Damo's Manual Challenge

[MISTA FIESTA]

Howdy Peeps,

I think its about time i start getting my but into gear and start learning, before the consistent pressure gets the better of me and have a emotional break down.

So I pledge to myself that by the 1st of January 2007 I will be confident in driving stick. And if not I will gladly shout everyone a big feast at the next Cruise in 2007.

So peeps put it in your diary cause you may have a free feed. :lookedat:

Cheers

Damo

[Uni]

Originally Posted by MISTA FIESTA

Howdy Peeps,

I think its about time i start getting my but into gear and start learning, before the consistent pressure gets the better of me and have a emotional break down.

So I pledge to myself that by the 1st of January 2007 I will be confident in driving stick. And if not I will gladly shout everyone a big feast at the next Cruise in 2007.

So peeps put it in your diary cause you may have a free feed. :lookedat:

Cheers

Damo

you DON'T drive manual! pussy! : :P



Uni/.

[Ives]

Originally Posted by MISTA FIESTA

So I pledge to myself that by the 1st of January 2007 I will be confident in driving stick.

Dude, that's like 1.5 months. You'd have to drive a ALOT to be confident with manual by the new yr.

[MISTA FIESTA]

Originally Posted by HyperKid

Dude, that's like 1.5 months. You'd have to drive a ALOT to be confident with manual by the new yr.

Well thats the challenge isnt it..... I think it can be done if i at least do 2 hours a week learning. :

[photn]

Originally Posted by HyperKid

Dude, that's like 1.5 months. You'd have to drive a ALOT to be confident with manual by the new yr.

dude lol i learnt to drive a manual in only 3 days.....1.5 months is heaps of time.!

[MISTA FIESTA]

Originally Posted by photn

dude lol i learnt to drive a manual in only 3 days.....1.5 months is heaps of time.!

Unfortunatley I am not as special as some of you are.. :eclipsee_

[photn]

Originally Posted by MISTA FIESTA

Well thats the challenge isnt it..... I think it can be done if i at least do 2 hours a week learning. :

damo all you need to do is of an afternoon do 1 hour! of driving.just up and down your street....and aftter like 2 weeks slowly venture out onto the main roads and all that.....once you get the hang of 1st ,2nd 3rd and 4th,5th will be **** easy......the only thing you will have to learn after that is daily driving in a manual...but that all comes with experience of the manual and you will get used to it......very simple...

[mitch_lx]

As people have said.

Just drive up and down a quiet road practicing your stops and starts. The only challenging thing about manual is getting the hang of moving off in first gear smoothly/getting a feel for the clutch and then the first to second gear change.

After that its all rosey

Good luck mate.

[91Laser]

Originally Posted by mitch_lx

As people have said.

Just drive up and down a quiet road practicing your stops and starts. The only challenging thing about manual is getting the hang of moving off in first gear smoothly/getting a feel for the clutch and then the first to second gear change.

After that its all rosey

Good luck mate.

Hi,

As Mitch has said, but i like to add that you need to push the pedal down a little before you let the clutch come up. Ones you get the hang of driving off in first gear, it should be easy. Just keep balancing the pedal and clutch with every gear change, before the clutch comes up completely. You will know if you done it wrong _2:

Regards,

Rob

[melbzetec]

Good luck with it Damo. You'll master it easily and will love it.

IMHO you are learning the best way....you have the steering and braking thing down from pat from driving an auto, so you only have to concentrate on the gearshift!Much tougher for learner drivers to learn the lot at the same time

[photn]

Originally Posted by melbzetec

Good luck with it Damo. You'll master it easily and will love it.

IMHO you are learning the best way....you have the steering and braking thing down from pat from driving an auto, so you only have to concentrate on the gearshift!Much tougher for learner drivers to learn the lot at the same time

agreed ... i learned manual after i had my Auto (reds) for a year... then got the greens and a manual car and learnt on that .......

[MISTA FIESTA]

Ive had three instances driving manual in 3 different cars.

- Toyota 4 Runner on the sand dunes - was lots of fun cause i never stopped and no one around to crash in to.

- Mazda Mx5 driver way - trying to reverse with a slight incline with garage in front. Paniced as car was rolling forward so had 2000rpm and dumped cluch. dad come out but couldnt see him with the smoke

- Fiesta - One perfect take off, then many stalls.

[FOCUSonTHIS]

Damo, you will learn it quickly, your not like my gf that doesn't listen to me when I try and teach her.

[91Laser]

Originally Posted by MISTA FIESTA

- Fiesta - One perfect take off, then many stalls.

You might be concentrating too much. Just relax and :eclipsee_ Just take your time.

Regards,

Rob

[photn]

Originally Posted by 91Laser

Just relax and Just take your time.

yer damo just relax and take your time BAHAHAHAHAHA : : : : : : py: :nutsycuck

Bahahhahaha lol.......ill go away now hehehe

[melbzetec]

Originally Posted by FOCUSonTHIS

Damo, you will learn it quickly, your not like my gf that doesn't listen to me when I try and teach her.

I knew she was a smart girl.

[MISTA FIESTA]

I just get a bit too nervous thinking im gonna blow up the car. My bro threw the keys to his polo gti and goes take it around the block. My mind was saying HELL YES, Heart was saying " HELL NO".

[#Russ#Es#]

Just go to a deserted football ground carpark (or similar) and practise the starts. Once you get that under control, practice using the gears to slow down (at certain revs) from speed. Doing it in an older (small) car is always good too.

[Ives]

Originally Posted by MISTA FIESTA

I just get a bit too nervous thinking im gonna blow up the car.

My last attempt driving a manual was on my cousin's bf's S15, I was so scared to crash his car to one of the parking lot poles He said that the hardest part is moving off from stationary... the rest should be easy.

How about reverse parking? I'd imagine it'd be hard.

[JD2004]

Nothing is hard once you get the feel of the clutch and its grip point!! reverse parking is a dream in an auto but is not hard at all in a manual. Just take abit of time to learn these things and you will be right mate!! it really is nice to be able to use your gearing well!! once you have become alot more experienced in the manual take it through your favourite hill run that was fun in the auto!! becomes alot nicer in a manual... (unless you have a buggered left knee like mine).

Good luck with the learning, im teaching a friend of mine to drive a manual in my XR5 so dont stress

Luke

[Jess85]

once you get the hang of taking off from being stopped its pretty easy. when i was learning i did a line locker (forgot to change gears, was used to auto LOL) and i also dumped the clutch..all the usual stuff ups you make when learning..i also somehow managed to make an old mitsubishi sigma go from being stopped to moving in 2nd gear without it stalling hahaha

[FOCUSonTHIS]

Damo one you have mastered and your next car will be a manual, get the sticker on the back window saying WHEN THE CLUTCH DROPS....THE BULLSH!T STOPS

[MISTA FIESTA]

Originally Posted by FOCUSonTHIS

Damo one you have mastered and your next car will be a manual, get the sticker on the back window saying WHEN THE CLUTCH DROPS....THE BULLSH!T STOPS

Next car will be Fiesta XR4, and that sticker sounds like a good idea but i dont wanna come across as a try hard. out:

[Piotr]

Stop filling him with false hope. Driving a manual is one of the hardest things you'll ever do in your life. Ull be lucky to master it before your 30.

[melbzetec]

The rest of your life must be pretty easy Piotr if manual is the hardest thing you'll ever do!!!!!lol

[91Laser]

Originally Posted by Piotr

Stop filling him with false hope. Driving a manual is one of the hardest things you'll ever do in your life. Ull be lucky to master it before your 30.

:yeees: Lucky i'm past 30 then.

Rob

[Scareybear]

Just practice as much as you can Damo, thats all you'll need to do.
I've been trying to teach my wife, but 13 years of driving autos has built up some bad habits :(

[crispymk2]

Manual is easy as... The Fez has a redline cut so all you need to do is hit the gas and drop the clutch simple!

Smoothness can come later, just light the tires everywhere ;)

[mitch_lx]

Originally Posted by crispymk2

Manual is easy as... The Fez has a redline cut so all you need to do is hit the gas and drop the clutch simple!

Smoothness can come later, just light the tires everywhere ;)

LoL remind me never to buy a car which you owned

[joshf2]

Originally Posted by photn

dude lol i learnt to drive a manual in only 3 days

and it shows, we've seen your clutch control......