i started driving stick only had my permit for 3 weeks

[BMS]

any pointers and i am driving o4turbospecv old car cause he got the S2000

[Renegade_]

ummm...

get him to teach you?

Press in the clutch, turn on the car

While holding in the clutch, put it into first gear. Then rev it to like 2.5k and HOLD it there. Then let out out the clutch slower than you think necessary - and since it will be your first time make sure it is really slow. Eventually the clutch will start grabbing and you will move forward.

Everything is simply repetition from there. Just don't think about it.

[Crzyguy972]

bms you go to neshaminy

[ToyotaTat]

bms you go to neshaminy


took those words right from my mouth jon...

[yellow2000S/R]

LOL. My parents made me drive my moms 02' Astro van home from PennDOT then when I got home, an hour later, my dad had me driving his car (now mine) which is a 5 speed and it has a Centerforce dual friction clutch so it grabs better than normal. He had me practice in my high schools parking lot. O ya, watch out for having to stop on upward hills... I used to either stall it or give it to much gas and end up spinnin the tires and going backwards anyhow LOL.

[BMS]

i no how too do it, i'm not retarded I have been around racing for 5 to 6 yrs and watched lou gelotti (races in speed GT)on video while he sat next to me giving me pointers

also i go to Holy Ghost Prep

[sisforsurfing]

Feel where the engagement point is on the clutch, it'll feel like it grabs then gives, even when you're stopped and the car is off.

Find a flat parking lot. In neutral, no gas, slowly, slowly ease up on the clutch. You'll eventually feel the car start moving forward, push the clutch back down. Try that a few times, then add a little gas a little before where the car would start moving forward, and you're off.

Then find a SMALL hill/incline and learn to hold the car there with just the clutch... it's not great for the car and not good to do regularly, but probably the same as stalling and will help you learn about clutch engagement.

Someone's bound to disagree with me but I think that's an easy/quick way to learn

edit: You go to HGP? I went there, graduated two years ago.

[ToyotaTat]

LOL. My parents made me drive my moms 02' Astro van home from PennDOT .

haa astro van..i hate those

[Renegade_]

i no how too do it, i'm not retarded
Then why in heavens name did you make this thread?

I have been around racing for 5 to 6 yrs and watched lou gelotti (races in speed GT)on video while he sat next to me giving me pointers
Then why did you make this thread? You asked for pointers - I gave some...

Durr?

[BMS]

SISforsurfing, great help

yo did you have DiGiesi

[BMS]

I no the basics but like on inclines and stuff, racing is differnet, i was just meaning to say i no the basics

[Renegade_]

you can try the ebrake tactic on really bad hills. Have the ebrake engaged while holding in the clutch, start slipping the clutch and when you start feeling clutch resistance let the ebrake down.

I have done this a total of once, mainly because heel-toeing it is a bit easier for me.

[naDintheHat]

practice, i taught myself in a parking lot to an office building for starters, with a crazy incline.
The thing that i first learned how to do was find the last possible point that the clutch will hold the car before it stalls. Learned this by trial and error(lots of it). Occasionally ill use the ebrake for hills, like if someone is right on my bumper. After driving it for a while now i forget how much it took to learn it at first. You be fine after practicing enough.


I have done this a total of once, mainly because heel-toeing it is a bit easier for me.

Wanna teach me? I think my legs actually prevent me from doing it.

[Renegade_]

uh...

Hold the heal in with the gas and press your toes down on the accelerator?

[naDintheHat]

im just kidding.

[BMS]

thanks for all the help

[naDintheHat]

thanks for all the help

No harm in askin'. :mrgreen:

[MissDSM]

When I was 15 yrs old, down in tennessee my dad put me on a really steep hill, car facing uphill, and had me let off the brake give the car gas and keep it completely steady... then let off the clutch and drive a few feet, then slow down and do it all over again. Then he had me turn the car around and do the same thing except in reverse.

I had to keep doing that til I got it down...

needless to say ive never stalled on a hill since that, lol.

[naDintheHat]

When I was 15 yrs old, down in tennessee my dad put me on a really steep hill, car facing uphill, and had me let off the brake give the car gas and keep it completely steady... then let off the clutch and drive a few feet, then slow down and do it all over again. Then he had me turn the car around and do the same thing except in reverse.

I had to keep doing that til I got it down...

needless to say ive never stalled on a hill since that, lol.

Best way to learn it. :thumbup:

[FASTERTHANU]

this is considered off-topic i belive

[TROLL]

definitely car related to me.

scott if you want somebody to sit in the passenger seat and try to help out i'll be happy to... on your brothers car of course :). let me know if you want to do that and we can get together sometime soon.

bryan

[Will@TurboTek]

uh...

Hold the heal in with the gas and press your toes down on the accelerator?


Actually Heel-Toe isn't really done with your heel and toe...:screwy:

Put your foot with the arch of your shoe and some of your toe on the brake, then roll your foot to the right to rev the engine while still braking. This is really only used on a track though, so you can smoothly decelrate, rev-match, and downshift all in one quick move!

[HatchSurfer3]

I bought my first car stick, had no idea how to do it. My dad drove it home for me. I told him to take me to an empty parking lot and leave me and i would be home when i learned how to drive it haha

[PotenzaSub]

While holding in the clutch, put it into first gear. Then rev it to like 2.5k and HOLD it there. Then let out out the clutch slower than you think necessary - and since it will be your first time make sure it is really slow. Eventually the clutch will start grabbing and you will move forward.



Wouldn't that wear down the clutch quicker than normal. You should release the clutch as you press the accelerator down. Not after.


And, I've never used the e-brake on hills. I'm just a pro like that. ;)

[esunbaboon]

I'm learning to drive stick in my uncles porshce Carrera 2!

[ToyotaTat]

first / only stick ive driven is my brothers '93 pathfinder

[jspek]

ebrake on hills always works.

or

rev it up to like 5k and pop the clutch out haha. watch out for torque steer tho.

[CleanNeon98]

PMing you my number. Let me know what oyu wna learn and on the weekend we can meet and il show u

[MissDSM]

i wasn't planning on buying a car that was stick, i just told my dad i wanted to learn.. just to know how, and i ended up liking it a hell of a lot better then auto.

idk how some of you guys enjoy driving auto 24/7

[naDintheHat]

idk how some of you guys enjoy driving auto 24/7
auto for me = nap time.

[PotenzaSub]

I can cook a meal and do my laundry while I drive auto

[naDintheHat]

I can cook a meal and do my laundry while I drive auto

haha. werd....
i cant talk on the phone and shift that is all i know, way to complex for my smile mind. Oh yeah no talky on the phone during practice unless u want to practice that.

[HatchSurfer3]

I can talk on the phone, shift, change a cd and roll down a window all at the same time haha

[silver05bullet]

just drive it carefully and dont smash it up

[ketchup!]

I bought my first car stick, had no idea how to do it. My dad drove it home for me. I told him to take me to an empty parking lot and leave me and i would be home when i learned how to drive it haha

same way with me except my first car was an automatic :(

[Renegade_]

Wouldn't that wear down the clutch quicker than normal. You should release the clutch as you press the accelerator down. Not after.


And, I've never used the e-brake on hills. I'm just a pro like that. ;)
When the clutch is fully dis-engaged and you are revving the car, the clutch isn't touching the flywheel.

Doing the hill-hold thing with the car is substantially worse than doing a really really slow start and slipping the clutch excessively.