Wasn't bad at all actually... lucky no traffic so pretty smooth.

i think i stalled maybe once haha...

Keep the clutch moving, all the way in, or all the way out. It can be slow, but keep it moving. Practice being smooth, should make hills easy. There's the trick, stopped on a steep hill? -pull in the e-brake, holding down the button, move your foot to the gas, let off the e-brake slowly as you let out your clutch and giving gas. Good thing to practice if you live or visit San Francisco, or any hilly city. But once you are practiced and confident probably wont need to do that. I love how easy this clutch goes in, makes driving in traffic not bad at all. I am going to do the adjustment that lowers the "engaging" point, seems very high compared to other cars I've owned.

I disagree with this. Between the goo from the transport paper and the rail dust, its not a terrible idea to clay a new car. I'm not a professional though so I could be wrong.

That finish is suspiciously nice for a dealership! I'd quiz your salesman, they might have a detailing Yoda there. It's been polished for sure, and probably was barred, somebody knew what they were doing. "Deep, your finish is." LOL! :)

Some advice from a lifetime manual gearbox driver
 

I leaned to drive in England (more years ago than I care to remember!). One of the things they teach you there, and by the way absolutely essential to pass the driving test, is that when you stop at a light, put the car in neutral and engage the handbrake.
I think it is a good thing to do because it means that the clutch release bearing will last longer and that you won't engage the clutch by mistake. The main reason they give for this when learning in England is safety, in case somebody runs into you from behind (OK that's debatable).
It also helps to train you to get that synchronisation between clutch and handbrake- useful when doing hill starts!

^yeah, there's no need for that most of the time here. You may disregard that.

I'll tell you a short story about my experience as a first manual car driver. So before I picked up my FRS from the dealer, I got a friend of mine to teach me manual on his Jetta. I drove it for couple hours and I thought I got a hang of it. So the next day I go to pick up the car and after all the paperwork they bring out the car and park in on the parking lot in front of me in between two cars head in. So I get in the car all excited and my salesman stays behind the car to help me "navigate out". Let's just say I forgot to learn how to drive the car in reverse when my friend was teaching me, so that's a good start. I managed to figure it out and pulled out while stalling 3-4 times. Then once I got going I managed to get the car off the lot and I got to the nearest stop light on the intersection where I managed to stall again while waiting for the light to turn green. Luckily the guy behind me wasn't an ass and understood my struggle as he patiently waited. I managed to get the car out in the neighborhood where there are almost no cars. That's where I practiced driving FRS for 3-4 hours. I started by simply getting a hold of the clutch. For the first hour I didn't even get out of the first two gears. Once you get a hang of your clutch engagement position just go through first 3 gears, stop, rinse and repeat until you don't stall anymore. I had to drive the car back from the dealer to my house that day which was a nice 15 mile drive on the freeway. Made it home safely. I came home ate dinner, then got in the car and practiced for another hour then went to bed. Next morning I woke up (had to drive it 20 miles to work in a bumper to bumper traffic) got in the car and just started driving. I only stalled once that day. The next day I practiced a hill start. I would park on a steep hill and try to start moving without rolling back at all. Basically on day 3 I got completely a hang of it, a week or tow later it became natural and I only got better ever since. Good luck to you mate! :burnrubber:

Release the clutch and step on the gas petal. What's so hard about that? My 14 year old daughter can drive my wrx like a boss. Is not rocket science.

Any advice !?
 

This is my 2nd car in a row that had little to no feeling at the clutch engagement point. Clutch feel is the problem here. Not enough of it. If they could just find a way to dial in some feel this would be a GREAT manual IMO. Very capable as it is though. The OP needs to practice, practice, practice. Good luck.


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This really helped thank you for this. I did my first traffic lesson today on my way to work and I must say I was super nervous when it got to the stop and go part. But I must say when I read this when I woke up it defiantly helped my nerves. I think I stalled once today when I got off the free way but no one was behind me " thank you god! "

You guy all been great thank you so much!

Like all you have suggested I am going to continuing practicing when I get home on the driveway for those take offs on hills and such cause I know that will defiantly take some time.

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Sorry I missed your post earlier. To be fully honest I didn't know what OP meant " Noob Here " lol....

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