or 4 days on a parking lot, and ull be good...

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yea..thats what i 'm thinking..i'm learing on a 98 gst turbo eclipse..lol..which is my car..

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i learned in 5 minutes on my old 90 gs

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well it took me a couple days to feel comfortable with it. But ill admit, sometimes i still stall it sometimes when i kinda get lasy with it. :D

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im learning how to drive on a 95 gsx and i keep having problems with take off. But it is starting to need a new clutch anyway

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well if it has a bad clutch that could be part of it. A good way to start learning, and its the way i teach people, is to not use the gas...just come off the clutch very slow and youll be able to go. On a flat road of course;). But if your car cant do this then its time for a new clutch.

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wouldnt it stall if you dont give it gas? i think i let the clutch out to fast or gas to slow

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i learned on an 87 Mitsubishi Mighty Max lol i LEARNED how to do it the first day but it took me about a week of practicing about 20-30 mins a day to make my shifts smooth and not grind.

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no not if you let it out really slow, let it grab slowly and it will start to go, once it starts rolling you can then let it totally grab. Like i said, it will only do this if you have a good clutch

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i learned in one day on a 64 econoline 3 on the tree. i burnt out quite a bit of clutch trying to get it up my driveway in third gear, and not being able to get in first.

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def practice hills, and use your e-brake to help you until you get the hang of it

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I remember a couple times when i started i did that where i was in third and not first and tried to go. I stalled it twice until i noticed, :D

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I've only driven a stick twice in my life.. 1st was some old 90's Hyndai car, and the other was a Chevy S10. I drove the truck fine, just shifted really slow to make sure I got it.. the car was a different story.. I stalled 5 times trying to start out... and my first time shifting from 2nd to 3rd, I threw it back down to 1st and my uncle (it was his car.. he was in the passenger seat) went into the windshield, lol ... wear your seat belt kiddies :D

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I do the same with my friends... ask amber lol. Any way it took me a whole min, I raced motocross for 4 years proir to getting my licence.

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I thought Amber had an auto?

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Ya but i let her drive my car.

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You must have some balls man...

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lol so I have been told, we were in a movie theater parking lot and she didnt get out of 2nd gear.

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lol, that's good.. she could have did what I did and thrown you into the windshield.. that wouldn't have been good for you ;)

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lol i learned two years ago with my dads civic hatch, hella long to do it, and i couldnt do it. so last august i was at a part time job, and they had old WWII Flat beds, and i learned on there, in about an hour and a half, eve since then, ive been driving stick and i nvr turned back to auto

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I learned on my dads old 1992 Ford F150 took a few hours if that. It is really easy and a car is even easier

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My brother 1965 Volkswagen. If you can drive a Volkswagen you can drive any vehicle with a manual transmission!! ;)

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Old guy that owned the house i lived in lived next to me and taught me when i was 8 on an old 1988 Meistro 5spd Diesel....It took me half an hour to learn. that was fun times! Then i hit a brick and it tore off the oil pan and killed the engine.

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Was it his vehicle or yours? ... just wondering if he was pissed when you trashed it. lol

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He paid 50 bucks for it and it was his. He didnt really give a ****

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lmao, 50 bucks? That's pretty cheap.. I wish I could get a vehicle for 50 bucks :D Anywho, at least it wasn't something he cared about. You got off lucky on that one. ;)

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youre full of ****

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[quote]ORIGINAL: slow420a


Same here

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^^^^^... you alright with the quote function?

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well i never learned from anybody and i just pulled out of my driveway and drove it around. ask eric, he will tell you. my aunt and uncle didnt even want me to even drive the car because they didnt show me but i said that i knew how to, so i drove away. so it could have been faster than 5 minutes.

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yeah i dont know why it did that

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i found my problem. I was letting the clutch out slow untill it started to move and then i just suddenly let it out all the was. Needles to say, i fix that problem.lol

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i learned working for my dad doing a repo when i was like 15 (no licence) and he said get in the car start it up and you GO..if you dont go he will come outside with a gun..so drive the damn car.....

so i redlined every gear not knwoing better and thats how i learned how to drive stick.....i love my dad...lol