Stalling as a veteran driver
 

I put "veterans" in the title, only because I know stalling can be commonplace for a beginner.

I found that even being considered a veteran of driving a manual transmission, there can be a time when you stall the car for a stupid reason.

A few days ago I was driving at night, perfectly empty road, and rolled up to a stop light. Anyway, it's Florida, and it does get rather humid, and I happened to be wearing shorts. Well, my nads got stuck to my left thigh, and the light turned green, and I was trying to get them separated whilst easing out the clutch, and the dynamics just didn't work out and I stalled it. Fortunately there was no one around me, so I spared myself additional embarrassment.

Just thought I'd share my little anecdote. Wondering if anyone else found themselves in a similarly silly situation.

I'm still getting used to having an MT, so if I stall it or chirp the tires a bit on take off, I just nail the gas and act like I meant to do that, because RACECAR.

I felt very uncomfortable reading this.

Which part? His nads sticking to his left thigh, or stalling his car?

I stalled my car because I accidentally put it in 3rd and start..

And... another time was when I had an extra 600lbs in the car that I wasn't used to. Stalled in 1st there. lol

No shame. Shit happens. lol

Both.

Forgetting to go back into first at lights is a big one. Also, if I'm playing music too loud and can't hear the engine when I take off. Sometimes I just let off the clutch too fast. Only human, ect.

Good thing it wasn't your right thigh they stuck to - could have resulted in unintended acceleration!

BTW, I find baby powder helps keep them from sticking... just sayin...

I live my life a 1/4 mi at a time...every stop sign is a launch.

I test drove a Mazdaspeed3 a few years back. It was the first time I'd driven stick in about three years and I'd heard that they had a tricky clutch. It was like riding a bicycle though, came back to me naturally, and my nervousness of stalling was completely gone quickly. When I pulled back into the dealership lot, that's when it hit. About ten feet from where I was going to park.

Whoops.

I was on a hill and a guy in a outback got right up my ass and i was watching him eyeing up my car. Light turns green im still watching him watch me. I put her in gear knowing im being watched and bam stall.. Soo embarrassing


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I had an itch on my leg so i decided itching my leg and letting out the clutch at the same time would work lol not so much...

I was rolling to a stop once when a lady coming out of a parking lot almost t-boned me. I instinctively left the car in gear in case I needed accelerate to avoid an accident. Of course, I forgot that the car was in gear when I finally stopped at the light. Let out the clutch, and BAM, stall. Embarassing.

My FRS doesn't use the stall, when it has to pee it just uses the urinal... it doesn't need to sit down to pee.