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Eastside Training Grounds?
Hi everyone. I just bought a 2014 Scion FR-S a couple of days ago. I've had my driver's license for years but I've always borrowed friends' automatic cars, bused, or ubered to get from place to place. This Scion FR-S is actually my first car!
I went with the manual transmission for all the obvious reasons, and I want to get into driving for fun. But other than taking a few hours in stick-shift training, completely unfamiliar with driving manually. I still need to practice a lot before I feel super comfortable in a manual with RWD. But I'm located in the Eastside area next to Seattle. Lots of hills especially at stoplights. Longshot question, but does anyone know this area well? Is there place where I can train more (just figuring out when to release the clutch and whatnot) that isn't on a steep hill without a ton of traffic. Even something like a large empty parking lot would be useful. |
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You could go to the Factoria Mall after 10pm and practice in their parking lot. It is HUGE, flat, and tends to be mostly empty before 8am and after 10pm.
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You have any industrial parks in the area? That's where I went to learn way back. Good mix of flat land, mild hills, and no traffic (on weekends)
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Sweet thanks for the suggestions!
Probably yes, but I moved here from Georgia a while back. The surrounding area is still new to me. Googlemaps spots industrial parks easily, but I keep running into uneven terrain and hills in the lot when I drive out to them. |
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ebrake is your friend when on and hill and trying to start moving when at a stop.
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You can go to the Microsoft parking garage... at x4 bottom. I'm teaching my gf how to drive stick there now. You are welcome to join and practice if you want lol
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