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Old 12-01-2012, 09:10 AM   #103
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Originally Posted by cwik View Post
My mom learned to drive (not just stick, but *drive*) on my dad's manual '76 vette when it was new, and my BRZ is the first stick car my girlfriend ever drove. Aside from tricky blindspots, I think the BRZ is a wonderful car to learn manual on; it's light and easy to get going, the clutch is not heavy, it's a small car, giving you very little to worry about other than understanding how the shifter and clutch. I felt that even more so on my brother's S2K (it felt unstallable :P).

Every modern day car should be able to hold up to a few people learning to drive with 3 pedals on it without puking out. You shouldn't have to learn on a beater.
I learned how to drive stick on a Nissan Sentra 04 and a Ford Escort 92 a while ago. This clutch just was different to me (compared to the 350Z and Civic Si that I have driven before, which are a cinch). The third gear when I bought the car was slipping every single time I was shifting up.
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