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Originally Posted by Synkronicity
Good evening guys! I just got my first Manual car and it's a BRZ series.blue, I got it used at 2400 miles for 26.7k for just the car (had to pay some dealer fees but leaving that out). But! I do have a couple of questions!
I'm currently learning how to drive stick with my brother, he drives a porche so he doesn't want me learning in there, I get extremely scared driving in my car because I dont want to jack up anything so I traded my sister for her Honda Fit for the weekend so I can learn. Questions would be:
- Is it bad to continuously stall the car?
- Any tips to learning stick/manual?
- How long did it take for you to learn stick?
- Did I get a good price on my car?
- My dealer didnt drill holes in the front of the car for the license plate, should I get the towing plate thing for it or just get it drilled in? I have OCD and the off center look looks weird (i kinda answered my own question)
Thank you for your time! I hope I can learn a lot more from this forum. |
Decent price on the car. I paid less but mine also had 4k miles on it.
Took me about 3 days to really be certain I could drive in traffic without help (I live at Tallahassee and there are hills everywhere. I had to make sure I wouldn't roll back into someone.)
My tip is to shift above 2500 rpms and take your time up shifting. The car doesn't like being shifted quick at lower rpms. Also, know that you need to ease into the gear when the clutch grabs at lower gears instead of just pulling your leg off as soon as it engages. The car will tell you when you're not doing something right is what my friend told me when I first started. Lol!