Struggling to drive a stick transmission. Help
 

I have driven auto for years and now ive done 4 hours of stick driving lessons with a instructor however i am still struggling with the uphill handbrake starts and starting from 1st. ps. (I dont have a manual car to practice on)

On the up side i am good at changing gears once i am moving

Before i purchase the manuel scion frs i would like to hear experiences on how many hours it took you to drive stick by yourself?
Does it become second nature to the point you dont even think about it like an auto?

There are about a million threads on this subject already!

This one is pretty good

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72561

Seat time will help the most. Take the advice in the linked thread and get out on the road!

What part of NY are you in?

Take SOME of the advice and be very wary of the rest!
Seat time, seat time and MORE seat time is really the only answer!

Ok ok ok, take MY advice in that thread.

Seriously though, use your own discretion and try not to stress out too much about it the process. The point is to enjoy yourself, after all.

Like what Tcoat said..

Anyway, up-hill start is the most challenging part of driving manual.

Here's how I do it:

1. Put in neutral
2. Step on brake with left foot and release E-brake
3. Rev or give it some gas while holding on brake and in neutral
4. QUICKLY clutch-in, engage 1st gear and gas-up before the car start rolling backward! The steeper the slope the faster you need to be. Only way to be better at it is lots of practice. Find an open parking lot with a ramp or slope and do it over and over..

The only thread you need.
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56113

Like I said MILLIONS of threads! This is probably the best though!

It does come across that way! My apologies for the wording. Just linked that one because it was most recent not the best.

don't want to start a flame here but there is certainly something that is wrong with this technique... no offense

Search the damn forum

Exactly why I said be "wary" of what people here tell you to do! Some very good info, some very bad info and some that just is confusing reading and not actually doing! A simple miss phrase can be the difference between a new MT driver starting out nice and smooth or rocketing into the back of the guy in front of them (not that the Twins and the word "rocketing" are found together much)

I am not sure if this is supposed to be serious or what it is,
but this is wrong and stupid. Or funny. Can't decide really.

Just learn how to drive and don't make a fuzz about it, that's my advice.