Advice for a possible purchase

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Or...
Get in a MT car.
Don't start the engine.
Run through the process a couple of time.
Start the engine.
Stall a couple of times.
Drive away.

I did that with my ex. Didn't work out so well.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

I did that with my ex. Didn't work out so well.

First rule of teaching to drive.
Never, ever, for any reason, ever try to teach your spouse or own children. NEVER. Don't do it.

[villainous_frx]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

First rule of teaching to drive.
Never, ever, for any reason, ever try to teach your spouse or own children. NEVER. Don't do it.

Taught my girlfriend in the FRS and after about two hours she was able to go from stopped all the way up to 3rd and was getting the hang of reverse. Then she hopped in a friend's STI and I haven't seen them since.

[FRSapex]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

How the HELL do you learn to drive MT without driving a car?
And don't you dare say you say a "simulator".

I too had zero experience driving an MT when I purchased my 1st car(Toyota truck). BUT, I had convinced myself it was a piece of cake secondary to my years of racing MX/125cc.
So it wasn't a piece of cake, but it wasn't that difficult either. Granted it was a forgiving pickup truck - not a high-strung, nervous sports car.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by villainous_frx

Taught my girlfriend in the FRS and after about two hours she was able to go from stopped all the way up to 3rd and was getting the hang of reverse. Then she hopped in a friend's STI and I haven't seen them since.

Please ensure proper grammar when addressing that car. It is not "the FRS" it is The FRS!
Better off without her if she is running around with an STI anyway.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by FRSapex

I too had zero experience driving an MT when I purchased my 1st car(Toyota truck). BUT, I had convinced myself it was a piece of cake secondary to my years of racing MX/125cc.
So it wasn't a piece of cake, but it wasn't that difficult either. Granted it was a forgiving pickup truck - not a high-strung, nervous sports car.

I have taught hundreds to drive MT over the decades and the first thing I always tell them is that the biggest fear of learning to drive MT is the fear of learning to drive it. This is especially true now that the MT has taken on some mystic magical property that makes people think it is difficult.


Once upon a time it was so common that nobody was afraid to learn it because they hadn't been convinced it was only for a select few.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

First rule of teaching to drive.
Never, ever, for any reason, ever try to teach your spouse or own children. NEVER. Don't do it.

Meh, I taught my wife and three sons, in less than an hour, at least good enough to drive one if they had too.

Two secrets,

One like you said, let them know they are going to make mistakes, and it's OK.

Second, the clutch pedal goes both ways, it the car starts to buck push in to stop it, just like a brake pedal, in for stop, out for go.

People's natural reaction in my experience is to continue to let out on the clutch because once you start you can't go back. Once you get past that, the rest is simplier.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

IOnce upon a time it was so common that nobody was afraid to learn it because they hadn't been convinced it was only for a select few.

Right? My Grandmother not only drove a manual most her life, but she drove her Corvair one-handed (left hand) when her right was disabled due to an operation for almost six months.

Sometimes she'd have me shift the gears for her from the passenger seat, but she often drove solo that way.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Meh, I taught my wife and three sons, in less than an hour, at least good enough to drive one if they had too.

Two secrets,

One like you said, let them know they are going to make mistakes, and it's OK.

Second, the clutch pedal goes both ways, it the car starts to buck push in to stop it, just like a brake pedal, in for stop, out for go.

People's natural reaction in my experience is to continue to let out on the clutch because once you start you can't go back. Once you get past that, the rest is simplier.

I taught my grandson with no issues lasted about 5 minutes with my wife and own kids though.


If you can do it then...

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Right? My Grandmother not only drove a manual most her life, but she drove her Corvair one-handed (left hand) when her right was disabled due to an operation for almost six months.

Sometimes she'd have me shift the gears for her from the passenger seat, but she often drove solo that way.

Was she from Pasadena?

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Was she from Pasadena?

Hah! Unfortunately no. Dunn, NC.

She lived her whole life in NC and KY, and probably never traveled outside NC/SC/TN/KY and maybe once into Ohio just to go over the Ohio River once when we visited Louisville, just to say we had done it..

[ToySub1946]

Are the parents gonna give you big help financially with both a car purchase and car insurance, repair costs, etc ?

If not, I suggest simply buying a high mileage used car with manual transmission. Car should be something with a J as it's first Vin digit. The means Made in Japan.

If it's under $5000. no need for collision insurance, that's if you pay cash.

Just about any Toyota or Honda will do. Maybe a Yaris or a Fit. Even a four door of one of those brands.

New car dealerships don't want to keep cars with over 90,000 miles usually, as it's too hard to get financing for those. Here's where you gain. Just pay cash.

Rare for a first time driver to get a sports car or sporty car. Best to stick with something for which insurance costs less.

Enjoy owning a beater as your first car...

So many stories to tell in later life.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by ToySub1946

Are the parents gonna give you big help financially with both a car purchase and car insurance, repair costs, etc ?

If not, I suggest simply buying a high mileage used car with manual transmission. Car should be something with a J as it's first Vin digit. The means Made in Japan.

If it's under $5000. no need for collision insurance, that's if you pay cash.

Just about any Toyota or Honda will do. Maybe a Yaris or a Fit. Even a four door of one of those brands.

New car dealerships don't want to keep cars with over 90,000 miles usually and it's too hard to get financing for those. Here's where you gain. Just pay cash.

My third car was a Yaris (traded it in to get my FR-S) =D




My current DD is also a Yaris. haha. I'll most likely turn my FR-S back into my DD tho.

[alphasaur]

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