How hard is it to learn how to drive a stick

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KravtZ

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i have a automatic car now and getin a new one soon and was wonderin if i got a manuel how fast would it take to learn how to drive it
 
you can learn the basics in a couple hours, and pretty much have it down after a few days. its not bad at all, and pretty fun once you have it figured out
 
It's not hard at all. although if we are talking about a shit box it is a different story. Newish car with newish clutch=all good
 
not hard at all dude. if you have rode a dirt bike or something before it's almost the same shit, i think that's what helped me. although i can't legally drive haha. only hard thing is kinda "committing" on hills and shit for me so i don't drift back but besides that as soon as you learn the gears of you car good it's really easy.
 
im 15 and i dont drive yet but my mom took me driving in my neighberhood with her subaru which is a stick. in maybe 20 min i could drive on the streets but the timing of clutch to gas is somewhat hard and hills are hard
 
hill starts take like a few days to get used to, you will stall about once a day for like a week then be fine. i like my auto though, way easier to just not think about it.
 
yea well i was thkin bout gettin maybe a suburu wrx and it is one of the sicker cars in the price range so i was just thiknin.
 
my car's stick and while i was learning i used to drive out of my way to avoid this stop light on a hill. after like a week (not even depending on how much you drive) you'll be fine. its only hard getting out of first.
 
I had to learn how to drive stick a short while ago. my buddy dislocated his shoulder and I had to drive him home from the hospital. I only stalled it three times but most of the driving was highway driving so it wasn't terribly difficult. you can get the basics down in a few minutes.
 
really not that hard if you have the chance or resources (buddies) try to drive an older mustange like a 95 version they are super easy but the gear box seams to be at angle but they are really easy to learn on cause they don't rev very high at all i think redline is like 5500 rpm's
 
practice.

once you know your clutch well then you should be fine.

As said, hill starts would be the hardest part - just get to know your handbrake
 
i learned when i was 13, its frustrating and scary as hell the first time on the main roads, but its fun when you get useed to it
 
maybe a little painful for the rex if its new. but you'll learn quick, it doesn't take long. one thing is don't ride the clutch (once you learn).
 
it goes from hard to moderately hard depending on the length of the clutch. you'll most likely get the hang of it within a few days, dialed in a few weeks
 
it gets pretty frustrating when youre new at it...but its not hard to pick up

it is my personal opinion that all men should know how to drive stick

 
i can kind of do it im 14 i drove my brothers dodge 3500 dually disel and it was not extremelly hard i stalled it 2 times but its not that hard (not on his truck atleats)
 
i learned when i was 14 and it only tool like 15 min, but I already knew how clutche functioned and shit like that from dirtbikes/quads and i am into the whole grease monkey thing
 
it doesnt take too long to learn, but its easier if you understnad how the clutch works but then it takes a lot driving to fine tune your shifts, but you just get used to it and its all good
 
when you start driving it have someone thats driven a stick for a while help you and give you some pointers and tips. it makes it way easier. then just go to an open parking lot and you will be fine after a couple hours but then it will just take a little getting used to and def a total focusing difference from an automatic
 
Seriously - when you figure out the friction point on your particular clutch, its smooth sailing from there
 
once you get it down you will love it. they are so much more fun to drive...... it took me a few hours and i had it down great
 
Exactly, that is the key to driving manual. Some cars have high clutches, some cars have low clutches. Automatic cars give you a license to steer, however Manual cars give you a license to drive.
 
my dad took me out around our neighborhood in his old subaru a while ago to learn. It was hard at first but I got used to it and I could drive around my neighborhood well enough. I need to give it some more time before taking it out on the roads though, I don't want to stall in the middle of an intersection. but once I learn it'll be worth it because there are so many people who don't know and I'll be like yeeeah I do. hahaha
 
the hardest part for me was to learn how to start rolling...

each car is different, but I drive 2 cars manual and drove 2 different ones once each, make sure you press in the clutch firmly, apply a little gas, remove the clutch about 70%, and from that point you want to almost syrchonize adding gas and fully removing the clutch... then romp it!

 
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