How Many Of You Know How To Drive Stick?

[dio91]

My parents bought my '95 Honda Accord EX from my neighbor (always said they wouldnt pay for anything, although I do have to pay for gas, insurance, driver's ed., license, etc.) and it's a stick. I have gone a few times with my dad driving in parking lots having some trouble lol, it gets really annoying stalling, but I'm getting the hang of it. So, how many of you do know how to drive stick?

dio

[magking1971]

I'm a truck driver so yes shifting is fun when you have 12 gears.

[subbeh]

I do.

You'll get the hang of it... it's not hard at all. Just let it flow. When you stop, clutch goes down. When you shift, clutch goes down. When you launch, clutch slowly comes up, gas slowly goes down. It's not so tough Although every car is different.

I learned to drive stick on a 63 corvette stingray converable. You gotta give it a LOT of gas to launch. Then I drove a civic... gave it too much gas, did a burnout. Weeeee

[Havoc_online]

I learned when I first got my license by going and test driving a WHOLE BUNCH of cars from used lots, lol. I'd soon leave after returning the car incase I messed anything up too bad. I got very good very quick, lol

[lopxtc]

The best lesson ever for learning to drive a stick is to find the biggest damn hill you can find and start at the bottom of it ...
Come to a compleate stop about 1/4 of the way up and then try to get going again without rolling back to far ... repeat all the way up *L* ... thats how I learned ...

Aaron

[PyRo]

I can do it, but I somehow manage to make the car want to accelerate and stop and accelerate again and so on untill I get going

[Magic37220]

i learned on a stick. When I drive an automatic, i realize how much learning on one helped me.

[headcase]

Yep.

I hate driving automatics, its boring. The year I spent in Korea driving HMMWV's was SOOOOO boring(at least the driving was )

[pumpamatic]

PyRo, you need to give it more gas and a smoother clutch release. I refer to that as lugging. I haven't been driving stick long and my dad sold his truck so I don't have a lot of experience and won't be able to in the near future, but after driving about 6 times I could get really smooth, but if I didn't drive for like a week or two I'd be really jerky.

[puckmaster]

I learned to drive in a 91 dodge Mini-van with a manual transmision. It was HARD!

[joeyjoe367]

I learned to drive Stick on my buddie's 79 Saab...something or other. it was old.

One thing that was a bit odd was that I got it on my first try. I dunno, I always had an idea of what you were supposed to do with the gas/clutch, so it kinda came natural to me. DIdn't stall until I hit a stoplight, then forgot that I was 'still in 3rd gear

I intend on buying a car that's a manual transmission. It's tons more fun to drive.

[puckmaster]

I intend on buying a car that's a manual transmission. It's tons more fun to drive.

They are fun!

[bornl33t]

One manuals are the way to go, if you think driving a fast automatic is fun, then you're only getting 1/10th the experiance.

[Jonno06]

i SOMEWHAT know how to drive stick,and im definitly wanting my car to be stock,so i guess im gonna have to learn

[wyn1370]

my first vehicle was a stick. My dad put me in the truck and had me drive up and down the street for a whole day. After about 5 hours of stopping an starting he sent me out on the road.
Now I'm trying to get used to riding a motorcycle. Same idea, different movements.