new driver learning stick shift
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Teach him the basics in an empty parking lot and a hill then let him drive around for a month or so. After that he'll thank you for life.
I had a used car salesman teach me in about an hour. Course, I let it stall off and on for a month til I got the hang of it. I love sticks now, except when I'm in heavy traffic...
I had a used car salesman teach me in about an hour. Course, I let it stall off and on for a month til I got the hang of it. I love sticks now, except when I'm in heavy traffic...
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I just got my first car (91 toy truck) about 3 weeks ago and it took me about a day and a half to learn to drive it...you gotta let him practice alot...don't get frusterated it will happen sooner or later
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I'll chime in on this one. I was horrible at driving a stick until it became my daily driver, and now driving any stick is like second nature. I feel like a fish out of water when i drive an automatic (eg. planting my left foot on the floor when i go to turn the key, and realzing nothing is there)
Shifting through the gears isn't *that* hard, the hard part is starting. What i forced myself to do was go on a LONG uphill road, and stop and start (it was a guy's driveway i nkow, so it wansn't bad for me to stop and start) over and over again until i could engage the clutch and drive forward without slipping the clutch too much, without rolling backwards, and without almost stalling it. Once you can do this on an uphill, normal starts are CAKE.
Shifting through the gears isn't *that* hard, the hard part is starting. What i forced myself to do was go on a LONG uphill road, and stop and start (it was a guy's driveway i nkow, so it wansn't bad for me to stop and start) over and over again until i could engage the clutch and drive forward without slipping the clutch too much, without rolling backwards, and without almost stalling it. Once you can do this on an uphill, normal starts are CAKE.
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But most importantly BRAKING while down shifting. I taught my brother to drive a stick and he could shift fine, but his clutch in braking almost got us killed cause he didn't let the engine slow itself when he downshifted cause he'd always leave in the clutch.
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