Car breh's, can you drive a manual? and how did you learn?
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Vandelay
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Barely.
Trial and error. I'm good until I stop on a hill.
Trial and error. I'm good until I stop on a hill.
rdot
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Yep, pops threw me the keys and told me good luck. Once you get first gear down, the rest comes easy
GnauzBookOfRhymes
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Publicly admit you want someone to teach you how to handle a stick without destroying your tranny breh 
Learned because i was moving, and we needed a uhaul but the only one availble was a manual. Figured it out a little in the parking lot, then drove cross country in it. but the time i arrived at my destination, i felt pretty comfortable with a stick shift.
Learning how to drive a motorcycle right now and it's actually very similar to a stick shift.
Learning how to drive a motorcycle right now and it's actually very similar to a stick shift.
Diondon
Thanks to the lawyers uh, I marbled the foyer
Yeah I did my driving test on a manual
I went to driving school
I went to driving school
I can drive a stick shift, but haven't driven one in years!!
As for how one can learn, like another poster said, can go to YouTube, but the best way is to get a hold of one and start driving it! Go to a big parking lot or open area or open road and drive via trial & error. Maybe even better to have someone present who already know how to drive one, so they can give instructions as well as a demonstration on how to drive a stick...
As for how one can learn, like another poster said, can go to YouTube, but the best way is to get a hold of one and start driving it! Go to a big parking lot or open area or open road and drive via trial & error. Maybe even better to have someone present who already know how to drive one, so they can give instructions as well as a demonstration on how to drive a stick...
Mike Nasty
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My dad took me out one afternoon. I remember asking what's that burning smell, he said the clutch 
The next day I was good enough not to burn the clutch and he said you're good, just remember everything I said.
The next day I was good enough not to burn the clutch and he said you're good, just remember everything I said.
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Mom taught me in a Hyundai. Took about an hour to get used to switching gears + clutch, after that just practiced parking. Actual road test was stupid easy.
Neo. The Only. The One.
THE ONE
I know how to. But I only trained on it twice when I was learning how to drive.
Theoretically I should be able to do it. I'll probably miss the clutch a few times and the vehicle will shut off. But after a week or so, I feel confident I could do it.
Theoretically I should be able to do it. I'll probably miss the clutch a few times and the vehicle will shut off. But after a week or so, I feel confident I could do it.
Neo. The Only. The One.
THE ONE
You just gotta keep giving it gas while being between gears, right?
It's been years since I've been in a stick shift so I could be wrong
BaldingSoHard
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Uncle drunkly tossed 13-year old me the keys to his 300ZX TT one day and said, "Good luck..."
I hope to do the same for my nephew one day
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I hope to do the same for my nephew one day
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