miir wrote:Rellix wrote:I really don't drive enough for it to be worth learning stick. Learned on an automatic and will probably continue with it all my life.
Quick lesson how how to learn stick.
1) Engage clutch
2) Put it in first
3) Floor it
4) Pop the clutch
Haha,
On a tad more serious note, I think people expect learning a clutch to be a hell of a lot harder then it is. I got it to the point where it was safe for me to be on the road after about 2 hours of practice in a parking lot.
I can count the times on one hand that I have stalled my car.
But then again how easy it is to do somewhat depends on the car as well. The probe I had was very hard to shift, you had to push it into gear pretty hard and the gears weren't so easy to find.
The acura I had was a bit better but still not great.
The Audi is such a forgiving clutch it's almost sad. You can practically flick this car into gear with your pointer finger, the clutch box is not a short shift, but it's close. And it is just very hard to mess up in general. All of the people that have tried a clutch for the first time in my car do well, and all of them that have drove one before are impressed with how smooth the clutch is.
Anyhow, got a bit off the point. But I will say once again that in case of an emergency situation, I think everyone should know how to drive a manual well enough to get them moving.
┌┘ Miir
