About three weeks ago, I found my dream car, but it was manual and I have never driven one before. I bought my car one week after I found it and over the course of that week, I drove four times. So two weeks ago I brought the car home and I’ve been driving stick since and it’s been amazing! I’ll never go back to an automatic and I’m still learning.
Good job! Haha I’m sure you are way better now because this comment was 2 months ago, I never want to go back to automatic after I after I bought my 08 5speed mustang about 2 years ago
@@FrostedFlukes yep! It’s got a nice turbo on it so as soon as I learned hills well and how to drop the gear to pass someone that was it. I love my car so much 🤣. It’s insane how much joy that car gives me
@@vanessa_42 me too I still smile whenever I sit in mine 🤣 uphill was the hardest part lol I live in Utah so there’s hills at every light but it made me master that quite fast
I had the exact opposite, learned, and got my license in a manual. Started driving my mom's automatic and never wanted to switch back. I got my dream car today, automatic, and it's so comfortable. I probably will drive manual in the future, but for now I'm comfortable in my automatic
Just some friendly advice for anyone that learns to drive a manual transmission car. Before you try to start moving, just keep the car i neutral and get a feel for the gas pedal. Use mabye 1-2 minutes to get a feeling of how sensitive it is, keep the revs consistent at a certian number. So when you are ready to start moving, you keep the revs consistent at about 1000-1500 (depends on the car), and then release the clutchpedal slowly. This helped me tremendously when I was learning.
The trick your friend didnt tell you is to hold the clutch at the point where the car starts moving, and when you feel the car having good momentum you can finally release it fully. When you feel the car moves, hold you foot EXACTLY at that position for a second or two to let the car get moving, otherwise you got it 😁 Ps. you were right about the shifter, the shifter wants to be in the middle where gear 3 and 4 are, so if you want 3rd you dont move the shifter to the sides at all, you just push forward, and backwards for 4th
Reminded me of when I started to learn to drive back in the 1960s. It took me about five or 6 driving lessons with a professional instructor to feel reasonably comfortable. Now it's second nature. When to change gear is all about listening to the engine, when the pitch of the engine gets high then change up, I do it instinctively. Everybody does it slightly differently, no two drivers drive the same way, just a question of what feels right for you.
I was 10 yo when my dad taught me. He was impacient back then. I still learnt and it is second nature. When you see people texting while driving, chances are it is an automatic.
I don't know if it''s just me, but I feel the less complicated you put it the easier it is to drive stick. I'm practiced today in a 1994 honda accord. In this car you can't just use the clutch to start the vehicle in 1st gear. What I did was give it a light tap of gas right before the biting point, and slowly let go of the clutch. If I feel the car begin to give up and shut off, I give it another tap of gas. One question though for the experienced guys. When you reverse do you guys tend to sometimes ride the clutch or do yall let go of it completely and disengage it as needed for control of the vehicle.
@@rexsongodinho5623 Usually casual diesel cars have a lot (!) more low end torque than petrol cars which means you do not need to use the throttle when releasing the clutch. Otherhand the petrol cars develop their peak torque and power at high rpm which mean you need to learn to use the throttle and let the clutch slip a little to manage a smooth acceleration from standstill. Otherwise the clutch would be too enganged and the petrol engine would not be able to overcome the weight of the car, if you drive it like a diesel. In fact, this isn't the the case the other way round. Actually it is even smoother to drive a Diesel car with a little bit of Gas. I always say if you can drive an old VW Beetle with 38hp you can drive any normally maintained car. [edit:] I don't know about newer petrol manuals tho, they get easier and easier to drive.
@@rexsongodinho5623 There's a cool video from "DGN Driving School" on RU-vid "Switchting from Diesel to a petrol car" which perfectly shows the concerns of beginners but leaves out the part with the angry dad who is afraid of having his car get destroyed 😂😂
a few days ago i hopped in my girlfriends brothers veloster turbo and wanted to try driving stick, only had sim racing knowledge and surprisingly didn’t stall once, really smooth car.
@@kotaivl yes. And a tip that helped me was to understand that its okay for you to hold it still at the bite point or to hold the clutch still when it makes contact for a split second. When my dad told me that it was an aha moment because i was under the impression that you needed to constantly release the clutch
I really wanna know why it has more than 200 hp (or what has been done to achieve those numbers) and also what steering wheel that is and how to get one
Also people that have a racing steering wheel like that usually have done other stuff to their I'm sure it's got a few aftermarket things in the engine
I just had basic bolt ons, like an intake and exhaust, and a tune. Steering wheel was a limited edition grip royal with an nrg quick release and hub adapter
This is a 300hp+ car. For the real experience, try a low power car. I learned in a Fiat 500, 80hp. That's the real manual experience. It needs like 3k rpm to even get moving. And if you're only slightly off with your clutch it'll stall.
this makes me wonder but am not gonna search for it XD but do american with the license even tho they always driven automatic never a manual are they allowed to drive it? or do they need new lessons like in EU
Thanks for the video! I want to drive manual car, and theoretically can just drive it. But I'm pretty sure I'll do just like you do in this video. Good to know what I should expect(^▽^;)
