Re: First time manual driver (Arsenal35)
until you get comfortable with it, you can use your e-brake til the clutch catches....
until you get comfortable with it, you can use your e-brake til the clutch catches....
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Re: First time manual driver (Arsenal35)
hehe, all first time drivers have trouble there
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Well, the easiest thing you can do is release the clutch a bit until you feel the clutch catch, just a little bit. That way when you have to go, you know exactly when the clutch is going to catch, allowing only minimal roll-back.
Just don't sit there with the clutch cooking, because over the long run you will wear down your clutch faster. (who cares, all clutches get loose over time, thats when you get a BETTER ONE!
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Hope this helped,
Dan
hehe, all first time drivers have trouble there
Well, the easiest thing you can do is release the clutch a bit until you feel the clutch catch, just a little bit. That way when you have to go, you know exactly when the clutch is going to catch, allowing only minimal roll-back.
Just don't sit there with the clutch cooking, because over the long run you will wear down your clutch faster. (who cares, all clutches get loose over time, thats when you get a BETTER ONE!
Hope this helped,
Dan
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Re: First time manual driver (Arsenal35)
i just got my 2k1 GTI 1.8T with stick and i am a first timer too. Find an empty nieghborhood/ business park with some uphills and practice stopping and rolling back then SLOWLY let the clutch out, do this a bunch of times to get used to where it engages. if your scared to roll back let it out more and give a little gas. You're gonna stall a couple times but don't worry just keep practicing. I made myself go out and practice everyday. I've been with it for two weeks and I was confident enough to drive to NC from MD for thankgiving (300 miles one way). You are gonna love driving stick though, you'll never want an auto again...happy driving
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i just got my 2k1 GTI 1.8T with stick and i am a first timer too. Find an empty nieghborhood/ business park with some uphills and practice stopping and rolling back then SLOWLY let the clutch out, do this a bunch of times to get used to where it engages. if your scared to roll back let it out more and give a little gas. You're gonna stall a couple times but don't worry just keep practicing. I made myself go out and practice everyday. I've been with it for two weeks and I was confident enough to drive to NC from MD for thankgiving (300 miles one way). You are gonna love driving stick though, you'll never want an auto again...happy driving
Re: First time manual driver (Arsenal35)
Smart move...$20,000+ car to learn stick.
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Just head to an open parking lot and get the "feel".
Smart move...$20,000+ car to learn stick.
Re: First time manual driver (billgti)
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quote:[HR][/HR]how about using the heel-toe kinda technique?
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The guy just got his FIRST manual car. How is he supposed to heel toe??
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Re: First time manual driver (Jman5000)
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Dave
quote:[HR][/HR]Smart move...$20,000+ car to learn stick.
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Just head to an open parking lot and get the "feel". [HR][/HR]
What I wanna know is, how did he test drive the car to know that its the one he wants? If he cant drive a stick, then he could not of test driven the car. Unless someone bought for him. Or he test drove the automatic
Dave
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Re: First time manual driver (-=VdubGuY=-)
quote:[HR][/HR]Smart move...$20,000+ car to learn stick.
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Just head to an open parking lot and get the "feel".
What I wanna know is, how did he test drive the car to know that its the one he wants? If he cant drive a stick, then he could not of test driven the car. Unless someone bought for him. Or he test drove the automatic
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Dave[HR][/HR]
My friend has a 1.8t and I had one of my friends test drive the car. Also I had practiced manual a little on some of my friends cars way before I got mine. I dont have the money to just buy a beat up car and learn in and the gti isnt exactly a very tough car to learn manual in. Id say its a very good car to learn in. I know it is a new 20,000+ car but I have so far driven well in it.
What I wanna know is, how did he test drive the car to know that its the one he wants? If he cant drive a stick, then he could not of test driven the car. Unless someone bought for him. Or he test drove the automatic
Dave[HR][/HR]
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Well, I got my perit in the summer, and after a month when I knew how to drive (pretty well)my bro lemme drive his GTI...
First time, he got back from a club at 2:30am, and I was awake on this Forum believe it or not...he told me we were goin for a ride. He took the car out on to the street (cause the driveway sux and thats where he broke the oil pan) and let me drive, I got out of my street no prob. (flat) straights are no biggy at all, some might say like an auto. So he tried to challange me a bit, and told me to reverse...no prob.
Thats when he took me to one big as$ hill (if anyone here is from Brookline: Rawson rd. and Summit hill) He would make me come to a complete stop, and start, and if i got i I would have to stop after like 6ft of drivin and start over.
First night we got home at 5:30, and travelled about a mile...SHUT UP!
Second night, I got better...all this time I was using the rev. method, it sux.
I would rev to 1,200, and release the clutch, and get smacked by my bro who takes good care of his car and was mad when I was killin it (I dont blame him).
Then, he was kind enough to teach me a real method, yes it might take a bit more time...and yess he made fun of me cause he thought I was meditating everytime we wanted to start rollin...but it works a lot better. You release the clutch a bit, and when you see the needle drop a bit you relase the brake (not e. brake which is another plus for this method) and after the brake slowly the clutch, and when the right foot is off the brake, you can use the gas.
My only prob with stick now, was traffic, if I was at a light, at 4am and there was a single car behind me, no matter how many hills I killed, I would stall...and if you have no prob with that I think you should be fine.
Now there is no such problem, for two reasons...
1) he doesnt let me drive his car.
2) I got better, he took me to summit hill. With the drive 6ft. stop method. Thats when you know you can drive a stick!
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Hope this helps...sorry for the pointless history leason!
(thanx brother) http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
[Modified by ConfesS4, 1:37 AM 11-25-2001]
First time, he got back from a club at 2:30am, and I was awake on this Forum believe it or not...he told me we were goin for a ride. He took the car out on to the street (cause the driveway sux and thats where he broke the oil pan) and let me drive, I got out of my street no prob. (flat) straights are no biggy at all, some might say like an auto. So he tried to challange me a bit, and told me to reverse...no prob.
Thats when he took me to one big as$ hill (if anyone here is from Brookline: Rawson rd. and Summit hill) He would make me come to a complete stop, and start, and if i got i I would have to stop after like 6ft of drivin and start over.
First night we got home at 5:30, and travelled about a mile...SHUT UP!
Second night, I got better...all this time I was using the rev. method, it sux.
I would rev to 1,200, and release the clutch, and get smacked by my bro who takes good care of his car and was mad when I was killin it (I dont blame him).
Then, he was kind enough to teach me a real method, yes it might take a bit more time...and yess he made fun of me cause he thought I was meditating everytime we wanted to start rollin...but it works a lot better. You release the clutch a bit, and when you see the needle drop a bit you relase the brake (not e. brake which is another plus for this method) and after the brake slowly the clutch, and when the right foot is off the brake, you can use the gas.
My only prob with stick now, was traffic, if I was at a light, at 4am and there was a single car behind me, no matter how many hills I killed, I would stall...and if you have no prob with that I think you should be fine.
Now there is no such problem, for two reasons...
1) he doesnt let me drive his car.
2) I got better, he took me to summit hill. With the drive 6ft. stop method. Thats when you know you can drive a stick!
Hope this helps...sorry for the pointless history leason!
(thanx brother) http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
[Modified by ConfesS4, 1:37 AM 11-25-2001]
Re: First time manual driver (Jman5000)
quote:[HR][/HR]Smart move...$20,000+ car to learn stick.
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Just head to an open parking lot and get the "feel". [HR][/HR]
Oh shut up. I learned stick on my 26,000$ 1999 Eclipse Spyder Turbo. I was 17 at the time. I then taught 11, yes 11, of my friends to drive stick. I also drove the piss out of it. By the time I had to sell it a year later, I had 21,000 hard miles, and the clutch worked perfectly. I even had it in an independent shop for inspection before I put it up for sale, and the guy said I had more than half my clutch left. Don't worry. As long as you know not to gun it with the clutch half way engaged you're fine. Just practice alot!
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Re: First time manual driver (ConfesS4)
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one of the reasons why i delayed trading my car for a 5 sp. till now was because those hills were so brutally steep. i would never recommend anyone have their first lesson there. Why learn to run when u don't know how to walk?
anyway, the way start from a slope is to catch the clutch "NEAR" its engagement point (u'll know where it is when u've driven for some time). then foot off brake and put that foot on the pedal and loosen the other foot till the clutch catches. u'll have minal clutch burning and rollback (like half a feet). u don't have to rev it up all the way to 2000 at any time. u just need good cordination in the "release clutch vs. gas on pedal" timing.
quote:[HR][/HR]Well, I got my perit in the summer, and after a month when I knew how to drive (pretty well)my bro lemme drive his GTI...
First time, he got back from a club at 2:30am, and I was awake on this Forum believe it or not...he told me we were goin for a ride. He took the car out on to the street (cause the driveway sux and thats where he broke the oil pan) and let me drive, I got out of my street no prob. (flat) straights are no biggy at all, some might say like an auto. So he tried to challange me a bit, and told me to reverse...no prob.
Thats when he took me to one big as$ hill (if anyone here is from Brookline: Rawson rd. and Summit hill) He would make me come to a complete stop, and start, and if i got i I would have to stop after like 6ft of drivin and start over.
First night we got home at 5:30, and travelled about a mile...SHUT UP!
Second night, I got better...all this time I was using the rev. method, it sux.
I would rev to 1,200, and release the clutch, and get smacked by my bro who takes good care of his car and was mad when I was killin it (I dont blame him).
Then, he was kind enough to teach me a real method, yes it might take a bit more time...and yess he made fun of me cause he thought I was meditating everytime we wanted to start rollin...but it works a lot better. You release the clutch a bit, and when you see the needle drop a bit you relase the brake (not e. brake which is another plus for this method) and after the brake slowly the clutch, and when the right foot is off the brake, you can use the gas.
My only prob with stick now, was traffic, if I was at a light, at 4am and there was a single car behind me, no matter how many hills I killed, I would stall...and if you have no prob with that I think you should be fine.
Now there is no such problem, for two reasons...
1) he doesnt let me drive his car.
2) I got better, he took me to summit hill. With the drive 6ft. stop method. Thats when you know you can drive a stick!
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Hope this helps...sorry for the pointless history leason!
(thanx brother) http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
[Modified by ConfesS4, 1:37 AM 11-25-2001][HR][/HR]
hey, i lived on Summit Av. in Brookline/Brighton (it connect both areas) during my summer sublet. i never saw anyone drive on those hills, practicing stick driving. well, maybe cos it was 3 am. but i swear, u're insane man!!!
First time, he got back from a club at 2:30am, and I was awake on this Forum believe it or not...he told me we were goin for a ride. He took the car out on to the street (cause the driveway sux and thats where he broke the oil pan) and let me drive, I got out of my street no prob. (flat) straights are no biggy at all, some might say like an auto. So he tried to challange me a bit, and told me to reverse...no prob.
Thats when he took me to one big as$ hill (if anyone here is from Brookline: Rawson rd. and Summit hill) He would make me come to a complete stop, and start, and if i got i I would have to stop after like 6ft of drivin and start over.
First night we got home at 5:30, and travelled about a mile...SHUT UP!
Second night, I got better...all this time I was using the rev. method, it sux.
I would rev to 1,200, and release the clutch, and get smacked by my bro who takes good care of his car and was mad when I was killin it (I dont blame him).
Then, he was kind enough to teach me a real method, yes it might take a bit more time...and yess he made fun of me cause he thought I was meditating everytime we wanted to start rollin...but it works a lot better. You release the clutch a bit, and when you see the needle drop a bit you relase the brake (not e. brake which is another plus for this method) and after the brake slowly the clutch, and when the right foot is off the brake, you can use the gas.
My only prob with stick now, was traffic, if I was at a light, at 4am and there was a single car behind me, no matter how many hills I killed, I would stall...and if you have no prob with that I think you should be fine.
Now there is no such problem, for two reasons...
1) he doesnt let me drive his car.
2) I got better, he took me to summit hill. With the drive 6ft. stop method. Thats when you know you can drive a stick!
Hope this helps...sorry for the pointless history leason!
(thanx brother) http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
[Modified by ConfesS4, 1:37 AM 11-25-2001][HR][/HR]
anyway, the way start from a slope is to catch the clutch "NEAR" its engagement point (u'll know where it is when u've driven for some time). then foot off brake and put that foot on the pedal and loosen the other foot till the clutch catches. u'll have minal clutch burning and rollback (like half a feet). u don't have to rev it up all the way to 2000 at any time. u just need good cordination in the "release clutch vs. gas on pedal" timing.
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